Editorial, Deck & Document Designer (Remote | $70–$120/hr)
Position: Editorial, Deck & Document Designer
Type: Full-Time
Compensation: $70–$120 per hour
Location: Remote
About the Opportunity
Join a leading AI research project as an Editorial, Deck & Document Designer. Apply your professional expertise in presentation design, editorial layout, typography, information design, and print production to improve AI-generated creative outputs.
You will develop real-world design tasks, produce reference deliverables, evaluate AI-generated presentations and documents, and establish quality standards for AI training data.
Key Responsibilities
- Create challenging, real-world presentation and document design tasks, including executive summaries, brand books, brochures, and other commercial materials.
- Produce reference deliverables in editable source formats.
- Evaluate AI-generated presentations, documents, and infographics for grid consistency, typographic hierarchy, chart accuracy, page setup, bleed, and print colour.
- Provide clear, actionable written feedback to improve AI model performance.
- Develop evaluation guidelines, rubrics, and quality checks for layout and typography.
- Conduct technical checks on slide files and PDFs.
- Collaborate with research teams and other subject matter experts to improve training data consistency and accuracy.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional presentation, editorial, or document design experience for agencies, studios, consultancies, publishers, or commercial clients.
- Expert proficiency in PowerPoint and browser-based presentation tools, including master slides, custom templates, and chart tools such as think-cell.
- Advanced Adobe InDesign skills for multi-page documents, including master pages, paragraph and character styles, grids, baseline alignment, long-document features, and print packaging. Affinity Publisher experience is also acceptable where professional work has been delivered.
- Working proficiency in Figma and Illustrator for brand systems, diagrams, icons, and vector charts.
- Hands-on print prepress experience, including bleed, trim, safe areas, folds, dielines, imposition, Pantone and CMYK specifications, press proofs, and PDF/X exports.
- Proven experience creating executive chartbooks, board or investor presentations, infographics, and data visualisations.
- Ability to use chart selection and typography effectively to communicate complex information.
- Proficiency with editable source files and delivery formats, including .pptx, .key, browser-based slide tools, .indd, .idml, .ai, .fig, .afpub, and print-ready PDFs.
- Professional experience using generative AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint, Gamma, Beautiful.ai, Adobe Firefly, Canva Magic Design, or Midjourney.
- Ability to evaluate AI-generated design outputs and distinguish strong results from superficially convincing ones.
- A public portfolio or reel showcasing shipped professional work.
- Availability for at least 40 hours per week during weekdays.
- Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain creative decisions clearly.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Keynote for presentation design.
- Background in consultancy visual graphics, presentation agencies, brand and annual report studios, publishing, or corporate communications and investor relations design teams.
- Experience developing design evaluation frameworks and technical quality checks.
Compensation & Engagement
- Compensation: $70–$120 per hour.
- Full-time W-2 employment through Cincinnatus LLC.
- Remote work within the United States.
- 40 hours per week, with weekday availability required.
- Cincinnatus LLC serves as the employer of record and handles payroll, benefits, and employment compliance.
- Opportunity to work directly within a leading AI lab's extended workforce.
Application Process
- Submit your application with an updated resume.
- Provide your location and relevant professional experience.
- Share a public portfolio or reel showcasing shipped presentation, editorial, or document design work.
- Participate in an interview or evaluation to discuss your design expertise and professional workflows.
- Walk through your portfolio and explain your design decisions, layout approach, and production processes.
- Complete any required verification and onboarding steps.
