Video Editing Professional

$50/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~12 hrs/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: Creative

Create realistic video editing tasks, reference cuts and scoring rubrics used to train and evaluate AI agents. The work also includes blind-solving tasks from other professional editors and documenting frame-accurate solutions.

The work

You will turn source footage into complete post-production evaluation tasks. That includes writing realistic briefs, editing reference deliverables in your own software, introducing intentional defects or distractors when required, and defining concrete grading criteria with the editorial reasoning behind them.

What Mercor screens for

Mercor is looking for editors with at least five years of professional experience owning deliverables end to end in film and TV, commercials, broadcast news, or creator and social production. The AI interview is likely to test fluency in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or Avid Media Composer, along with basic color work, audio cleanup, frame-accurate editing, codecs, frame rates, resolutions and audio channel layouts. Applicants submit a resume and reel or portfolio, then answer questions about footage ownership and on-camera consent.

Footage and evaluation responsibilities

You may contribute original footage that you shot and fully own, or source openly licensed material. A library of unpublished, fully owned footage is a strong plus, particularly when people shown on camera are willing to sign appearance releases. You will also blind-solve tasks authored by other editors and provide a step-by-step account that can be checked against the intended result.

Logistics

The expected commitment is about 12 hours per week, and California residents are not eligible. The listing does not explicitly specify whether scheduling is asynchronous or whether all work is remote, so confirm those arrangements with Mercor before accepting.

Pay band: $50/hr

This band is observed from the listing and is not guaranteed.

What they look for

5+ years of professional video editing experience
End-to-end ownership of professional video deliverables
Fluency in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or Avid Media Composer
Frame-accurate editing and delivery specification knowledge
Basic color correction and audio cleanup
Writing checkable grading criteria and documented editing solutions

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This tests whether your five or more years of experience involved genuine responsibility for editorial decisions, finishing, quality control and delivery rather than only assisting another editor.
A strong answer: Choose one identifiable project and explain the brief, source material, edit decisions, review process, finishing work and final delivery specifications. Make your individual ownership clear and name the tools and checks you used.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by describing a production generally without separating their own editing responsibilities from those of a producer, colorist, sound mixer or lead editor.

Summary, eligibility guidance and screening preparation are prepared by Sidequest from the platform's posting. Check the source listing before applying.