Editorial and media professionals auditing AI-generated work for Mercor, which partners with AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models. Reviewing realism, accuracy, grading, and practitioner usability.
Responsibilities
Audit AI-generated work product in the applicant's editorial or media specialty
Review the task description, AI agent's work, produced files, and AI grader's scoresheet
Assess whether tasks are realistic and relevant to the profession
Verify domain content, including standards, figures, regulations, terminology, and constraints
Review eleven yes/no grading questions and identify disagreements with explanations
Independently band the work and assess whether a practitioner could use or accept it
Compare the independently assigned band with the reported score
Write a short rationale for every judgment
Complete approximately one item per hour without performing or redoing the underlying task
Requirements
Apply to the role matching your background: Editors; News Analysts, Reporters and Journalists; or Film and Video Editors
4+ years editing other people's copy to a house style, with responsibility for what was published (Editors)
4+ years reporting and filing your own stories, with sourcing you had to stand behind (News Analysts, Reporters and Journalists)
4+ years cutting finished pieces on a professional timeline, delivered to a client or a broadcast specification (Film and Video Editors)
Near-native business English
Comfort using spreadsheets or PDFs to verify that numbers reconcile
Professional field expertise and judgment
Independent contractor engagement
Must not require H1-B or STEM OPT sponsorship/support
Benefits
Fully remote work
Flexible schedule / work on your own schedule
Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
Competitive pay
Collaboration with leading researchers
Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems
Reasonable accommodations upon request
Referral payments of up to $220 per successful referral
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