26.1113, Jobs: Czech; Ukrainian; Discourse Analysis; Phonetics; Phonology; Semantics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Employment Agency Contracting for Google

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Subject: 26.1113, Jobs: Czech; Ukrainian; Discourse Analysis; Phonetics; Phonology; Semantics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Employment Agency Contracting for Google

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:42:10
From: Jonas Mortensen [DataOpsMan at gmail.com]
Subject: Czech; Ukrainian; Discourse Analysis; Phonetics; Phonology; Semantics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Employment Agency Contracting for Google, London, United Kingdom

 
University or Organization: Employment Agency Contracting for Google 
Job Location: London, United Kingdom 
Job Title: Speech Linguistic Project Manager
Job Rank: Manager; Speech Linguistic Project Manager

Specialty Areas: Discourse Analysis; Phonetics; Phonology; Semantics 

Required Language(s): Czech (ces)
                      Ukrainian (ukr) 

Description:

Speech Linguistic Project Manager  - Speech Research

Job title: Speech Linguistic Project Manager (Czech or Ukrainian)

Job description:

As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of one of the
target languages, 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 our London location, managing a team of Data Evaluators
and working on a number of projects towards Speech research: ASR, TTS, and
NLP.

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 one of the target languages (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. Applicants must be
currently authorized to work in the United Kingdom for any employer.**

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.

Closing date: open until filled



Application Deadline: 30-Jun-2015 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: DataOpsMan at gmail.com 
Contact Information:
	Jonas Mortensen 
	Email: DataOpsMan at gmail.com 


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