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Creative & Media Expert

80–90/hr
Remote
hourly
10 openings
Posted November 10, 2026
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Listing checked November 12, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor

Key details

Pay
$80–90/hr
Location
Remote
Job type
hourly
Openings
10
Posted
November 10, 2026

Overview

Mercor pairs seasoned creative, media, and communications pros with a single goal: build evaluation tasks for AI systems that generate professional creative output. Every task is calibrated to the bar a senior practitioner clears for a paying client, an employer, or a live audience. The work spans five tracks, including enterprise communication through decks, reports, and training video, entertainment and media assets, marketing and advertising campaigns, poster and logo layouts, and interactive products such as websites and HTML games. You write the brief, assemble the input files, produce the reference deliverable yourself, then judge AI output against it on both content and craft. Fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, Premiere Pro, or a DAW such as Pro Tools carries more weight here than any single credential.

What You'll Do6

  • Draft realistic creative briefs pulled from your own practice, each with a defined audience, stated constraints, and one clear end deliverable.
  • Assemble the input package a professional would normally receive: brand assets, data, footage, audio, and style references.
  • Produce the finished reference deliverable for every task at the standard you would hand a client.
  • Score AI-generated deliverables against your reference work and decide which holds up better on substance and on execution.
  • Write short, clear rationales for each judgment that explain the reasoning behind the call.
  • Help sharpen the grading guidance used to assess AI creative output.

Requirements5

  • 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 shipped work that shows both strong content and strong craft.
  • Command of the standard tools of your field, whether that is Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, PowerPoint or Google Slides, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, Pro Tools, or Logic Pro.
  • A close eye for detail and the ability to articulate why one piece of work outperforms another.
  • Comfort writing briefs and building deliverables from scratch without a template to follow.

Preferred Qualifications3

  • Prior experience writing rubrics
  • Prior AI evaluation work
  • Prior creative review experience

Who Should Apply

Senior designers, art directors, editors, animators, sound specialists, marketers, and communications pros with 5+ years of shipped client work. You keep a portfolio you are proud of and can explain your craft choices in plain language.

Salary Insight

This engagement pays $80.00 to $90.00 per hour. That band lines up with senior freelance and consulting work in creative fields, so expect the review to weigh your portfolio and years of practice rather than entry-level credentials.

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$80–90/hr

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$70/hour

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Most Design & Creative roles pay $40–$100 per hour. This role's pay falls inside that range.

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Required skills

Creative CloudFigmaPremiere ProDavinci ResolveAfter EffectsPro ToolsLogic ProPowerPointSlidesArt DirectionVideo ProductionAnimationSound DesignBrand GuidelinesCreative BriefsAI EvaluationRubric WritingCreative ReviewLayout DesignHTML

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