Appen is hiring a Linguist

About Appen

Appen is a leader in AI enablement for critical tasks such as model improvement, supervision, and evaluation. To do this we leverage our global crowd of over one million skilled contractors, speaking over 180 languages and dialects, representing 130 countries. In addition, we utilize the industry's most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform to collect and label various types of data like images, text, speech, audio, and video.

Our data is crucial for building and continuously improving the world's most innovative artificial intelligence systems and Appen is already trusted by the world's largest technology companies. Now with the explosion of interest in generative AI, Appen is helping leaders in automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products.

At Appen, we are purpose driven. Our fundamental role in AI is to ensure all models are helpful, honest, and harmless, so we firmly believe in unlocking the power of AI to build a better world. We have a learn-it-all culture that values perspective, growth, and innovation. We are customer-obsessed, action-oriented, and celebrate winning together.

At Appen, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Linguist

Position Summary

The main responsibility of a Linguist is to manage projects for Appen’s clients. The Linguist applies their knowledge of linguistic phenomena, technical skills and attention to detail to manage projects to quality expectations, timelines, and budget. The Linguist applies their communication skills to manage stakeholder relationships and teams of language specialists around the world. 

Responsibilities:

• Autonomously plan and manage projects to quality, time and budget to ensure effective project execution and delivery
• Onboard and train a virtual team of consultants to create, evaluate or annotate linguistic data in multiple languages
• Prepare guidelines, training materials and tools, aligned to client specifications.
• Oversee the work of consultants, including task assignment, scheduling and monitoring
• Ensure close and regular communication with all internal project stakeholders.
• Share knowledge and take initiative to improve processes
• Document and manage language resources arising from projects
• Manage client relationships through customer service and regular reporting (as required)
• Provide operational input to the Sales team (as required)

• Highly proficient in one or more of the following languages: Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Urdu
• Linguistic knowledge of Indian languages

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum) or above in linguistics or a related field
• Ability to independently prepare linguistic data for delivery to a customer
• Solid understanding of linguistic concepts and terminology
• Strong technical and data management skills
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an environment characterized by constant change, and a fast, deadline­-driven culture

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Appen is the global leader in data for the AI Lifecycle with more than 25 years’ experience in data sourcing, annotation, and model evaluation. Through our expertise, platform, and global crowd, we enable organizations to launch the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence products with speed and at scale. Appen maintains the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform and boasts a global crowd of more than 1 million contributors worldwide, speaking more than 235 languages. Our products and services make Appen a trusted partner to leaders in technology, automotive, finance, retail, healthcare, and government. Appen has customers and offices globally.