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Mercor

Video Editor

Mercor

. Contribute original footage you shot and fully own, or source openly licensed footage .

Posted 10/11/2026contractRemote • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $50 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in film and TV editing, with proficiency in professional editing software and a strong understanding of post-production processes. Capable of creating and evaluating tasks for AI training while ensuring high-quality deliverables.

Highest-signal resume keywords
5+ Years Professional Editing ExperienceFluent In Premiere ProFluent In DaVinci ResolveFluent In Final Cut ProFluent In Avid Media Composer

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Hard Skills
Editing FootageColor CleanupAudio CleanupCreating Editing BriefsBuilding Post-Production TasksWriting Grading CriteriaBlind-Solving Editing TasksCreating Step-By-Step SolutionsUnderstanding Delivery SpecificationsFrame-Accurate Cuts
Industry Keywords
Film ProductionTV ProductionCommercialsBroadcast NewsSocial ProductionIndependent ContractorOpenly Licensed FootageAppearance ReleaseEditing PortfolioAI Training Tasks

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Contribute original footage you shot and fully own, or source openly licensed footage
  • Author realistic editing briefs
  • Build post-production tasks end to end in personal editing software
  • Cut footage and introduce defects or distractors when required
  • Produce reference edits against which correct results are judged
  • Write concrete, checkable grading criteria with editorial reasoning
  • Blind-solve tasks created by other editors
  • Write step-by-step solutions
  • Create post-production tasks used to train and evaluate AI agents

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years editing professionally in film and TV, commercials, broadcast news, or creator and social production
  • Own deliverables end to end
  • Fluent in at least one professional editor: Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or Avid Media Composer
  • Basic color and audio cleanup skills
  • Comfortable with delivery specifications including resolution, frame rate, codecs, audio channel layouts, and frame-accurate cuts
  • Resume and link to reel or portfolio
  • Complete a short AI interview about editing background
  • Not open to residents of California
  • Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time
  • Independent contractor status
  • Professional footage must be owned outright or openly licensed
  • People appearing in owned footage must consent to its use and sign an appearance release where applicable

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Fully remote work
  • Flexible schedule; work can be completed on your own schedule
  • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
  • Competitive pay
  • Opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers
  • Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems
  • Reasonable accommodations upon request
  • Referral payments of up to $250 for successful referrals (subject to referral limits)