Free Video Editing For Small Businesses and Creators

Summary

You send us footage and a brief, we send you back a finished edit, free of charge. No cost, no upsell, no catch. We have talented video editors on standby who are ready to help and can ensure that your videos are delivered back to you within the time constraints you provide.

What You'll Get

A completed edit of your footage, built to the brief you give us, free.

What We Need From You

• The raw footage. Everything you'd hand a freelance editor: all usable clips, b-roll, separate audio, logos, graphics, any assets you want included.

• A detailed brief. The more specific, the better the result. Useful things to include:

  • Where it's going (Instagram, YouTube, your website, a trade show loop) and target length

  • Tone and pacing — punchy and fast, calm and documentary, something else

  • Music preferences, or whether you're supplying a track

  • Captions or subtitles, and in what style

  • Brand colors, fonts, logo placement

  • Moments that must stay in, and anything that must come out

  • One or two example videos whose style you like

  • Any deadline you're working toward

How Your Footage Is Used

We want to be explicit about this:

• Your footage is used to evaluate AI model capabilities on real-world editing tasks — how well models handle an actual brief with actual material.

• Your footage is not used as training data.

• It isn't resold, published, or shared outside this evaluation work.

Who This Is For

Small businesses, solo creators, nonprofits, and anyone sitting on footage they haven't had the time, budget, or software to turn into something finished. No prior editing experience needed — you don't have to know the terminology, just what you want the video to feel like.

Before You Submit

Please confirm you own the footage or have the rights to use it, and that anyone clearly identifiable in it has agreed to appear

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.