Set and Production Design Expert Reviewer
You will review set designs, room setups, and production concepts used in structured AI training and evaluation work. You will compare options against a script, brief, budget, setting, actors, and camera needs, then explain your decisions clearly.
- Field
- Design & media
- Where
- United States, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh +46 more
- Commitment
- part time
- Posted
- 7 days ago
Pay data for your profession: Visual design AI trainer jobs
How this pay compares
The title points to rating and reviewing ai output: judging a model's answers or code against guidelines, such as which of two is better or whether one is correct and safe. What each kind of AI training work pays
At $78/hr (the midpoint of $50 to $105), this role pays more than 65% of the 58 open design & media roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $70.
Among platforms with 10 or more priced design & media roles, Mercor has the highest median ($75/hr across 15 roles) and OpenTrain AI the lowest ($70/hr across 35).
OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one 7 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
Per week, before tax
$1,163
Per month, if the work is steady
$5,038
- Tax
- Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $1,274 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 design & media roles on each platform
The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.
| Platform | Open | Median | Best-paid open role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercor | 15 | $75/hr | Commercial Video Editor & Post-Production Lead (AI Evaluation)$70-120/hr |
| OpenTrain AIthis role | 35 | $70/hr | 2D Design Expert AI Evaluator$125/hr |
| micro1 | 3 | $70/hr3 priced | Senior Photographer$55-105/hr |
| Alignerr | 5 | $40/hr | Film Scene Description Specialist$40-120/hr |
| Handshake AI | 9 | up to $125/hr | 2D Design ExpertUp to $125/hr |
“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.
All 67 open design & media roles →The full listing
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The work
You will review set designs, room setups, and production concepts used in structured AI training and evaluation work. You will compare options against a script, brief, budget, setting, actors, and camera needs, then explain your decisions clearly.
The work is based on practical production experience across film, television, theatre, events, commercials, photography, or related settings.
- Compare set designs and production concepts for a script, brief, or budget.
- Assess scale, layout, sightlines, color, materials, period accuracy, and camera suitability.
- Identify practical issues, such as sets that cannot fit the shot or materials that look unrealistic on camera.
- Judge whether a design supports the story, setting, and available budget.
- Write concise explanations showing why one design is stronger than another.
What it pays and takes
This is a fully remote, part-time contractor role.
- Pay: $50 to $105 per hour.
- Work arrangement: Fully remote, part-time contract work.
- Language: Clear, fluent English writing is required.
- Experience: Professional work as a production designer, set designer, art director, set decorator, assistant art director, or theatre designer.
- Production background: Experience with scripts or briefs, budgets, builds, shoot or installation days, and collaboration with other departments.
- Skills: Explain design judgments clearly and distinguish effective solutions from impractical ones.
- Helpful tools: SketchUp, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, Rhino, Photoshop, or strong hand drafting. No single design tool is required.
- Relevant settings may include film, television, theatre, live performance, commercials, music videos, events, exhibitions, retail, trade shows, or photography.
- Location: Open to candidates in the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom.
- Location: Also open to candidates in Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Oman, Peru, and the Philippines.
- Location: Also open to candidates in Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Tunisia, Taiwan, the United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and South Africa.
How it works
You apply here in about two minutes and finish on the hiring platform. The next step is a short AI interview (technical roles include a coding challenge). Passing it is how you qualify for paid tasks, so take it soon after you are invited.
The hiring platform's application for this job asks for your resume, your LinkedIn profile, your phone number, your location and answers to 4 screening questions.
About AI training work
AI training work is the human side of building artificial intelligence. People review examples, rate model outputs, and explain decisions so AI systems can learn to produce more useful results.
From applying to your first payment on OpenTrain AI
- 1
Create a profile
Create a free OpenTrain profile with your domains, languages and hourly rate.
- 2
Apply
Apply to the listing. Some listings hire through OpenTrain; others send you to the hiring platform.
- 3
Funded milestones
The client funds each milestone before work starts.
- 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
Full OpenTrain AI profile: watch-outs and the public record →Pay history
OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $50-105/hr since Nov 4, 2026 with no change.
Across OpenTrain AI's design & media roles, the median listed pay was $31/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (10 roles) and is $70/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (35 roles).
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