Health & Beauty Expert

CONSUMER BEAUTY • HOURLY CONTRACT • REMOTE • $40-$70/HOUR

Mercor is working with a leading AI lab to hire beauty experts who can pinpoint the right skincare, makeup, haircare, and fragrance products for different shoppers.

You'll translate ingredient labels, shade ranges, and texture needs into succinct recommendations while ensuring AI-suggested picks remain inclusive, safe, and practical.

Key Responsibilities

The Health & Beauty Expert role is a remote contract position paying $40-$70/hr. It suits experienced professionals who want flexible, project-based AI work reviewed on a rolling basis. You collaborate directly with client teams on real deliverables that help train and evaluate next-generation AI systems, with no long-term commitment required.

• Evaluate products: Assess formulas, shade/undertone matches, and hair-type suitability while avoiding medical claims.
• Write concise guidance: Provide pros/cons, trade-offs, specs, and "who this is for" copy tailored to shopper briefs.
• Compare across budgets: Build value, mid-range, and premium options across major retailers and flag availability concerns.
• Refine AI picks: Review, correct, and annotate AI-generated recommendations, adding missing context or inclusivity notes.

Ideal Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in beauty retail, salon/MUA/esthetician work, beauty editorial, or a serious enthusiast track record.
• Ability to evaluate ingredient lists, texture, and finish with consumer-friendly language.
• Inclusive mindset across skin tones, hair textures, sensitivities, and fragrance preferences.
• Bonus: esthetician/cosmetologist license, fragrance taxonomy knowledge, or textured-hair expertise.

More About the Opportunity

• Schedule: Remote, asynchronous, fully flexible project work.
• Commitment: Variable weekly hours with potential for ongoing engagements.
• Compensation: $40-$70/hour (USD) depending on depth of expertise.
• Payments: Weekly Stripe Connect payments as an independent contractor.

Help Mercor build beauty advisors into AI copilots-delivering shopper guidance that is accurate, inclusive, and trustworthy for every routine and budget.