Everhour supports editing teams with structured time tracking, approvals, and billing workflows for client and production work.
Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.
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A billable hours tracker for video editors helps you record time by client, production, and editing activity. That matters because editing work rarely sits in one clean block. A day can include footage review, assembly, sound edits, effects notes, corrections, export checks, and producer feedback. Clear entries turn that scattered work into invoice-ready records.
Freelance editors especially need this discipline. BLS reported that self-employed workers accounted for 29% of film and video editor jobs in 2024, and many freelance video professionals handle bids, contracts, permissions, copyright protection, and financial records. A usable tracker gives each client a clean view of the work performed, the production it belongs to, and the time billed.
Editing records work best when each entry names the client, production, task, date, duration, billable status, and a short note. A useful line can read: client trailer project, rough cut assembly, 2.5 hours, billable, producer notes round one. That format gives you enough context for billing without turning the time log into a production diary.
Revision tracking deserves its own structure. Producers, directors, audio teams, visual teams, and effects teams often send notes at different stages. O*NET lists editor work such as reviewing footage, arranging sequences, inserting sound, correcting errors, verifying time codes, and determining needed effects. Separate those activities so a client can see whether time went to creative editing, technical correction, or requested changes.
Video editors often work under daily time pressure, and that pressure changes how time records get messy. O*NET reports that 71% of film and video editors experience time pressure every day, while BLS notes that broadcasting work can require additional hours to meet deadlines. Late revisions, export failures, and urgent producer notes should be tracked as the work happens.
Team context also matters. O*NET reports that 92% of film and video editors have daily face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams. A time entry tied only to "editing" loses value when several people touch the same production. Link hours to the review stage, handoff, or deliverable so managers and clients can connect the time to the actual production workflow.
A one-off tracker is enough when you need to total hours for one invoice, reconstruct a revision cycle, or estimate a similar project. It works well for solo editors with a small number of active clients and simple hourly billing. Keep the record complete enough to show dates, durations, billable status, and the editing activity behind each charge.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when several editors, producers, or projects share the same deadline. Everhour Team Management lets admins use roles, project assignments, approval workflow, lock rules, admin time correction, personal tracking limits, weekly capacity, team groups, and team-wide policy defaults. That gives production leads a controlled path from tracked editing time to approved records for billing, payroll review, or project reporting.
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Summer 2026
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Summer 2026
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Billable editing time usually includes client-approved work such as footage review, sequence assembly, music or dialogue placement, sound effects, visual effects coordination, error correction, time-code checks, exports, and requested revisions. The contract or statement of work should control the final boundary. Admin work, sales calls, or unpaid proposal time should stay separate unless the client agreed to pay for it.
Video editors should track across all three levels when the work is client-billed. The client identifies who pays, the production identifies the deliverable, and the task explains the work behind the time. A simple project such as a one-off social cut can use fewer labels, but recurring production work needs enough structure to separate edits, revisions, and exports.
Revision rounds should be tracked as separate entries or task labels, especially when client feedback changes the scope. Use labels such as rough cut revision, sound correction, color note pass, or final export changes. That structure shows whether the time came from the original edit plan or from later requests by a producer, director, or client team.
Covered employers under the FLSA must keep accurate records for nonexempt workers covered by minimum wage or overtime provisions, including hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. The FLSA does not require one specific timekeeping method. Covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek at at least 1.5 times the regular rate.
The FLSA does not require overtime premium pay solely because work happens on Saturday, Sunday, a holiday, or a regular rest day. For covered nonexempt employees, the federal overtime baseline applies after more than 40 hours worked in a workweek, unless another law, policy, contract, or agreement gives a higher benefit.
Everhour Team Management supports approval workflow, lock rules, admin time correction, personal tracking limits, weekly capacity, roles, project assignments, and team groups. A production lead can review submitted editing hours, correct entries when needed, and lock approved periods before the records move into billing, payroll review, or reporting.
Everhour can track time inside supported project tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Linear, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Editors can log time against assigned tasks while continuing to work inside the project system that already holds cuts, review stages, notes, and production deadlines.
Use Everhour Team Management to collect, review, correct, and lock editor time before billing or payroll review, giving production teams cleaner approvals and fewer disputed hours.
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