Job Overview : UI/UX Design Expert (Remote, Hourly Contract)
| 💰 Salary | $80 – $150 per hour |
| 📍 Location | Global (100% remote) |
| 🏢 Company | Mercor |
| 💼 Category | Design / AI / Product |
| 🌍 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 UI/UX and product designers for a project evaluating how well AI systems perform real-world digital product 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 digital product and UX deliverables (design systems, responsive UI layouts, end-to-end product flows, customer portals, UX writing, and design-to-engineering handoff)
- 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 product design, UI/UX, or design systems for real digital products (not brand or marketing sites)
- Background at leading digital-product and UX studios, in-house product-design teams at major product-led companies, or e-commerce/marketplace companies with sophisticated customer portals
- Experience across one or more relevant tracks: Product / UI / Design Systems Designer, UX Lead, UX Writer / Content Designer, or digital Product / Business Analyst
- Deep fluency in the day-to-day craft: interaction and visual design, design systems, responsive layouts, end-to-end product flows, prototyping and production handoff in Figma
- Ability to articulate critique the way a design or UX lead 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 for a real product and its users
- Detail-oriented, consistent, and comfortable having your judgment reviewed and calibrated against peers
Preferred (not required):
- Prior experience with AI training, evaluation, or human-data projects
Important notes:
- 🎨 Digital product design focus – not brand or marketing design
- 🌍 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 product design expertise to shape how AI evaluates digital design—with total flexibility and weekly pay.