[Corpora-List] jobs: Linguistic Annotation Manager at Nuance

[Nate Blaylock]

The NLP Research division at Nuance Communications is looking for a manager
for the linguistic annotation group.  Location is flexible, although we
prefer somewhere in North America because of timezone issues.

NLP Research at Nuance is a large group, and we are involved transitioning
NLP/dialog  research to a number of cool projects used by millions of
people, including Samsung S-Voice, Dragon Mobile Assistant, DragonTV, and
others.

Please contact me (Nate Blaylock - nate.blaylock at nuance.com) if interested.

Details:

• Work with research groups to define workable and consistent annotation
specs.

• Define and continually improve the annotation process for high quality
and high volume, including automated ways to train new annotators,
automated quality checks, etc.

• Help design tools for annotation and quality assurance.

• Plan resources to meet customer and research needs.  Hire permanent and
temporary annotators for multiple languages and multiple projects.


 *Qualifications:*

   - At least 3 years managing similar annotation.
   - Prior experience in semantic annotation.
   - Capable of working in close collaboration with researchers. Ability to
   propose and share ideas to define best annotation specs.
   - Very organized.
   - Able to make accurate plans and execute them.
   - Very strong work methodology.
   - Excellent communication skills.
   - Light computer and scripting skills to sort, filter and review data in
   order to monitor and review annotations.
   - Good knowledge of Microsoft Office software.

Preferred Skills:



• Knowledge of multiple languages

• Experience in research



Education: Master's degree in linguistics, computational linguistics or
computer science.



We offer a competitive compensation package; including stock options,
employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), full health and welfare benefits and
a casual yet technically challenging work environment.  Nuance is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.
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