Audio Post Specialist - Fully Remote | Up to $120/hr

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Music Producer & Audio Post Specialist (AI Evaluation)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$120/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in commercial music production and audio post-production.
• Design challenging, real-world music and audio tasks, such as scoring to picture, multi-stem arrangement, voice-over cleanup, sound design, and mixing for ads.
• Evaluate AI-generated music, voice-over, sound design, and mixes. Provide clear, written feedback on structure, sync to picture, intelligibility, mix balance, and loudness.
• Develop guidelines, rubrics, and quality checks for music and audio, including technical loudness and sync checks.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years of shipped commercial music or audio post work for agencies, brands, broadcasters, or production companies.
• Composer and producer credits on broadcast or digital spots, with multi-stem arrangement, alt mixes, and cutdowns delivered to picture.
• Mix and master credits on spots delivered to broadcast loudness specs such as ATSC A/85 and EBU R128.
• Professional fluency in Pro Tools, Logic Pro, or Reaper, plus iZotope RX for voice-over and dialogue cleanup.
• Fluency with editable source files and deliverables: DAW sessions, DME and instrument stems, cue sheets, ISRC and metadata.
• Hands-on sound design, Foley, and voice-over session experience.
• Working familiarity with generative audio tools such as Suno, Udio, Stable Audio, ElevenLabs, and Adobe Enhance Speech.
• A public portfolio or reel of shipped work.
• Ability to engage reliably for at least 40 hours/week during weekdays.
• Strong written communication skills.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.