Film Editor - Fully Remote | Up to $50/hr

About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey . Position: Video Editing Professional Type: Contract Compensation: $50/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 12 hours/week Role Responsibilities • Contribute original footage you shot and fully own or source openly licensed footage. Author realistic editing briefs from it. • Build each task end to end in your own editing software. Cut, introduce defects or distractors, and produce the reference edit a correct result is judged against. • Write grading criteria with concrete, checkable standards and the editorial reasoning behind them. • Blind-solve tasks built by other editors and write up a step-by-step solution. • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance . Qualifications Must-Have • 5+ years editing professionally in film and TV, commercials, broadcast news, or creator and social production. • Fluent in at least one professional editor ( Premiere Pro , DaVinci Resolve , Final Cut Pro , Avid Media Composer ), including basic color and audio cleanup. • Comfortable with delivery specs: resolution, frame rate, codecs, audio channel layouts, and frame-accurate cuts. Preferred • A library of unpublished original footage you shot and fully own, with people on camera who will sign an appearance release. Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) • Submit your resume and a link to your reel or portfolio. • Complete a short AI interview about your editing background. • Answer a few questions about your footage: what you have, whether you own it outright, and whether the people in it consent to its use. Resources & Support • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: • For any help or support, reach out to: PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. Originally posted on Himalayas