Visual Creative Expert
Listing checked October 7, 2026 · pay as published by Micro1
Overview
micro1 is building a team of Visual Creative Experts to work on a customer project that involves curating and evaluating aesthetic images. Your eye for composition, lighting, color, and originality will directly shape how AI models learn to judge visual quality. No background in AI is needed. What matters is your domain expertise in fields like photography, art direction, or graphic design. This is a remote contractor role where you review image collections and provide detailed written critiques.
What You'll Do7
- 1Examine filtered collections of aesthetic images and judge each one for visual excellence and creative merit.
- 2Use refined judgment to pick images that show standout composition, lighting, color, styling, originality, and technical skill.
- 3Write clear explanations for why you selected or rejected specific images.
- 4Work with project trainers and other visual specialists to align on quality benchmarks.
- 5Keep your evaluations consistent across different visual genres and formats.
- 6Adapt to changing guidelines and project needs as the image selection process evolves.
- 7Help build varied, high-quality datasets that reflect strong aesthetic standards.
Requirements7
- 1Proven experience evaluating or producing visual work in areas such as photography, art direction, graphic or brand design, illustration, or curation.
- 2Sharp visual discernment and the ability to identify and describe strong composition, lighting, color, and originality.
- 3A solid portfolio or track record of visual projects that demonstrates taste and artistic rigor.
- 4Excellent written and verbal communication, especially when giving constructive, detailed feedback.
- 5Prior roles that involved critical evaluation or selection of images or visual content.
- 6Current knowledge of visual trends, cultural references, and emerging aesthetics in design or photography.
- 7Self-motivated and able to meet project deliverables consistently in a remote setting.
Who Should Apply
This role fits someone with a professional background in visual fields like photography, art direction, graphic design, illustration, or curation, who can articulate why an image works or fails. You should have a portfolio that shows refined taste and the ability to judge composition, lighting, and originality across genres. The role is less suitable for those without hands-on visual experience or who struggle to write detailed critiques. Candidates often get rejected when they submit a portfolio that lacks evidence of critical evaluation, or when their written feedback is vague and does not reference specific visual elements.
Salary Insight
Compensation for this contractor role ranges from $21 to $70 per hour. The final rate is discussed during the hiring process.
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In your application, include a link to a portfolio that clearly shows your ability to evaluate visual work, not just create it. Add short written analyses of two or three images from your portfolio, explaining your choices around composition, lighting, and originality. This directly demonstrates the written feedback and critical judgment the role requires.
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