Sharif Ali

Digital Content Strategist | Social Media & SEO | Voice & Video Production

I create data-driven content and campaigns that inform, entertain, and convert—across YouTube, X, and Instagram. Focused on clean execution, brand voice, and measurable growth.

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📰 Featured Projects

All Things Strange — YouTube Channel

Overview

Creator and producer of 500+ videos across digital collectibles, fandom, and pop culture—built for discoverability with SEO and analytics.

Strategy: Topic selection, SEO titles/tags (vidIQ), retention optimization
Formats: Livestreams, shorts, promos, interviews
Outcome: Steady audience growth and affiliate conversions
📺 Youtube channel

📚Stackin or Slackin – Flagship IP & YouTube Series

Overview

Flagship content of the All Things Strange YouTube channel, covering VeVe Marvel comic drops and collectibles.
Evolved into an officially supported VeVe affiliate series with sponsored episode giveaways.
Combines education, entertainment & community engagement through sharp editing, story-driven commentary, and live chat interaction.
Designed to connect VeVe fans worldwide while strengthening brand partnerships.

📺 Watch the featured episode to see how the series connects creativity, education, and community engagement.

Dokta Strange in a Box (AI Promo Short)

Overview

A short inspired by toy-box trends using AI + voice and precision editing to maximize watch-through & shares
Trend-aware “action-figure blister pack” concept; image gen + VO + editing for a punchy 9–15s hook.
Role: Concept, storyboarding, writing, voice, editing, & imaging, tight cut motion, AI Animation
Tools: AI voice (Eleven Labs), Storyboarding (ChatGPT 5)
AI Image generation (Midjourney)
AI Image Animation (Kling AI, Runway AI, Topaz AI, Face-swapping tools)

📺Watch on YouTube

🧠 Professional Client Work

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Green River Capital Mortgage Short

Contracted social video project that became one of the brand’s most-viewed posts on Instagram. Edited long-form footage into a concise short with on-screen captions, stock footage, emojis, and motion tracking for optimal engagement.

Role: Transformed and streamlined long-form podcast into short-form for maximum reach and potential virality.
Editing, captioning, visual direction, ad copy, & post upload
Tools: CapCut, stock assets, facial motion-tracking, & visual/audio overlays + edits with sound design

📺Watch on Instagram

🎬 Featured AI Advertisements & Music Video Projects

AI Generated Advertisement | Affiliate QR Code &

Digital Drop Promo — Ultraman Rising & Emi (VeVe Digital Drop)

🎬 Project: Ultraman Rising – “Kaiju Collision” (VeVe Promo Short)

🔹 Overview

An anime-inspired promotional short created for VeVe’s Ultraman Rising digital collectible series. The piece blends cinematic storytelling with Japanese-style commercial energy, showing off Ultraman’s battle against Emi the Kaiju in a vivid AR world.

🔹 Creative Direction

The goal was to capture the feel of the 80s–90s Japanese Ultraman TV show Kaiju battles & commercials while promoting VeVe’s new interactive collectible features. The tone: dramatic, fast-cut, and emotionally charged — with glowing cityscapes, Kaiju destruction, and heroic scale.

🔹 My Role & Contributions

🎞️ AI-Video Direction & Editing: Built the main visuals in Veo 3, using multiple prompt iterations to stage Ultraman vs Emi across Tokyo at night.
🖼️ Image Generation: Designed character and background plates in Midjourney, refined for color balance and cinematic composition.
🧠 Storyboarding & Script: Used ChatGPT to co-develop scene structure, pacing, and dialogue cues.
🎙️ Voice-Overs: Generated character voices and narration using ElevenLabs.
🎧 Soundtrack Design: Produced anime-style background music (fast tempo, percussive brass, emotional strings) through Udio / Suno, mixed to sync with visuals.
🎨 Overlays & Motion Graphics: Added logo animations, AR particle effects, and VeVe call-to-action outro.
🔗 Affiliate Integration: Embedded my VeVe affiliate QR code + link for conversion tracking.

🔹 Tools Used

Veo 3 (AI Video Generation)
Midjourney (Image Creation)
ChatGPT (Storyboarding / Prompting)
ElevenLabs (Voice Design)
Udio / Suno (Music Generation)
CapCut / Premiere Pro (Final Edits & Sync)
Canva (Graphic & QR Design)

🔹 Results & Impact

Delivered a fully AI-assisted promo with professional pacing and authentic commercial and anime energy.
Boosted visibility for VeVe’s Ultraman Rising drop while demonstrating my ability to combine AI tools, creative editing, and storytelling into one cohesive campaign.
Expanded my content-creation portfolio with a showcase of multimedia production, direction, and affiliate marketing integration.

📺Watch: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s143g6zqbZA

AI Generated Advertisement | Affiliate QR Code &

Digital Drop Promo — ⚔️ Darth Vader but Samurai?! 🤯 (VeVe Digital Drop)

🎬 Project: Darth Vader – “Feel the Power” (VeVe Promo Short)

🔹 Overview

A cinematic, AI-enhanced promo video celebrating the Star Wars Darth Vader – Samurai Series digital collectible on VeVe. I remixed and expanded the official VeVe trailer into a new short-form visual built for social reach and audience engagement.

🔹 Creative Direction

The goal was to re-imagine the drop as a dark, high-energy, hip-hop-driven campaign that merges Star Wars iconography with modern digital & statue collecting culture.

🔹 My Role & Contributions

🎧 Original Music Production: Composed and produced a custom hip-hop track titled “Feel the Power” to match Darth Vader’s tone and cadence.
🎥 Video Editing & Re-Cut: Used the official VeVe promo footage as a base, re-edited and re-sequenced scenes to build pacing that hits on musical downbeats.
🎨 Overlays & Visual FX: Added animated overlays, transitions, and synced light flares to enhance the rhythm and impact.
🎞️ Scene Intro/Outro Design: Created new openers and outros for pacing and flow, optimized for short-form platforms (YouTube Shorts, TikTok, X).
🔗 Affiliate Integration: Added my affiliate promo code + QR and VeVe branding for direct call-to-action and measurable conversions.
🧠 Sound Sync & Mixing: Timed impacts, hits, and transitions to beats for maximum punch.

🔹 Tools Used

Adobe Premiere Pro / CapCut Pro (Video Editing)
ElevenLabs (Voice Design)
Udio / Suno (AI Music Generation)
Canva & Photoshop (Graphic Overlays & QR Design)

🔹 Results & Impact

Built audience excitement for the VeVe Samurai Vader drop.
Drove affiliate traffic via embedded QR and link (https://veve.sjv.io/DoktaStrange).
Added a cinematic promo to my digital-media portfolio demonstrating editing, music, and marketing integration.

📺Watch: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P3kWZR75WzQ

Ancient Paragraphs “The Plague” Anniversary Music Video

AI-Generated Video For Hip Hop Artist - Dokta Strange

100% AI-generated visual interpretation of my original song.

Highlights 30+ years in hip-hop, ability to direct AI visual storyboarding, storytelling, and my production instincts.

🎥 Watch on X

🏆 Recognized & Featured Creations

🎖️ VeVe Disney & Star Wars Creative Contest – Winner

Winner of the official VeVe Star Wars/Disney video contest hosted by VeVe Magic for the Star Wars "May The 4th" digital collectible event on VeVe. Produced custom music, edited footage, and created a cinematic promotional short recognized by VeVe’s event team for its narrative strength and visual execution.

📖Read The Announcement Post: Official X Announcement

📚 Digital Grading Company (DGC) – Recognized Content

Produced VeVe-focused collectible content recognized by DGC for creativity and presentation quality. Used motion graphics, custom music, and AI-enhanced visuals to highlight graded digital comics. Demonstrated advanced storytelling and brand alignment with collector-driven audiences.

🔗 View Post: Recognized by DGC on X

📘 The Addiction Logo – Augmented Reality Competition Award-winning video🏆

Contributed to fan content and creative competition event inspired by “The Addiction,” an original comic created by Vincent Zurzolo, Kiyo Shinobi, and David Quinn. Combined AI-generated visuals, voiceover, and motion graphics to enhance storytelling and community engagement.

🎥View Post: Recognized winner by The Addiction Team on Instagram

🎙️ Interviews & Collaborations

Overview

• Hosted and produced exclusive interviews with CEO's & leaders in the digital collectible and creative tech space.

• Blended industry insight with conversational storytelling to spotlight innovation, creativity, and community impact.

• Demonstrated deep knowledge of NFTs, blockchain technology, metaversal world-building, and creator ecosystems through thoughtful dialogue and visual presentation.

• Strengthened cross-platform audience growth and professional relationships across YouTube and X (Twitter).

🎥 Will Weinraub – CEO of Cryptoys

• In-depth discussion about building digital toy ecosystems, gamified collecting, and community engagement in Web3.
• Explored the intersection of blockchain, entertainment, and collector psychology.
🔗 Watch Interview

🎥 Brian from Igor Ave Studios

• Conversation on merging physical craftsmanship with digital creation, world-building in the VeVeVerse, and storytelling through immersive 3-D design.
• Highlighted collaboration and IP development in virtual spaces.
🔗 Watch Interview

🎥 Regie Collects – Comic Book Influencer

• Interview focused on the modern era of comic collecting, YouTube community building, and creative entrepreneurship.
• Discussed authenticity, branding, and sustaining growth as a digital personality.
🔗 Watch Interview

🎥 Swagglehaus – Comics & Culture Commentator

• Conversation covering writing, self-publishing, and bridging traditional comic storytelling with digital evolution.
• Provided insights into audience loyalty and brand consistency within creative communities.
🔗 Watch Interview

🎭 Voice Acting / AI Music + Video & Creative Projects

Overview

• Fuses performance, storytelling, and AI innovation to produce cinematic experiences across music, animation, and branded content.

• Blends over 30 years of music and media experience with emerging AI tools (ElevenLabs, Suno, Runway, Kling, CapCut, etc).

• Creates unique, emotionally charged works that merge the energy of hip-hop and digital artistry with creative marketing impact.

🎧 AI Music Video – “Ancient Paragraphs”

• 100% AI-generated visual interpretation of Hip Hop recording artist Dokta Strange’s (Sharif Ali) original song, showcasing his lyrical command and futuristic creative direction.
• Demonstrates integration of AI animation, editing, and beat synchronization to craft immersive hip-hop visuals.
🔗 Watch “Ancient Paragraphs”

🎙️ Voice Acting – “Detective Thompson” in A Nightmare in Gotham Ep. II

• Portrayed Detective Thompson in Tales From The Future’s Batman animated short.
• Showcases vocal range, emotional tone, and professional-level storytelling through character performance.
🔗 Watch Performance

🎼 Original AI Music & Video Production – “Collect Them All”

• Concept-to-completion AI production — wrote, composed, performed, and produced this collectible-themed anthem.
• Combined AI vocal synthesis and beat composition with affiliate marketing asset animation and editing to create a market-ready promotional piece.
🔗 Watch “Collect Them All”

🌌 Cryptoys Promotional AI Video – “Mandalorian Mania”

• Created custom AI music, edited promotional visuals, and incorporated official Cryptoys affiliate materials to build a high-energy campaign video.
• Designed to amplify community excitement and engagement for the Mandalorian digital drop.
🔗 Watch “Mandalorian Mania”

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