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We're looking for experts in taste.

Taste in the loop.

Frontier models ship every week. Labs hires the small network of creatives who decide what's actually good.

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Amazing communication, clear instructions, and a seamless workflow throughout each project. I feel very lucky to have collaborated and would always be happy to work together again!

Artyom Aghinyan
Contra Labs Member

Super responsive and always provides clear, detailed briefs that made every project easy and efficient.

Katie Borg
Contra Labs Member

The task was engaging and well-structured, and communication throughout the collaboration was smooth and professional. I would be happy to work together again in the future.

Diana Fabianczuk
Contra Labs Member

I really enjoyed working with Contra Labs. Easy to talk to, available, clear and a very cool project! Totally recommend.

Elena Perini
Contra Labs Member

Very clear and always fast. Super friendly and easy to collaborate with and the kind of project coordinator every designer hopes for.

Divan Raj
Contra Labs Member

I had a wonderful experience working with the team. They were clear, collaborative, and truly great to work with from start to finish. I’d love the opportunity to collaborate with them again!

Malika Singh
Contra Labs Member

Amazing communication, clear instructions, and a seamless workflow throughout each project. I feel very lucky to have collaborated and would always be happy to work together again!

Artyom Aghinyan
Contra Labs Member

Super responsive and always provides clear, detailed briefs that made every project easy and efficient.

Katie Borg
Contra Labs Member

The task was engaging and well-structured, and communication throughout the collaboration was smooth and professional. I would be happy to work together again in the future.

Diana Fabianczuk
Contra Labs Member

I really enjoyed working with Contra Labs. Easy to talk to, available, clear and a very cool project! Totally recommend.

Elena Perini
Contra Labs Member

Very clear and always fast. Super friendly and easy to collaborate with and the kind of project coordinator every designer hopes for.

Divan Raj
Contra Labs Member

I had a wonderful experience working with the team. They were clear, collaborative, and truly great to work with from start to finish. I’d love the opportunity to collaborate with them again!

Malika Singh
Contra Labs Member

How it works

Apply, get reviewed by a current Labs team member, and ship.

What you get

Paid briefs up to $100/hr. Frontier model access. Authorship stays with you. Remote, async, on your schedule.

FAQs

We're the research arm of Contra. We run model evals across image, video, and web design, publish field notes, and partner with frontier AI labs to test what's coming next. The Network is who we hire for that work.
Designers, engineers, prompt writers, video editors, illustrators, and creative directors. We hire by skill. Your work matters more than your résumé.
Pick a role card to start. Each application takes about 10 minutes: a portfolio link and a few taste questions. If there's a fit, we send a paid trial brief within two weeks.
Up to $100/hr depending on role and seniority. Some briefs are flat-fee per deliverable. Paid through Contra, no platform fees taken from your rate.
We match briefs to people based on the work you've shown us and your intake answers. You can pass on anything that doesn't feel right.
Yes. Authorship stays with you. If your work appears in a Labs publication, you get a byline.

Connecting with the missing signal: taste

Contra connects top creative minds with AI teams training models to understand taste. This is expert input, not crowd labor. It's the creative layer powering the next generation of AI.

Designers

Writers

Marketers

Engineers

Social Media Experts

Video Editors & Animators

Music & Audio Engineers

1.5M+

creative experts

400+

Skills and tools represented

$250M+

verified expert earnings

Connecting with the missing signal: taste

Contra connects top creative minds with AI teams training models to understand taste. This is expert input, not crowd labor. It's the creative layer powering the next generation of AI.

Designers

Writers

Marketers

Engineers

Social Media Experts

Video Editors & Animators

Music & Audio Engineers

1.5M+

creative experts

400+

Skills and tools represented

$250M+

verified expert earnings

Connecting with the missing signal: taste

Contra connects top creative minds with AI teams training models to understand taste. This is expert input, not crowd labor. It's the creative layer powering the next generation of AI.

Designers

Writers

Marketers

Engineers

Social Media Experts

Video Editors & Animators

Music & Audio Engineers

1.5M+

creative experts

400+

Skills and tools represented

$250M+

verified expert earnings