Generalist Video Annotator

Verita AI; United States; Remote; USD 17,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Verita AI is seeking a detail-oriented Generalist Video Annotator to support AI data annotation and evaluation across video, image, and text content. The role involves careful review of footage, extracting key details, and producing clear, structured explanations of observations.

You will follow project guidelines, annotate consistently, rate quality against criteria, and provide feedback to improve processes.

Qualifications

• Strong writing and communication skills.
• Prior writing experience in content creation or journalism.
• Ability to describe visual content clearly and objectively.
• Strong attention to detail and meeting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Watch and review video content following guidelines.
• Identify key details, actions, objects, and scenes.
• Write clear descriptions, summaries, and reasoning for annotations.
• Rate video quality and relevance against criteria.
• Flag unclear or policy-sensitive content.
• Provide feedback to improve annotation quality.

Skills

Strong writing

Attention to detail

Clear communicator

Time management

Job description

We are looking for a detail-oriented Generalist Video Annotator to support AI data annotation and evaluation projects across video, image, and text-based content. This role is ideal for someone who can carefully review videos, identify key details, and write clear, structured explanations about what they observe.

Responsibilities

• Watch and review video content based on project-specific guidelines
• Identify important visual details, actions, objects, people, scenes, and events
• Write clear descriptions, summaries, and reasoning for video annotations
• Rate video quality, relevance, accuracy, safety, or other assigned criteria
• Flag unclear, low-quality, or policy-sensitive content when needed
• Follow detailed annotation instructions and maintain consistency across tasks
• Provide feedback on edge cases and help improve annotation quality

Requirements

• Strong writing and communication skills
• Prior writing experience is required, such as content writing, creative writing, journalism, research writing, copywriting, or detailed review writing
• Ability to describe visual content clearly and objectively
• Strong attention to detail
• Comfortable reviewing videos for long periods of time
• Ability to follow detailed guidelines and apply feedback quickly
• Reliable, organized, and able to meet deadlines
• Prior experience in data annotation, video review, QA, content moderation, or AI training is a plus

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is someone who is observant, thoughtful, and strong at written explanations. They should be able to watch a video and clearly explain what is happening, why it matters, and how it should be categorized based on the project guidelines.

Verita engagements are remote and asynchronous, and Verita says they are paid weekly.