Commercial Video Editor & Post-Production Lead, AI Evaluation

Wintermeyer Ventures; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work within the United States

Full-time W-2 employment

Job summary

Wintermeyer Ventures is seeking a Commercial Video Editor and Post-Production Lead to guide editorial judgment for AI model development and training data quality. The role focuses on practical editing tasks, reference edits, and robust evaluation guidelines within a remote U.S. team.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of agency editing, expert Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve skills, and familiarity with AI-assisted workflows. The position is full-time, remote within the United States.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of shipped commercial or agency editing experience with brand credits and a public portfolio or reel.
• Expert daily use of Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve including Rec.709 grading and finishing.
• Working knowledge of Avid Media Composer and After Effects for conforms and handoffs.
• Experience with editable project files and interchange formats (.prproj, .drp, AAF, XML, EDL) and with ProRes and DNxHR masters.
• Comfort with FFmpeg or similar command-line tools for transcoding and batch exports.
• Experience cutting broadcast, online, and social video across multiple aspect ratios, localization, and subtitle workflows.
• Familiarity with generative video and AI editing tools.

Responsibilities

• Identify knowledge gaps and help research teams improve model performance in commercial editing and post-production.
• Design practical editing tasks based on agency workflows, including hero cuts, cutdowns, aspect-ratio reframes, and localized versions.
• Create reference edits with editable timelines in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
• Evaluate AI-generated video and edits for pacing, continuity, audio sync, color, title safety, and delivery specs.
• Develop editing and finishing guidelines, rubrics, and quality checks including technical checks using FFmpeg.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to maintain consistent, accurate training data.

Skills

Editorial judgment

Editing workflows

Localization & subtitles

Quality checks & rubrics

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

Avid Media Composer

After Effects

FFmpeg

ProRes

DNxHR

XML/AAF/EDL workflows

Job description

About the Role

Join a generative AI team as a Commercial Video Editor and Post-Production Lead, bringing hands-on editorial judgment to the development and evaluation of AI models. You will help improve model performance and the quality of video training data through realistic editing tasks, reference work, and clear evaluation guidelines.

What You'll Do

• Identify knowledge gaps and help research teams improve model performance in commercial editing and post-production.
• Design practical editing tasks based on agency workflows, including hero cuts, cutdowns, aspect-ratio reframes, and localized versions.
• Create reference edits with editable timelines in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
• Evaluate AI-generated video and edits for pacing, continuity, audio sync, color, title safety, and delivery specifications.
• Develop editing and finishing guidelines, rubrics, and quality checks, including technical checks using FFmpeg.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to maintain consistent, accurate training data.

What We're Looking For

• At least 5 years of shipped commercial or agency editing experience, with named brand and campaign credits and a public portfolio or reel.
• Expert, daily use of Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, including hands-on Rec.709 grading and finishing, skin tones, LUT handling, and delivery.
• Working knowledge of Avid Media Composer and After Effects for conforms, temporary composites, and handoffs.
• Experience with editable project files and interchange formats, including .prproj, .drp, AAF, XML, and EDL, as well as ProRes and DNxHR masters and post-production handoffs.
• Comfort with FFmpeg or similar command-line tools for transcoding, probing, and batch exports.
• Experience cutting and versioning broadcast, online, and social video, including short cutdowns, multiple aspect ratios, localization, subtitles, safe areas, loudness, and slate specifications.
• Working familiarity with generative video and AI editing tools.

Compensation & Benefits

$70 to $120 per hour. This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week W-2 position. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Remote within the United States.