Senior Design Expert - UX Focus

Obsidian; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 293,000 - 395,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Portfolios required

Job summary

Mercor is partnering with a major technology company to run a paid design study with senior designers. The study captures how top designers think, approach problems, and decide when something is ready to ship, through structured remote sessions. Depending on fit, you may be the interview subject or the host.

What to expect: about 4–5 hours per task including prep and a short review. Compensation is $250 per hour. Portfolios are required and a website link is ideal.

Qualifications

• Senior-level design experience (product, UX, brand, or adjacent craft disciplines)
• A portfolio you can share — a website link is ideal
• A clear point of view on design quality, critique, and shipping standards

Responsibilities

• Participate as the expert being interviewed or run the interview in remote sessions

Job description

Mercor is partnering with a major technology company building AI design tooling on a paid research study with senior designers.

The client wants to capture how expert designers think: how you approach a problem, what separates strong craft from weak, and how you decide when something is ready to ship. This is captured in structured, recorded remote sessions. Depending on fit, you’d either be the expert being interviewed or the one running the interview.

What to expect

• Roughly 4–5 hours per task/interview, including prep beforehand and a short review afterward

• $250/hour

Scope is still being finalized with the client, so structure, timing, volume, and rate may change.

What we’re looking for

• Senior-level design experience (product, UX, brand, or adjacent craft disciplines)

• A clear point of view on design quality, critique, and shipping standards

• A portfolio you can share — a website link is ideal

Portfolios are used solely to assess fit for this study and will not be used for model training of any kind. Please only submit work you’re free to share publicly — no confidential, unreleased, or NDA-covered material.