Creative & Media Expert
Mercor • Remote
Education
Not stated
Type
Hourly
Pay
$80-90/hr
Your rate depends on your experience and the task.
Listed
2d ago
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Only apply if this role fits your skills and interests.
About this role
From the Mercor listing
Role Overview
Mercor is seeking experienced creative, media, and communications professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems that produce professional creative work.
The tasks are calibrated to the quality a senior professional would deliver to a client, an employer, or a live audience.
This role spans five areas: enterprise communication (slide decks, reports, training videos), entertainment and media (video, audio, podcasts, game assets), marketing and advertising (campaigns, social content, brand guides), staging and layouts (posters, logos, concept art), and interactive digital products (websites, HTML games). Professionals in any of these areas are encouraged to apply.
Contributors write realistic creative briefs, prepare input files, produce reference deliverables, and judge AI-generated outputs against them.
Key Responsibilities
Write realistic creative briefs based on your own professional practice, with a clear audience, constraints, and a single end deliverable.
Prepare the input files a professional would receive, such as brand assets, data, footage, audio, and style references.
Produce a finished reference deliverable for each task, at the standard you would ship to a client.
Compare AI-generated deliverables with reference deliverables and judge which is stronger on content and on craft.
Write concise rationales for each judgment and help refine the guidance used to grade AI outputs.
Ideal Qualifications
5+ years of professional experience in design, art direction, photography, film and video production, animation, sound and music, broadcasting, advertising, marketing, public relations, publishing, instructional design, or business communication.
A portfolio of your own professional work that shows strong content and craft.
Fluency in the professional tools of your field, such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, PowerPoint or Google Slides, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, Pro Tools, or Logic Pro.
A sharp eye for detail and the ability to explain clearly why one piece of work is better than another.
Prior rubric writing, AI evaluation, or creative review experience is a plus.
Requirements
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Generalist
How long hiring takes
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Across 10 Mercor Generalist listings we've tracked, contracts typically run about 6.8 weeks. Length varies by project.
Why this role
This Creative & Media Expert role pays $80-90/hr for your Generalist judgment.
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Common questions
Does it cost money to apply to Mercor?
No, applying to and joining Mercor is free. Mercor charges the client a fee on top of your rate. If anyone asks you to pay to join, treat it as a scam.
Is Mercor for freelancers or full-time contractors?
Mercor places you with one client for a set contract, such as 'Python Tutor for 3 months'. Most roles are steady contract work rather than one-off tasks.
What equipment do I need for creative AI training roles?
Voice and audio roles at this pay level usually need a home studio: an XLR microphone and a quiet, treated room. Quality checks usually reject phone and laptop recordings.
How is my creative work used in AI training?
Your work becomes examples the model learns from. Writing samples teach it to write, and voice recordings often train text-to-speech models. Read the contract's terms on how your voice or likeness can be used before you sign.
What does Generalist work look like for a Creative & Media Expert?
You check AI answers to Generalist questions, correct their errors and write expert reasoning. As a Creative & Media Expert, you're hired for that judgment, so hands-on Generalist experience matters.
How much does this specific role pay?
This listing is posted at $80-90/hr, an hourly rate. Where you land in the range depends on your background and the assessment. Pay can change after we check the listing, so confirm the rate on the platform's application page.
What happens when I click Apply on this listing?
Apply opens Mercor's site, where you create an account and follow its sign-up steps.
How soon will I start working after applying to Mercor?
Usually after a few weeks. Applying puts you in Mercor's pool of candidates, and you start once a client, such as an AI lab, picks your profile.