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Creative Technologist (Audio, Design, UX)

You will help evaluate AI systems across audio, design, and user experience. The work focuses on expert judgment and clear standards, not production engineering.

Field
Voice & audio
Where
United States, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia +89 more
Commitment
part time
Hours
up to 20/week
Asks for
Master's
Posted
6 days ago

How this pay compares

At $135/hr, this role pays more than 92% of the 286 open voice & audio roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $30.

Among platforms with 10 or more priced voice & audio roles, Mercor has the highest median ($50/hr across 26 roles) and Alignerr the lowest ($24/hr across 132).

OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one 6 days ago.

Computed from 2,746 open roles we track across Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI, Alignerr, Appen and OpenTrain AI, refreshed daily. Midpoints of listed ranges; “up to” ceilings are left out of medians.

What you would earn at this rate

Rate

$135/hr

Per week, before tax

$2,700

Per month, if the work is steady

$11,700

Tax
Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $2,958 a month for self-employment tax plus federal income tax at the 12% bracket (25%, before state tax). Outside the US, your own country's rules apply.

Assumes paid hours only; unpaid assessments, onboarding and gaps between projects lower the real figure. Full take-home calculator · Track what you actually earn

Open voice & audio roles on each platform

The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.

PlatformOpenMedianBest-paid open role
Mercor33$50/hrVoice Actor: CX Agent Voice Cloning (Swiss German)$50-150/hr
OpenTrain AIthis role113$30/hrAudio Engineers AI Trainer$125/hr
micro115$28/hrEnglish Voice Coach$40-65/hr
Alignerr132$24/hrGerman - Generalist Voice Actor$250-280/hr
Handshake AI6up to $94/hrAudio EngineersUp to $125/hr

“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.

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The full listing

As posted on OpenTrain AI. See the original

The work

You will help evaluate AI systems across audio, design, and user experience. The work focuses on expert judgment and clear standards, not production engineering.

The duties and qualifications focus on AI evaluation across audio, design, and UX. Review them before applying to make sure the role matches your background.

  • Design realistic technical scenarios and problem sets in your area of creative technology expertise.
  • Write expert reference answers that show strong professional judgment.
  • Create grading rubrics that separate correct, excellent, and deficient responses.
  • Evaluate AI-generated outputs for correctness, depth, and practical domain judgment.
  • Write clear technical explanations and structured feedback about evaluation standards.

What it pays and takes

This is a remote, part-time contract role.

  • Pay: $135 per hour.
  • Time requirement: 20+ hours per week.
  • Work arrangement: Remote, independent, and asynchronous.
  • Location: Open to candidates in listed countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, India, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
  • Language: Fluent English.
  • Experience: Six to ten years in creative technology, media, audio, design, UX, or a closely related area.
  • Professional background: Current or recent hands-on work, rather than a purely academic background.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree required; master's degree welcomed.
  • Communication: Strong writing skills for technical explanations, reference answers, rubrics, and structured feedback.
  • Helpful experience: Reviewing or grading technical work, peer review, code review, grading, or editing.
  • Additional signals: Research publications, open-source contributions, recognized work products, audio engineering, linguistics, or multimodal design experience.

How it works

Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site.

About AI training work

AI training work uses human-created examples, reviews, and feedback to help artificial intelligence produce better results. People with strong professional judgment are paid to define quality, assess model outputs, and explain what good work looks like.

From applying to your first payment on OpenTrain AI

  1. 1

    Create a profile

    Create a free OpenTrain profile with your domains, languages and hourly rate.

  2. 2

    Apply

    Apply to the listing. Some listings hire through OpenTrain; others send you to the hiring platform.

  3. 3

    Funded milestones

    The client funds each milestone before work starts.

  4. 4

    First payment

    OpenTrain pays out to your connected payout method when the client approves the milestone. It doesn't publish a fixed payout schedule.

Sources: OpenTrain: AI training careers, OpenTrain docs: invoicing and payouts

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Pay history

OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $135/hr since Nov 5, 2026 with no change.

Across OpenTrain AI's voice & audio roles, the median listed pay was $28/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (63 roles) and is $30/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (113 roles).

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