AI Annotation Specialist - Image & Video (Remote)

Scale AI; Mississauga; Remote; CAD 29,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote freelance

Flexible hours

Competitive per-hour rate up to USD 18

Job summary

Outlier is seeking talented, English-fluent freelancers to help train AI models by judging the naturalness, usefulness, and clarity of AI outputs across voice, image, and video tasks. This remote, flexible project lets you work when it suits you.

You’ll hold live conversations in English, compare AI-generated media, inspect outputs for issues, and write concise explanations of your judgments. All work is independent and paid per hour with incentives.

Qualifications

• Fluent English speaker with strong written communication and natural conversational ability.
• Excellent attention to detail with patience to replay or zoom in when something seems off.
• Ability to think on your feet and discuss realistic scenarios in a natural, conversational way.
• Experience writing short, evidence-based explanations or reviews.
• Able to make clear decisions when both options have flaws.

Responsibilities

• Hold live, scenario-based conversations in English with AI voice models and rate naturalness, usefulness and clarity.
• Compare pairs of AI-generated images and videos and judge adherence to the prompt.
• Inspect outputs closely to spot issues like distorted motion, text errors, or audio-video misalignment.
• Provide written explanations in English detailing what you saw or heard.

Skills

Fluent English

Attention to detail

Conversational skills

Writing explanations

Decision making

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above

Job description

Outlier helps the world’s most innovative companies improve their AI models by providing human feedback. Are you a strong communicator with fluency in English who would like to lend your expertise to train AI models?

About the opportunity:

• Outlier is looking for talented, detail-oriented English speakers to help train generative AI voice, image, and video models
• This freelance opportunity is remote and hours are flexible, so you can work whenever is best for you

You may contribute your expertise by…

• Holding a live, scenario-based conversation in English with AI voice models, then ranking how natural, useful, and clear each one sounded
• Comparing pairs of AI-generated images and videos and judging which one better follows the prompt
• Inspecting outputs closely, including zooming in and replaying, to spot problems like distorted anatomy, flickering or unnatural motion, text errors, and audio that doesn’t match the video
• Rating each output across dimensions like adherence, quality, and realism, then writing a specific explanation in English that points to what you saw or heard

Examples of desirable expertise:

• Fluent English speaker with strong, clear written communication and comfortable with natural, everyday conversational speech
• Pursuing or holding a Bachelor’s degree or above
• Strong attention to detail, with the patience to look and listen closely, and to replay or zoom in when something seems off
• Comfortable thinking on your feet and talking through realistic situations in a natural, conversational way
• Experience writing short, evidence-based explanations or reviews
• Comfortable making a clear decision when both options have flaws

What you’ll need:

• A computer with a reliable internet connection and headphones
• A quiet place to talk for projects that involve live conversation
• Your ratings and written explanations must be your own work; AI tools can’t be used to write them
• Getting started includes a short screening and onboarding, which may include a brief spoken English check

Payment:

• Project work: Earn up to USD $18 per hour for core project work
• Additional incentives: On average, Outlier Contributors earn an additional 7.5% on top of the core project rates through Missions — Outlier’s version of surge pricing. The top quartile of contributors boost their earnings by an average of 11%.
• Rates vary based on expertise, skills assessment, location, project need, and other factors. For example, higher rates may be offered to PhDs. For non-core work, such as during initial project onboarding or project overtime phases, lower rates apply. Additional incentives data is based on payments made in the past six months and is updated quarterly. Certain projects offer incentive payments. Please review the payment terms for each project.