Marketing has many listings, and the first question is which ones lead to work. Each claim below comes from a marketing posting or a platform page, read 13 October 2026.
Which marketing listings lead to work now
Of the 50 open marketing listings, 6 say in their own words that they are not an open project. Most of the rest are one Ethos project listed under many titles.
| Platform | Listings | What the listing is | Pay as stated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethos | 40 | One slide-deck project, posted once per job title | $70–100 an hour |
| SME Careers | 5 | Waiting list: no immediate project | up to $70 an hour |
| Mercor | 1 | Talent network, not a specific job | $60–80 an hour |
| micro1 | 1 | Rebuild client slides, with a change log | $150–350 an hour |
| AfterQuery | 1 | Write marketing strategy challenges for AI modules | $40–50 an hour |
| Terac | 1 | A cold-calling project and one consumer interview | $20 an hour |
The median ceiling is $70 an hour, against $80 site-wide. One Ethos project supplies most of the listings, so that median says little about what a marketer is offered.
A waiting list is not a project
Mercor’s Marketing Specialist listing says it is not a specific job posting. It is an open application for future contracts, matched on a rolling basis after a profile and an AI interview. Mercor quotes typical hours for its projects, but no project exists until you are matched.
SME Careers is blunter. Its marketing listings say there is no immediate project, and that qualified experts will be the first contacted when one arises. SME’s own pages add that onboarding does not guarantee a placement. See SME’s interview guide.
Joining costs a profile and an interview, so it can be worth doing. Do not plan income around it.
The tasks, by specialism
The SME listings are the clearest on tasks. Each asks you to review AI output, write gold-standard answers, and rank competing responses.
- SEO and digital marketing: search intent alignment, keyword strategy, on-page and technical SEO logic, measurement and attribution.
- Social media: hooks, calls to action, platform fit, claim risk and community safety.
- PR and communications: press releases, statements, FAQs and crisis-response logic.
- Market research: sampling, survey wording, bias, and market-size estimates.
- Advertising: audience targeting, offer framing, creative testing, and policy fit in regulated categories.
The open projects are narrower. Ethos asks marketers for deck work: pharma brand plans and launch decks for brand directors, all-hands and crisis-communication decks for comms managers. micro1’s Brand and Creative Strategy listing hands you images of client slides to rebuild in PowerPoint. Each assignment takes one to two hours, with a change log defending your choices. AfterQuery’s Marketing Expert writes strategy challenges that test whether a model can apply marketing principles.
What pay looks like
SME states a ceiling per country and never a floor, so its listings read “up to”. Ethos states one flat rate per listing. Mercor’s network and AfterQuery state bands. micro1’s brand listing carries the highest band here, and it asks for the most specific background.
Across all 50 listings, hourly rates span $20–350.
What the listings ask you to have
No licence is involved. The credential is where you worked and what you owned.
- SME: a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, five years in the specialism, C1 English, and prior AI-data experience strongly preferred.
- Ethos: three to six years at a significant company, agency or pharma firm, and expert PowerPoint.
- micro1: five or more years at a recognised agency, brand consultancy or major in-house team, with advanced PowerPoint.
- Mercor: experience in digital marketing, market research or content strategy, a resume, and the AI interview.
Client work stays with the client
- Slides. micro1’s task starts from images of client business slides. The posting does not say whether they are real or invented. Never submit a slide from your own clients.
- Your output. SME expects you to write posts, ads and press releases as model answers. The postings say nothing about who owns them or whether you may reuse them. Check the contract before you submit anything you have also sold.
- Conflicts. Ethos and micro1 do not name the client, so you cannot check for a competing account. Ask your employer about outside work first.
- Your judgement is the product. The tasks ask you to flag misleading claims and policy risk. That reasoning is reused to train a model that writes for other people.
Terac’s cold-calling project is a sales job
Terac’s cold-calling listing asks experienced sales or outreach specialists to phone marketing professionals in Germany. That means about three hours of calls a day to a supplied list. It states 1 opening and pays by the hour. It does not say which language the calls use or who answers for call compliance. Terac’s screening guide covers the sign-up steps.
Check the country line before you apply
None of the 50 listings is limited to the US, by their location field or their own wording. SME names a list of countries and Ethos names none. Outside the US shows how to read a silent posting.
What the postings do not say
- How many Ethos applicants are matched, and how soon.
- When an SME or Mercor waiting list turns into a project, if it does.
- Who owns the content you write for a project.
- Whether the client slides in a micro1 task are real.
The simplest start is the project that exists. See every open marketing role for the current list.
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Open marketing roles right now
The 6 newest of 48 open roles this site lists today, with the pay each posting states.