Design Critics

We are seeking experienced Design Critics to help evaluate, critique, and shape how AI systems interpret and analyze visual design across mediums.

This role is ideal for individuals with backgrounds in visual arts, art history, design criticism, visual journalism, or theory-forward design practice who are excited about interrogating aesthetics, composition, and visual reasoning.

You are a good fit if you:

• Have 1+ years of professional experience in a visual, critique-based, or design-adjacent field (including design marketing or journalism).

• Have a bachelor's or master’s degree in any design field, including but not limited to:

  • Art History

  • Visual Arts

  • Graphic Design

  • Design Theory

  • Architecture

  • Visual Culture Studies

  • Film & Media Studies

  • Illustration

  • Editorial Design

  • Journalism (with a visual or arts focus)

• Exposure working with LLMs, GenAI prompting, and vibe coding.

• Have experience writing or speaking critically about visual work (e.g., reviews, essays, critiques, studio feedback, editorial analysis, academic writing, design commentary).

• Are currently based in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, Europe, Australia, or Brazil.

• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Have strong attention to details.

Role Start Date

• This role will begin in early March with applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Key Responsibilities:

• The project is 10-20 hours of work per week with potential for increased hours based on performance.

• You will work asynchronously with a team of designers across disciplines.

• You will craft, critique, and review experimental design workflows with frontier AI models.

Interview Process

• You will complete a short AI interview about your creative process.

• Following the interview will be a short portfolio review and written form.

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.