Filmmaker

What you'll do

micro1 is recruiting from the film world for a robotics project. The footage is of robotic arms carrying out tasks, and the job is to watch it the way an editor watches dailies: closely, frame-aware, noticing what went right and what did not. You tag or label each session against grading guidelines written for that scenario, flagging completed tasks, errors and the small details a casual viewer would miss.

The rest is supporting work: using editing and annotation tools to keep the labelled data organised, keeping records of what you annotated, asking trainers and project leads when a guideline is unclear, and suggesting fixes to the guidelines themselves.

What a filmmaker brings here is a trained eye for continuity, timing and what is actually in the shot, which is what makes a robot's near-miss visible.

Who fits

All of these are listed as preferred, not required:

• Experience in filmmaking, cinematography or video production, with a strong eye for visual detail
• Hands-on skill with video annotation and editing, ideally in common industry tools
• Some background reviewing, grading or annotating video for technical or training use
• The ability to spot small errors and inconsistencies in footage
• Clear written and spoken communication, enough to explain why you labelled something the way you did
• Prior AI training or data labelling work, which the ad calls "highly preferred"
• Self-directed working habits and reliability against project deadlines

What it pays

$50–90/hour, micro1's published band, with nothing stated about what sets your rate inside it. The same $50–90 band appears on micro1's other robotic-arm footage roles, Senior AI Trainer (Robotics Video Annotation) and Video Annotation Specialist, so this looks like one project recruiting through several job titles.

Worth knowing

Good:

• 10,000 openings, the largest headcount on micro1's board, so the door is wide
• Film and production experience counts directly; you do not need to reframe yourself as a data person
• No AI experience required
• A strong hourly band for footage review

Less good:

• "Highly preferred" prior labelling experience means pure filmmakers may lose out to applicants with annotation history
• Reviewing robot-arm footage is far more repetitive than production work
• Weekly hours, project length and the customer are not published
• Contractor terms, with no benefits

About this listing

Posted by micro1 on its own jobs portal and read there on 29 September 2026. The $50–90/hour band, the 10,000 openings, the contractor terms and the qualifications above come from the listing. If you already applied to one of the robotics video siblings linked above, check whether it is the same project before applying again. See micro1.