Brand Art Director - AI Evaluation

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: Brand & Advertising Art Director (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 brand identity, advertising, and graphic design.
• Design challenging, real-world design tasks from agency workflows, such as identity systems, packaging, and multi-format campaign suites.
• Evaluate AI-generated design work and provide clear feedback on typography, grids, hierarchy, color, and print feasibility.
• Develop guidelines, rubrics, and quality checks for graphic design, including technical checks on vector and print-ready files.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years of commercial brand and advertising design work as an art director or senior designer.
• Hands-on daily fluency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, and InDesign.
• Delivered brand identity systems and print production on real packaging dielines.
• Experience with out-of-home and multi-format campaign suites.
• Strong typography and grid craft, confident vector illustration, and image retouching.
• Fluency with editable source files and exchange formats: .ai, .psd, .fig, .indd, .svg, PDF/X.
• Hands-on generative AI practice in design work, such as Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion.
• 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.