Graphic Designer Editorial Poster and Marketing Layout

About OpenTrain

OpenTrain AI is the hiring and contracting organization for this role. OpenTrain is the #1 platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling, helping contributors discover meaningful projects and apply in minutes.

In this role, your design expertise will help prepare the structured examples modern AI systems need to understand composition, typography, visual hierarchy, and creative direction.

• Contractor opportunity with OpenTrain AI
• Estimated project duration of 3 to 6 months
• Hourly pay ranging from $20 to $50 USD, with an expected rate of $35 USD per hour
• Open to candidates based in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland

About AI Training and Design Annotation

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. Contributors annotate and evaluate examples so models can learn from visual, written, audio, and video content.

Design annotation work translates creative decisions into consistent metadata and evaluation signals. Your observations can help AI systems better interpret layout, typography, geometry, style, framing, and visual flow.

• Contribute to cutting-edge AI development
• Apply professional design judgment to structured annotation tasks
• Work remotely with a computer and internet connection
• Build experience in a fast-growing AI training industry

The Graphic Designer Role

OpenTrain is seeking intermediate-level Graphic Designers with experience in editorial, poster, marketing, visual, brand, layout, print, or art direction work. Contributors will annotate editorial, poster, marketing, and short video assets according to a defined schema.

The work requires advanced typography, color, layout, visual hierarchy, and editorial or marketing design knowledge. You will break down designs into compositional layers and structured metadata while communicating precise decisions in fluent written English.

• Experience level: Intermediate
• Subject matter: Editorial, marketing, and visual design annotation
• Data type: Image, including short video assets
• Labeling focus: Evaluation and rating
• Employment type: Contractor

What You'll Do

You will evaluate and describe visual assets using a detailed annotation framework. The work combines hands-on design analysis, visual language, quality judgment, and collaboration with project leads and quality control teams.

Contributors with 7 or more years of experience or art direction backgrounds may also be considered for quality leadership tracks.

• Annotate editorial, poster, marketing, and short video assets
• Deconstruct designs into compositional layers
• Create structured metadata covering hierarchy, geometry, style, typography, and visual flow
• Describe video framing and movement using cinematography terminology
• Create benchmark annotations for evaluation
• Identify ambiguous cases and missing categories
• Help improve annotation guidelines
• Maintain alignment with project leads and quality control
• Explain screening decisions clearly and accurately

Requirements

Applicants should bring substantial professional design experience and the ability to analyze visual work with precision. Strong written English and accurate design vocabulary are essential because annotation decisions must be explained consistently.

A relevant bachelor's degree or an equivalent portfolio is preferred. Candidates should be comfortable discussing their relevant experience for Graphic Designer work focused on editorial, poster, and marketing layout.

• 3 to 5 or more years of experience as a graphic, visual, brand, layout, print, or editorial designer, or as an art director
• Advanced typography, color, layout, and visual hierarchy skills
• Editorial or marketing design expertise
• Expert proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
• Relevant editorial, marketing, and visual design annotation experience
• Fluent English and strong written communication
• Strong accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to explain screening decisions clearly
• Relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent portfolio preferred

Who Should Apply

This opportunity is well suited to practicing designers who enjoy deconstructing visual work and expressing creative decisions in structured language. It may also suit editorial designers, print specialists, art directors, and visual or brand designers interested in contributing to AI development.

Applicants must be based in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, or Ireland and must be comfortable working in English.

• Graphic designers with strong editorial, poster, or marketing layout experience
• Visual and brand designers with advanced composition and typography skills
• Layout or print specialists who can analyze geometry and hierarchy
• Art directors interested in quality leadership pathways
• Design professionals who work precisely within defined guidelines

How to Apply Through OpenTrain

Create a free OpenTrain account, build your contributor profile, and apply in minutes. Be prepared to discuss your relevant design experience, portfolio background, annotation experience, and approach to making accurate visual judgments.

If selected, you will complete the project's screening and onboarding steps before beginning contractor work on the annotation project.

• Apply through OpenTrain AI
• Highlight editorial, poster, marketing, layout, print, or art direction experience
• Be ready to explain your design decisions and screening judgments
• Confirm your English fluency and eligible country of residence
• Review project instructions and quality standards before contributing