Maya Fernando

• 128K Audience across platforms
• 42K Average views per reel
• 7.4% Engagement rate

I make short-form video for brands that want something warmer than an advert. Most of my work is beauty, food and slow living — filmed at home, written in my own voice, and planned so the brief still lands when the sound is off. I handle the concept, the shoot and the edit myself.

• Concept to edit — one person from the first idea to the delivered cut, so nothing gets lost in handover
• Short-form video — hooks that hold in the first two seconds and captions that work on mute
• Brand fit — I take on a handful of partners a year rather than anything that pays
• Reporting — a plain summary of reach, saves and clicks within a week of going live

• English Native
• Sinhala Professional
• French Conversational

1. Lifestyle Creator

   Self-employedColombo

   2020 — Present

   • Grew an audience of 128,000 across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube without paid promotion.
   • Delivered 70+ paid collaborations for beauty, food and homeware brands in Sri Lanka and India.
   • A skincare launch series reached 410,000 views and sold through the first stock run in nine days.

2. Social Media Manager

   Brightside AgencyColombo

   2018 — 2020

   • Ran content calendars for six retail and hospitality accounts.
   • Built the agency's first short-form video offering, which became a third of its billing.

3. Content Assistant

   Ceylon Living MagazineColombo

   2017 — 2018

   • Wrote and styled features for the magazine's food and interiors sections.

• BA Media & Communication

  University of Colombo

  2017

• Creator of the Year — Shortlist

  Sri Lanka Digital Awards

  2024

• Meta Certified Media Buying Professional

  Meta Blueprint

  2023

• Food Styling & Photography

  Rooted Kitchen Workshop

  2022

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  Glow Ceylon — launch series

  Three reels built around a morning routine, filmed in one day and released across a launch week. Beauty410K views
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  Studio sessions

  A weekly talking-to-camera series on what actually works in short-form, now the most saved thing on the account. SeriesWeekly
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  Serendib Teas — morning ritual

  A single slow, quiet video for a tea brand, shot top-down with no voiceover at all. Food96K views

• Instagram
• TikTok
• YouTube
• LinkedIn