Use your expertise in photography, design, illustration, or art direction to evaluate and curate images that help train next-generation AI. This remote contractor role offers under 20 hours per week at $21-$70 per hour.
Image & Video Annotation
Remote Hourly · $21–$70/hr
$21–$70/hr
Compensation
9 countries
Eligibility
Intermediate
Experience
Sep 9, 2026
Posted
Open to applicants in
United States Canada United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Ireland Switzerland Germany India
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About AI Training Work
AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. People with visual expertise help models learn from carefully selected and evaluated examples, providing the judgment and feedback needed to improve how AI systems understand aesthetics, quality, and creative intent.
No prior AI experience is required.
Your knowledge of visual arts, design, or photography is central to the work.
Flexible, remote projects can fit around other professional or personal commitments.
The Role
OpenTrain is seeking intermediate Visual Creative Experts for a remote, part-time contractor engagement focused on curating and evaluating aesthetic visual content. You will select and critique images based on artistic quality, originality, and visual impact while helping develop datasets for next-generation AI systems.
The project is expected to run for 3 to 6 months, with a commitment of less than 20 hours per week. Compensation is $21 to $70 per hour.
Role type: Contractor
Schedule: Part time, under 20 hours per week
Project duration: Expected 3 to 6 months
Pay: $21 to $70 per hour
Work setting: Remote
Working language: English
What You'll Do
You will apply refined visual judgment to image collections and explain your decisions through clear, detailed written feedback. The work requires consistency across diverse visual genres and formats, along with collaboration as project standards and guidelines develop.
Review curated collections of filtered aesthetic images.
Assess visual quality and creative value.
Select images with exceptional composition, lighting, color, styling, originality, and technical execution.
Document the reasoning behind your selections and critiques.
Collaborate with project trainers and other visual specialists to align on quality standards.
Maintain consistent evaluation standards across diverse visual genres and formats.
Stay responsive to changing guidelines and project requirements.
Help build robust, diverse datasets that reflect refined aesthetic sensibilities.
Required Skills And Qualifications
This opportunity is suited to people with demonstrated expertise in evaluating or creating visual work. A strong portfolio or track record of visual projects should show clear taste, artistic rigor, and the ability to recognize and communicate what makes an image effective.
Image evaluation experience or strong visual evaluation ability.
Expertise in visual arts, design, or photography.
Experience in photography, art direction, graphic or brand design, illustration, or visual curation.
Strong visual discernment and the ability to articulate judgments about composition, lighting, color, and originality.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to provide constructive, detailed feedback.
Experience critically evaluating or selecting images or visual content.
Awareness of visual trends, cultural references, and emerging aesthetics in design or photography.
Self-motivation and reliability in a remote engagement.
Eligibility And Availability
Applicants must be based in one of the listed eligible countries and be comfortable working in English. Fluent English proficiency is required for written feedback, collaboration, and consistent application of project guidelines.
Eligible locations: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, and India.
English fluency required.
Expected availability: Less than 20 hours per week.
Experience level: Intermediate.
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If you have the visual expertise to identify strong composition, compelling aesthetics, and original creative work, this project offers a chance to help shape how AI systems evaluate visual content. Apply through OpenTrain to begin the process for this remote contractor opportunity.
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