25.3573, Jobs: Arabic; English; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Employment Agency Contracting for Google

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Subject: 25.3573, Jobs: Arabic; English; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Employment Agency Contracting for Google

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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:33:07
From: Caroline Piercy [cpiercy at google.com]
Subject: Arabic; English; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Employment Agency Contracting for Google

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University or Organization: Employment Agency Contracting for Google 
Job Location: California, USA 
Job Title: Speech Linguistic Project Manager
Job Rank: Manager; Speech Linguistic Project Manager

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
                      English (eng) 

Description:

As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of Arabic or US
English, you will oversee and manage all work related to achieving high data
quality for speech projects in your own language.

You will be based in London, UK or Mountain View, CA, managing a team of
Speech Data Evaluators and working on a number of projects towards TTS
synthesis.

This includes:
- Training, managing and overseeing the work of your team
- Creating verbalisation rules, such as expanding URLs, email addresses,
numbers
- Creating annotation conventions
- Evaluating data quality
- Providing expertise on pronunciation and phonotactics
- Working with QA tools according to given guidelines and using in-house tools

Job requirements:
- Native-level speaker of Arabic or US English (with good command of the
standard dialect) and fluent in English
- Must have attended elementary school in the country where the language is
spoken
- Keen ear for phonetic nuances and attention to detail; knowledge of the
language’s phonology
- Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; should have an -interest in
current speech, mobile, and online technology
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Good organizational skills
- Previous project management and people management experience
- Previous experience with speech/NLP-related projects a plus
- Advanced degree in Linguistics preferred; experience with Computational
Linguistics a plus
- Also a plus: proficiency with HTML, XML, and some programming language;
previous experience working in a Linux environment

Project duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension)
**This is not a permanent position but a contract position through an
employment agency. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the EU
for Arabic and the US for US English.**

For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English
(PDF format preferred) with “Speech Linguistic Project Manager <language>” in
the subject line.



Application Deadline: 31-Oct-2014 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: tts_jobs at google.com 
Contact Information:
	Dr Caroline Piercy 
	Email: cpiercy at google.com 





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