[Hiring] Consumer Insights Specialist @Mercor

Role Description

• Review and evaluate surveys for methodological quality, clarity, and fitness for purpose.
• Assess survey questions for issues like leading language, ambiguity, and respondent burden.
• Evaluate screeners, eligibility criteria, survey flows, and questionnaire structure.
• Identify potential sources of sampling, measurement, response, and selection bias.
• Provide clear, structured rationales explaining methodological issues and recommended improvements.
• Help evaluate AI-generated survey content and research reasoning against professional research standards.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in survey research, market research, consumer insights, behavioural science, UX research, or a closely related field.
• Meaningful hands-on experience designing and/or fielding surveys professionally.
• Strong understanding of questionnaire design and common sources of survey error and bias.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain why a survey design decision is methodologically strong or weak.
• Experience with platforms such as Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey, Alchemer, Decipher/Forsta, QuestionPro, or similar research tools is helpful but not required.

Company Description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.