Amara.org Support Center

Thank you for your important query, Claire Hsu. 

Unfortunately, I do not know the details of Amara On Demand, so could you please ask in a ticket that will go to the staff in charge?  Please mention "OnDemand" in the title of the ticket: this will expedite its processing. 

Your TED.com translator profile probably links to the videos you subtitled: so maybe you could give the links to this profile and to 2 videos you subtitled with Amara in the ticket?

Best,

Claude

PS I now see that you already have a ticket, but concerning the "Amplifying the Voices of Change" team. I think it would be better to make a separate ticket for the issue sou mention here.

Best,

Hi Claire,

I'm the senior recruiter for Amara On Demand. I just checked your profile, and unfortunately whatever work that you did before must have been on a private team. So your activity page is blank. Your best bet is to subtitle two short videos in the Amara Public Workspace so that we can see activity on your profile.

We ask for samples to make sure that applicants are comfortable with the Amara Subtitle Editor and know how to synchronize subtitles to the video timing.

Best,

Allison

Hi Linda,

Thank you for your interest in Amara.org and your questions. The two samples are needed to show that you know how to use the Amara Editor where all captions and subtitles for Amara On Demand are created. 

Timing and formatting are as important as the linguistic quality to ensure the highest quality captions and subtitles that are easy to read and align with the spoken words in the video. 

The samples do not need to be long (2 minutes is fine, longer if you prefer). They should be recent samples that only you have worked on for our team to review. 

Please note that we are currently not taking new applications for Amara On Demand. You can continue to check our Careers page for new openings when they become available. 

I hope this helps!

Rieann

Thank you for your question, wordletime. Please create a ticket that will go to Amara tech support. I am unfortunately unable to reply with certainty.

Best wishes for 2026

Claude

Hi Rheaume,

It's very simple: people who want to apply to Amara on Demand must link in their application to 2 samples of video subtitling they have made with Amara. Therefore there is no need for a developer to look into the samples.

Best

Claude

We need to make sure that anyone who applies for the professional Amara On Demand team has experience with the Amara Editor. We require that applicants have at least 2 completed subtitle samples for 2 different videos (at least 2 minutes long each) publicly viewable on their Amara profiles. You can choose videos in the Amara Public Workspace or add new videos to the Amara Public Workspace by copying and pasting the URL in the Add Video dialog. Hope that helps!

Can you specify what still remains unclear for you, please?