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Mercor

Video Editor

Mercor

. Contribute original footage personally shot and fully owned, or openly licensed footage .

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

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in video editing across various formats, with proficiency in professional editing software and a strong understanding of post-production processes. Capable of managing video deliverables from conception to completion while ensuring adherence to technical specifications.

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

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Hard Skills
Video EditingColor CleanupAudio CleanupGrading Criteria DevelopmentPost-Production Task ManagementFootage OwnershipDelivery SpecificationsFrame-Accurate CutsEditing Brief AuthoringBlind-Solving Tasks
Industry Keywords
Film ProductionTV ProductionCommercialsBroadcast NewsSocial ProductionAI Systems TrainingProfessional Footage OwnershipAppearance Releases

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Contribute original footage personally shot and fully owned, or openly licensed footage
  • Author realistic video-editing briefs
  • Build post-production tasks end to end in editing software
  • Cut footage, introduce defects or distractors when required, and produce reference edits
  • Write concrete, checkable grading criteria with editorial reasoning
  • Blind-solve tasks created by other editors
  • Write step-by-step solutions for solved tasks
  • Answer questions about available footage, ownership, and consent for use
  • Work on projects training and enhancing AI systems

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years editing professionally in film and TV, commercials, broadcast news, or creator and social production
  • Experience owning video 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
  • Submit a resume and link to a reel or portfolio
  • Complete a short AI interview about editing background
  • Not open to residents of California
  • Must be an independent contractor
  • Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates
  • Professional footage ownership and appearance releases are a strong plus, not an absolute requirement

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Fully remote role
  • Flexible schedule / 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
  • Up to $250 referral payment for each successful referral (referral limits apply)
  • Reasonable accommodations upon request