About the role
About the Role
In this role, you will play a critical part in shaping the future of artificial intelligence and media analysis.
Your main responsibility will be to review short-form video media and classify the language present in both spoken audio and on-screen text. By validating content within your native locale, you will generate high-quality "ground truth" data.
Job Type: Freelance
Location: Japan (work from home)
Work Schedule: Part-time - 10+ hours per week. Flexible - work whenever you want.
Start Date: Immediately
Duration: TBC
Rate: 18 USD per hour
What You’ll Do
Media Evaluation: Watch and analyze short-form video clips to identify all languages present.
Locale Validation: Verify and validate that the media content aligns with your specific target locale (e.g., an annotator based in Germany validating that the media is authentic to the Bengali [Bangladesh] linguistic and cultural context).
Data Labeling: Generate highly accurate ground truth labels using our internal classification tools according to strict project guidelines.
Quality Assurance: Ensure high data quality and consistency to meet the standards required for training automated machine learning models.
What we’re looking for:
Must be currently living in Japan.
Native-level written and spoken fluency in Japanese.
Access to a reliable, high-speed internet connection and a secure personal computer/laptop.
Ability to strictly follow detailed photography and data entry guidelines.
(Preferred but not required) Previous experience in data annotation, content moderation, translation, transcription, or linguistic QA is a strong asset.
Vendor Type
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RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.
Originally posted on Himalayas