Remote Consumer Insights & Survey Design Expert

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Survey Research & Consumer Insights Expert for a contract role focusing on methodological rigor in surveys and AI-generated content evaluation. You will review, design, and refine survey instruments ensuring clarity and bias reduction, with emphasis on measurement precision and respondent experience.

The position requires hands-on experience in crafting surveys, evaluating questions and logic, and delivering clear rationales for design decisions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in survey research or related field.
• Experience designing and fielding surveys professionally.
• Strong understanding of questionnaire design and common sources of survey error and bias.
• Strong written communication skills and ability to explain survey design decisions.
• High attention to detail and comfort making nuanced judgments with incomplete information.

Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate surveys for methodological quality, clarity, and fitness for purpose.
• Assess survey questions for issues such as leading language, ambiguity, double-barreled questions, response-option problems, ordering effects, and respondent burden.
• Evaluate screeners, eligibility criteria, survey flows, skip/display logic, scales, and questionnaire structure.
• Identify potential sources of sampling, measurement, response, and selection bias.
• Provide clear, structured rationales explaining methodological issues and recommended improvements.
• Help evaluate AI-generated survey content and research reasoning against professional research standards.

Skills

Survey design

Bias identification

Written communication

Questionnaire design

Tools

Qualtrics

SurveyMonkey

Alchemer

Decipher/Forsta

QuestionPro

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Survey Research & Consumer Insights Expert for a contract role focusing on methodological rigor in surveys and AI-generated content evaluation. You will review, design, and refine survey instruments ensuring clarity and bias reduction, with emphasis on measurement precision and respondent experience.

The position requires hands-on experience in crafting surveys, evaluating questions and logic, and delivering clear rationales for design decisions.