Travel Expert

Mercor is hiring experienced Travel professionals to join an exciting collaboration with a top AI research lab. This role involves contributing to the development and evaluation of advanced AI systems designed to replicate real-world workflows across travel, tourism, and hospitality.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and assess complex problems and tasks in the field of travel, including consumer travel planning, tourism, hospitality, and destination knowledge

• Evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, practicality, and relevance to real-world travel experiences

• Provide clear written feedback on travel-related content and recommendations

• Collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers and engineers to iterate and improve model performance

• Ensure accuracy and alignment with consumer travel industry standards in all content used to train or evaluate AI systems

Ideal Qualifications

• Deep personal or professional experience with travel, tourism, hospitality, or related consumer-facing industries

• Strong knowledge of travel logistics, planning, destinations, and consumer preferences

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Strong attention to detail and practical thinking

• Prior experience in tourism, travel agencies, hospitality, or content creation for travel is a plus

• Location: must be U.S.-based with valid work authorization

Project Timeline

• Start Date: Immediate

• Duration: 1–2 months

• Commitment: Part-time, ~20 hours/week (potential to extend to 40 hours/week)

Application & Onboarding Process

• Upload your resume

• AI interview: A short conversation about your background, no preparation necessary!

• Work trial: A paid, 3-hour assessment evaluating your ability to interpret project guidelines and deliver travel-specific output

Apply today and leverage your travel expertise to help build the future of AI-driven tourism and hospitality workflows!

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.