The short answer
Hashlist pays video editors to record their screen while they edit real footage into one finished video. The rate is $60 an hour of active work, and $75 an hour if you talk through what you are doing. There is no interview and no test. You sign up, pick a brief, record the task and send it in. Once a reviewer accepts your recording, you get paid. It is simple computer use work. AI companies want to see how a real editor works: which cuts you make, why you trim a clip, how you fix colour and sound. Your recording teaches an AI model how skilled people use editing software.
What you record
You edit real footage into one finished video, start to finish, with your screen recorded the whole time. A good recording runs about 20 to 40 minutes. Anything with less than 5 minutes of active work is rejected. You can use DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro. Use your own footage or stock footage you are allowed to share. If people appear in the footage, they must have agreed to it. Explain what you do and why, as you would to a junior editor sitting next to you. That narration is what moves your rate from $60 to $75 an hour, and it makes your recording more useful.
How the pay works
You are paid for active time, not for the time the recording is open. A break counts for 60 seconds at most, so pausing for coffee does not add to your pay. A 30 minute recording of steady work with narration earns about $37. A reviewer accepts or rejects each recording. Rejected recordings are not paid, and partial work may be paid at less than the full amount. You can withdraw to PayPal or a bank account (IBAN) once your balance reaches $50. Payouts are sent within about 10 business days, and you may need to fill in a W-9 or W-8BEN tax form.
Who can do it
The brief asks for fluent English, a reliable fast internet connection and real editing skill, usually a degree or equivalent work experience. It is open to adults worldwide who can legally do paid contract work, outside sanctioned countries.
Tips to get accepted
Pick footage that needs real decisions, like an interview with mistakes to cut or a travel clip that needs a story. Keep working steadily so most of the recording counts as active time. Say your reasons out loud: why this cut, why this music, why this colour fix. Finish the video properly and export it, because an unfinished edit is easy to reject.
Is Hashlist legit?
Hashlist is run by Gigarator Oy, a company registered in Helsinki, Finland in 2020. It already works with car makers and engineering firms, and its contributor programme for screen recording is new. Like any platform, it never asks you to pay to join. Rates can change, so check the brief before you start.
How to start
Sign up on Hashlist, open the video editing brief and record your first edit. This is our referral link. We may earn a fee if you join through it, and it never changes your pay. Hashlist also has briefs for 3D modelling and Blender 3D design. Work out what a session is worth with the pay calculator.
Sources and further reading
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