Rigsaw edits videos for creators: short-form for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Reels, long-form YouTube videos, stream highlights and thumbnails, plus growth strategy.

Daniel Ball, who previously led a 12-person YouTube editing team delivering 80+ uploads a week at Zygomedia and a 25-person production team at GR Digital.

Does Rigsaw only edit gaming content?

No. Gaming is its speciality, but it edits for creators across niches.

Where is Rigsaw based?

In the United Kingdom. It works with creators anywhere, remotely.

How do I contact Rigsaw?

Email hello@rigsaw.com or use the contact form at https://rigsaw.com/contact.

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01 · Summary

Rigsaw is a UK video editing and content production studio for creators, run by Daniel Ball. It edits short-form video for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels, long-form YouTube videos and stream highlights, designs thumbnails, and advises on growth strategy. Gaming content is its speciality, but it works across niches.

Name: Rigsaw
Type: Video editing and content production studio for creators
Run by: Daniel Ball (Founder)
Legal status: Trading name of Daniel Ball, a sole trader in the United Kingdom
Location: United Kingdom (works with creators internationally, remotely)
Speciality: Gaming content
Platforms: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch
Contact: hello@rigsaw.com

02 · Who runs it

Daniel Ball

Founder, Rigsaw

Daniel Ball runs Rigsaw. He has spent more than seven years producing creator content at scale, and he set Rigsaw up to give creators that same production quality without the agency overhead.

As Head of Operations at Zygomedia (2024 to 2025) he led a 12-person YouTube editing team delivering 80+ uploads a week for gaming and business creators, and owned metadata, SEO and analytics for audience growth.

Before that he was Video Production Manager at GR Digital (2019 to 2022), directing a 25-person production team producing 170+ assets a week for global gaming creators, where he introduced data-informed creative planning and rebuilt the review process for quality at scale. He also co-founded VEXinfluence, a creator talent management agency.

Video editing at scale · Short-form and long-form YouTube production · Gaming creator content · YouTube analytics and SEO · Production workflows and review processes

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03 · Services

Short-form editing: rigsaw.com/services/short-form-video-editing · Short-form video editing for creators: TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels cut for retention, with hooks, captions and pacing built to hold viewers.
Long-form editing: rigsaw.com/services/youtube-video-editing · Long-form YouTube video editing with the pacing, structure and storytelling that keeps viewers watching to the end. Built for creators who post consistently.
Thumbnail design: rigsaw.com/services/youtube-thumbnail-design · High-contrast, platform-native YouTube thumbnails designed to stop the scroll and lift click-through rate, matched to your title and channel style.
Growth strategy: rigsaw.com/services/youtube-growth-strategy · Content formats, posting cadence and platform strategy for creators, built from your analytics, so every video you make has a better chance to grow the channel.
Gaming video editing: rigsaw.com/services/gaming-video-editing · Video editing for gaming creators: long-form YouTube, shorts and stream highlights cut by editors who understand gaming culture, trends and formats.

04 · Results

Gaming creator · anonymous client · Under 4 months: Short-form editing across TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts for a gaming creator.
TikTok: 3.6M total views (~39,400 avg. per video)
Instagram: 1.4M total views (~14,800 avg. per video)
YouTube Shorts: 185K total views (~2,100 avg. per video)

05 · Questions people ask

What does Rigsaw do?: Rigsaw edits videos for creators: short-form for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Reels, long-form YouTube videos, stream highlights and thumbnails, plus growth strategy.
Who runs Rigsaw?: Daniel Ball, who previously led a 12-person YouTube editing team delivering 80+ uploads a week at Zygomedia and a 25-person production team at GR Digital.
Does Rigsaw only edit gaming content?: No. Gaming is its speciality, but it edits for creators across niches.
Where is Rigsaw based?: In the United Kingdom. It works with creators anywhere, remotely.
How do I contact Rigsaw?: Email hello@rigsaw.com or use the contact form at https://rigsaw.com/contact.

06 · Pages and writing

Home: rigsaw.com · What Rigsaw does, results, services and process
Services: rigsaw.com/services · All editing and production services
Work: rigsaw.com/work · Results and examples of Rigsaw's editing
About: rigsaw.com/about · Who runs Rigsaw and how the studio works
Articles: rigsaw.com/news · Guides on video editing, YouTube and short-form
Contact: rigsaw.com/contact · Start a project
For AI: rigsaw.com/ai · This fact sheet
22 October 2026: How to Edit YouTube Shorts and TikToks for Retention · A practical editing guide to short-form retention: hook in the first second, cut the dead air, caption for sound-off viewing and build a loop that rewatches.
20 October 2026: How to Hire a YouTube Video Editor (Without Getting Burned) · What to look for when hiring a YouTube video editor or editing studio, how to run a paid test edit, what to agree up front, and the red flags to avoid.
16 October 2026: How to Turn Twitch Streams Into YouTube Videos and Shorts · A practical workflow for turning Twitch stream VODs into YouTube highlight videos and Shorts: what to clip, how to structure it and how to keep it sustainable.