Editorial, Deck & Document Designer (AI Evaluation)
$70–120/hr
Remote full time images contract with Mercor, $70–120/hr, open to people in United States. Posted Nov 5.
$70–120/hr
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- Pay
- Above typicalTops out at $120/hr. The typical top rate across 47 priced images listings is $70/hr.
- Getting in
- Some screening~30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview. Resume showing real experience in your field.
- Steady work
- Work is patchyProjects can pause or end with little notice.
- Payout record
- Pays on timeSchedule: weekly, every Wednesday. Paid via Stripe (Wise in a few countries).
- Freshness
- FreshPosted 1d ago. Still listed on Mercor on Nov 6, 2026.
- Where you live
- Named countries onlyOpen in United States.
The job description
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced generative AI models.
1\. Overview
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team and help build foundational AI models from the ground up. We're seeking a talented Editorial, Deck & Document Designer with deep, hands-on presentation, publication and print production experience to bring real layout and typographic judgment and elevate the quality of our AI training data. This is a full-time commitment of 40 hours per week.
This is a W-2 employment position with Cincinnatus LLC, with the opportunity to be placed at a leading AI Lab as part of their extended workforce.
2\. Key Responsibilities
- Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in presentation design, editorial layout, typography, information design and print production.
- Design challenging, real-world deck and document tasks, from executive summaries to brand books and brochures, and produce reference deliverables in editable source formats.
- Evaluate AI-generated presentations, documents and infographics and give clear, written feedback, catching problems with grids, type hierarchy, chart accuracy, bleed, page setup and print color.
- Develop guidelines, rubrics and quality checks for layout and typography, including technical checks on slide and PDF files.
- Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.
3\. Core Qualifications
- 5+ years of shipped presentation, editorial or document design for agency, studio, consultancy or commercial clients, for example a consultancy visual graphics or design studio team (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Deloitte, Accenture), a presentation agency (Duarte, Buffalo 7, SketchDeck, Prezlab), a brand or annual report studio (Pentagram, Addison, Radley Yeldar, Emperor, Lippincott), a publisher or magazine, or an in-house corporate communications or investor relations design team. Crowd rating, data labeling and student work do not count.
- Expert command of PowerPoint and browser-based slide tools, including master slides, custom templates and chart tooling such as think-cell, with Keynote a plus.
- Expert command of Adobe InDesign for multi-page documents: master pages, paragraph and character styles, grids and baseline alignment, long-document features, and packaging files for print. Affinity Publisher is acceptable where the work was shipped.
- Working fluency in Figma and Illustrator for brand systems, diagrams, icons and vector charts.
- Print prepress ownership: bleed, trim, safe area, folds (tri-fold, gatefold), dielines, imposition, Pantone and CMYK, press proofs, and PDF/X exports a printer accepts first time.
- A track record of executive chartbooks, board or investor decks, infographics and data visualisation where the chart choice and the typography carry the argument.
- Fluency delivering and working from editable source files (.pptx, .key, browser-based slide tools, .indd and .idml, .ai, .fig, .afpub, print-ready PDF).
- Hands-on working use of generative AI tools in professional work, for example Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint, Gamma, Beautiful.ai, Adobe Firefly, Canva Magic Design or Midjourney for imagery, and the judgment to tell a strong result from a plausible-looking weak one.
- A public portfolio or reel of shipped work; you will be asked to walk through it.
- Ability to engage reliably for at least 40 hours/week during weekdays.
- Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain creative decisions clearly.
About Cincinnatus LLC: Cincinnatus LLC is an enterprise staffing company that partners with leading technology companies to source and employ highly skilled professionals for contingent and contract-based opportunities. Cincinnatus serves as the employer of record for these engagements, providing W-2 employment, payroll, benefits, and compliance, while placing employees directly within client teams to work on high-impact initiatives.
Equal Employment Opportunity: Cincinnatus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or any other legally protected characteristic.
How do you apply to Mercor?
Apply on Mercor
The Apply button opens this post on Mercor's own site. You apply with them, not with Rubric. Budget about 30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview.
Get through screening
What Mercor asks for after you apply:
- Take the recorded AI video interview (practice round available)
- Complete any role-specific assessment and the ID check
- Accept the offer and sign the contract
Start work and get paid
Pay schedule: weekly, every Wednesday. Paid via Stripe (Wise in a few countries). You're paid for the work they hand out, not a fixed salary.
Mercor also needs
- Resume showing real experience in your field
- Webcam with your full face visible for the AI interview
- Government ID
Red flags
- Red flagLong waits with no offer after passing the interview
- Red flagProjects ending abruptly with little warning
What is Mercor like to work for?
Hiring marketplace that screens professionals with an AI video interview and places them on hourly contracts training and evaluating models for AI labs.
| Advertised pay | $20–200/hr |
|---|---|
| Getting in | Some screening |
| Application takes | ~30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview |
| How you get paid | Weekly, every Wednesday, via Stripe (Wise in a few countries) |
| Payout record | Pays on time |
| Countries | Hires in many countries and runs its pay week on India Standard Time; Mercor keeps a list of locations it cannot onboard, and some projects are US-only. |
Most listings sit around $50–100/hr; healthcare, legal and finance roles pay the most, language and generalist roles the least.