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Visual Design Expert in Excel
Mercor • Remote
Education
Not stated
Type
Contract
Pay Rate
$70–$115/task
Listed
216d ago
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Mercor is recruiting Expert Visual designers to create high-quality, professional Excel templates for business settings.
This project involves using your professional design experience to create high-quality, visually polished, and “sellable” spreadsheet templates for business users. These are not UX or product design tasks — the focus is strictly on strong visual and aesthetic spreadsheet design.
Mercor is recruiting Expert Visual designers
Applicants must
3–5+ years of full-time professional experience
college degree or higher
visual/aesthetic design skills
Microsoft Excel in professional environments
minimum of 15 hours per week
desktop or laptop computer
core design background
Mercor is recruiting Expert Visual designers to create high-quality, professional Excel templates for business settings. This project involves using your professional design experience to create high-quality, visually polished, and “sellable” spreadsheet templates for business users. These are not UX or product design tasks — the focus is strictly on strong visual and aesthetic spreadsheet design. We're specifically seeking individuals with strong experience creating polished, thoughtfully designed spreadsheet templates for budgeting, calendars, tracking systems, and other productivity use cases. Selected experts will design planners, dashboards, trackers, budgets, invoices, project management sheets, and similar professional-grade templates intended for real-world business / productivity use. Have 3–5+ years of full-time professional experience Hold a college degree or higher Demonstrate strong visual/aesthetic design skills (not content writing, UX, or product design) Have experience using Microsoft Excel in professional environments Be able to commit a minimum of 15 hours per week Have access to a desktop or laptop computer (Chromebooks are not supported) Preference will be given to candidates with a core design background, rather than primarily product/UX-focused profiles, unless they can clearly demonstrate exceptional visual spreadsheet design capability. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
- Have 3–5+ years of full-time professional experience
- Hold a college degree or higher
- Demonstrate strong visual/aesthetic design skills (not content writing, UX, or product design)
- Have experience using Microsoft Excel in professional environments
- Be able to commit a minimum of 15 hours per week
- Have access to a desktop or laptop computer (Chromebooks are not supported)
Requirements
- Must be eligible to work in Remote
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Languages
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At $70–$115/task, this Visual Design Expert in Excel position compensates Languages expertise on its own terms, the kind of rate that would otherwise only show up inside a law firm, hospital, or research lab.
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Does Mercor's application require an on-camera interview?
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Does it cost money to apply to Mercor?
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What does the day-to-day workload look like for elite-expert AI training roles?
Slow and deep, not fast and repetitive. A single task can take 45-60 minutes of researching citations or verifying complex calculations. Quality is what's being measured here, not throughput.
Is AI training work the same as traditional consulting?
No. Instead of client deliverables, you're given complex scenarios to evaluate: grading the AI's logic, correcting its hallucinations, and supplying expert-level reasoning it doesn't have on its own. The job is closer to teaching than consulting.
What does Languages work look like for a Visual Design Expert in Excel?
Tasks here are scoped to Languages, not generic labeling. As a Visual Design Expert in Excel, expect to draw on real domain judgment (evaluating outputs, correcting errors, or providing expert reasoning specific to Languages) rather than following a one-size-fits-all rubric. If you don't have hands-on Languages background, this is likely not the right listing to start with.
What specific skills does this listing call for?
AI Training is named directly in the listing. If you don't have hands-on experience with this, expect the screening process to test for it directly rather than accepting adjacent experience as a substitute.
How much does this specific role pay?
This listing is posted at $70–$115/task, a per-task rate. The range reflects experience level and negotiated terms, not a placeholder, so where you land in it depends on your background and the assessment. Pay can change between when we last checked the listing and when you apply, so confirm the current number on the platform's own application page before committing time.
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