Stylists & Personal Shoppers

Role Overview

Mercor is seeking experienced Stylists & personal shoppers (celebrity, editorial, retail, or e-commerce) to collaborate with a leading AI research lab. You will design and evaluate advanced shopping-assistant AI systems by creating realistic shopper profiles, high-quality prompts, and rigorous evaluation rubrics for product-recommendation tasks.

Qualifications

• 3 + years of professional experience in any of the following: celebrity or editorial styling, retail buying / merchandising, e-commerce category management, or related consumer-shopping roles

• Demonstrated expertise in trend spotting, brand benchmarking, and translating shopper needs into concrete product recommendations

• Proven ability to create retail assets (e.g., inventory scorecards, product-content libraries, campaign-ROI reports)

• Excellent written English and keen attention to detail

Project Timeline

• Start Date: Aug 10th

• Duration: 5 weeks

• Commitment: Part-time, ~20 hours/week

Compensation & Contract

• Hourly Rate: $35–$50/hr (USD), depending on experience

• Lucrative bonus structure: Our top performers across projects have earned $5k+ in bonus payouts, enjoy steady incentive targets with large payouts

Application & Onboarding Process

1. Submit Resume & Application Form

2. Model Training AI Interview A 30-minute conversational session designed to assess your ability to train a model in your area of expertise.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.