Job Overview : Agency Brand Design Expert (Remote, Hourly Contract)
| 💰 Salary | $80 – $150 per hour |
| 📍 Location | Global (100% remote) |
| 🏢 Company | Mercor |
| 💼 Category | Design / AI / Creative |
| 🌍 Remote | Yes (fully remote, flexible schedule) |
| 📋 Contract Type | Hourly independent contractor |
| 💸 Payment | Weekly via Stripe or Wise |
About the role:
Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research organization to engage experienced brand designers for a project evaluating how well AI systems perform real-world brand and design work. Rather than producing deliverables yourself, you’ll define what excellent work looks like—designing grading criteria and scoring completed work samples with rigorous, well-reasoned written justifications.
What you will do:
- Design precise, task-specific grading criteria for real-world brand design deliverables (brand identity systems, logos, campaign visuals, packaging, presentations, digital assets, and brand messaging)
- Score AI-generated and human work samples against those criteria with detailed written justifications
- Apply consistent, evidence-based judgment so scores are reproducible and defensible
- Incorporate structured feedback from senior reviewers and iterate quickly on your work
What you need:
- 5+ years of professional experience in brand, visual, or graphic design
- Background specifically at world-class independent brand and design agencies (e.g., Pentagram, Wolff Olins, Landor, Collins, IDEO) — agency experience, not in-house or enterprise design teams
- Experience in one of the core brand disciplines: Creative Director, Brand Designer (logo, visual identity, supporting graphics), Web Designer (UI/UX, web architecture), or Graphic Designer
- Deep fluency in the day-to-day craft: typography, layout and visual hierarchy, color, composition, logo and brand identity systems
- Ability to articulate critique the way a creative director would in a review
- Exceptionally strong written communication, with the ability to explain exactly why a piece of work does or does not meet the bar
- Detail-oriented, consistent, and comfortable having your judgment reviewed and calibrated against peers
Preferred (not required):
- Experience with copywriting and brand messaging — including audience research, competitor research, and positioning
- Prior experience with AI training, evaluation, or human-data projects
Important notes:
- 🎨 Agency experience required – not in-house or enterprise design teams
- 🌍 Global location – fully remote, work on your own schedule
- 📋 Independent contractor – not W-2 or freelance project-based
- 🏢 Employer: Mercor (partners with leading AI labs)
- 💸 Weekly pay – via Stripe or Wise
- 🚫 No H1-B or STEM OPT support at this time
Why this job is worth your time:
$80-$150/hour to apply your world-class brand design expertise to shape how AI evaluates creative work—with total flexibility and weekly pay.