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Visual Designer - AI Fellowship

100–125/hr
Remote
Part-Time
Posted October 17, 2026
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Listing checked October 24, 2026 · pay as published by Handshake AI

Key details

Pay
$100–125/hr
Location
RemoteUnited States
Job type
Part-Time
Posted
October 17, 2026

Overview

Handshake AI invites visual designers into a year-round fellowship that sharpens how large language models handle visual storytelling, brand design, and professional communication. You work from any location on an asynchronous schedule, choose your own hours, and pick projects that match your design specialty. Assignments center on crafting domain-specific prompts and judging model responses, with room to research topics that interest you using AI tools. Project placement depends on availability, so the fellowship can ebb and flow across the year.

What You'll Do7

  • Write domain-specific prompts and inputs that test how language models handle visual design tasks.
  • Review and score model outputs for accuracy, creativity, and alignment with brand or communication goals.
  • Research design topics that interest you and turn findings into reference material for model improvement.
  • Work with AI research partners while setting your own schedule and project load.
  • Apply your portfolio experience to examples involving visual storytelling, identity systems, and professional messaging.
  • Document judgments and feedback so project teams can compare model performance across design areas.
  • Join projects as they become available and adjust your focus based on specialization needs.

Requirements6

  • Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of two years in a design role.
  • Full-time background as a brand designer, product designer, digital designer, visual designer, creative director, or art director.
  • A portfolio that demonstrates your visual design work and creative range.
  • Comfort working on your own within a distributed team and alongside AI research partners.
  • A conviction that human creative judgment can outperform current AI at visualizing and explaining business concepts.
  • Ability to manage an asynchronous schedule with no minimum hour commitment.

Who Should Apply

The strongest fit is a visual designer with at least two years of full-time experience and a portfolio that shows brand, product, or digital design work. Candidates who have worked as creative directors or art directors, and who can point to business concepts they have visualized, tend to score well. The role suits people who enjoy self-directed research and can deliver feedback on model outputs without a fixed schedule. Designers who need close supervision, steady project flow, or a permanent full-time post will find less value here. Applicants often lose points when they submit a portfolio without clear examples of professional design work or when their experience falls short of the required two years. Another common issue is failing to show how your creative judgment adds value beyond what an AI model can already produce.

Salary Insight

The fellowship pays $100 to $125 per hour. That range sits above many standard freelance visual design rates and reflects the specialized, project-based nature of AI training work tied to senior design expertise. You can accept as few or as many hours as you want, because the program sets no minimum commitment.

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Visual DesignBrand DesignProduct DesignDigital DesignArt DirectionCreative DirectionVisual StorytellingProfessional CommunicationDesign PortfolioPrompt EngineeringLLM EvaluationAI ResearchAsynchronous CollaborationBusiness Concept VisualizationLarge Language Models

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