Design and Creative AI Jobs: Rates and Openings
Every figure on this page is read from 18 live listings on this board, 14 of which publish a rate. Updated 05 September 2026. See the full pay dataset.
Designers and creatives are hired to judge AI-generated visual work and guide model taste.
What these roles pay
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Median advertised rate | $95/hr |
| Range across listings | $15 to $250/hr |
| Listings with a published rate | 14 of 18 |
Who is hiring
- micro1: 8 live roles
- Mercor: 7 live roles
- Turing: 2 live roles
- Terac: 1 live role
Where you can work from
These listings are open to applicants in 58 countries. The most represented are United States, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan. Check your own country with the eligibility checker.
What the work actually involves
Taken from the live listings themselves:
- Role Overview Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research organization to engage experienced brand designers for a project focused on evaluating how well AI systems perform real-world brand and design work.
- Rather than producing deliverables yourself, you will define what excellent work looks like: designing task-specific grading criteria and scoring completed work samples with rigorous, well-reasoned written justifications.
- About Turing: Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world's leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems.
- Role Overview: We are seeking experienced Electrical Engineers to design, solve, and review simulation-led engineering tasks used to train and evaluate advanced AI models.
Typical responsibilities
Pulled from the live listings in this category:
- Score AI-generated and human work samples against those criteria, with detailed written justifications for every score
- Apply consistent, evidence-based judgment so that scores are reproducible and defensible
- Incorporate structured feedback from senior reviewers and iterate quickly on your work
- Evaluate and solve advanced circuit design and electrical engineering problems across multiple domains, including analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, and RF circuits.
- Review and assess AI-generated technical responses for technical correctness, accuracy, and engineering quality.
- Apply practical engineering judgment to real-world design scenarios and theoretical questions.
What employers ask for
- 5+ years of professional experience in brand, visual, or graphic design
- Background specifically at world-class independent brand and design agencies (e.g., Pentagram, Wolff Olins, Landor, Collins, IDEO), agency experience, not in-house or enterprise design teams
- Experience in one of the core brand disciplines: Creative Director, Brand Designer (logo, visual identity, supporting graphics), Web Designer (UI/UX, web architecture), or Graphic Designer
- Deep fluency in the day-to-day craft: typography, layout and visual hierarchy, color, composition, logo and brand identity systems, and articulating critique the way a creative director would in a review
- Exceptionally strong written communication, with the ability to explain exactly why a piece of work does or does not meet the bar
- Detail-oriented, consistent, and comfortable having your judgment reviewed and calibrated against peers
How the pay is spread
Half of the listings with a published rate fall between $70 and $115 an hour. The bottom of the range is $15 and the top is $250. Rate depends far more on credentials and specialism than on which platform you use.
Which platform to start with
micro1 currently lists the most roles in this category (8 of 18). Platforms differ mainly in eligibility and how they screen, not in the kind of work. See which platforms hire in your country before you spend time on applications.
How to apply
Applications are completed on the hiring platform, not on this site. Most of these platforms screen with a short qualification step before routing you to paid work, so a complete profile matters more than a long cover letter. Applying is free and none of these platforms charge a fee to start.
Live design and creative ai jobs roles
- Agency Brand Design Expert via Mercor · $80-$150/hr
- CAD & Simulation Consultant | Engineering Design and Simulation , Aerospace / Mechanical / Electrical Engineering via Turing
- Chip Design & Verification Engineer (Part-Time W-2) via Mercor
- Computational Electrical Engineering & RF/Circuit Design Expert via Mercor · $70-$85/hr
- Electrical Design Specialist via Mercor · $70-$85/hr
- Graphic & UX/UI Designer Talent Network via Mercor · $60-$80/hr
- 3D Animator / CGI Artist via micro1 · $15-$80/hr
- Design & Frontend Specialist via micro1 · $90-$140/hr
- Electrical & Circuit Design Expert via micro1 · $60-$130/hr
- Manufacturing Design Engineer (FreeCAD) via micro1 · $40-$100/hr
- Mechanical Design / CAD Expert via micro1 · $60-$130/hr
- UI/UX Designer via micro1 · $30-$80/hr
- UI / Visual Designer Specialist via micro1 · $90-$140/hr
- UX Designer Specialist via micro1 · $90-$140/hr
- Professional Design Experts via Mercor · $80-$180/hr
- Senior Design Expert - Paid AI Design Research Study via Mercor · $150-$250/hr
- Subject Matter Expert : Game Design via Turing
- Domain Experts: Paid Assessment on AI Prompt Design via Terac