[Corpora-List] Job opening for Speech Linguistic Project Manager

[Sibel Ciddi]

Speech Linguistic Project Manager

Job description:

As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of Arabic or
Hindi, 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, 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
verbalization 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 Hindi (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 immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in
English (PDF format preferred) with "Speech Linguistic Project Manager
[Arabic or Hindi]" in the subject line.

Email Address for applications: tts_jobs at google.com
Contact information: Sofia Bernardo
Closing date: open until filled


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