Voice & Audio Quality Specialist

MORGAN MCKINLEY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

MORGAN MCKINLEY PTE. LTD. is seeking audio and quality experts to enhance speech datasets with a focus on speech aesthetics.

The contract role involves domain advisory, guideline development, and hands-on data annotation to maintain high standards of accuracy and consistency across labeled speech data. Ideal candidates have expertise in speech or audio engineering, familiarity with high-fidelity audio, and strong written and verbal communication.

Qualifications

• Expertise in speech, audio engineering, or related fields.
• Familiarity with audio fidelity, emotional nuance, and conversational dynamics.
• Owns and is familiar with above-average listening equipment (e.g., studio monitors).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Domain Expertise Advisory: Focused on speech aesthetics; collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure quality and consistency in data.
• Guideline Development: Create, edit, and maintain high-quality annotation guidelines for speech aesthetics.
• Quality Assurance: Evaluate and grade the quality of speech annotations and provide actionable feedback.
• Data Annotation: Directly annotate data for key tasks when necessary, including writing prompt responses and judging output quality datasets.

Skills

Speech expertise

Audio engineering

Audio fidelity

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Adaptability

Languages: Mandarin/Malay/Tamil

Tools

Studio monitors

Professional listening equipment

Job description

Our client is a leading MultiTechnology Social Media company. They are looking for Audio and quality experts to contribute their specialized knowledge and enhance the quality of their speech datasets, with a focus on speech aesthetics. This is a contract role.

Job Responsibilities:

• Domain Expertise Advisory: Focused on speech aesthetics; collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in data. Your trained ear will help set the gold standard for quality and rigor in speech annotation.
• Guideline Development: Create, edit, and maintain high-quality annotation guidelines tailored to speech aesthetics. Ensure these guidelines are up-to-date, clear, and concise to enable accurate annotations.
• Quality Assurance: Evaluate and grade the quality of speech annotations. Identify areas of improvement and provide feedback to optimize annotation quality, especially where subtle differences in emotion ,audio quality, intention, and adherence are critical.
• Data Annotation: Directly annotate data for key tasks when necessary, including writing prompt responses and judging output quality datasets. Your discriminative skills will provide reliable signals for improving data quality.
• Expert Evaluation: Assess speech samples for subtle differences in emotion, audio quality, intention, and adherence to task requirements across our products.
• Quality Signal: Provide reliable, high-fidelity quality signals for datasets, addressing gaps in quality assurance observed in datasets.
• Voice Recording: Must be comfortable recording your voice
• Iterative Improvement: Participate in processes that use pairwise comparisons and iterative evaluation to refine annotation guidelines and quality standards.

Job Requirements:

• Expertise in speech, audio engineering, or related fields. Familiarity with audio fidelity, emotional nuance, and conversational dynamics.
• Should be able to reliably [90%] discriminate between extremely subtle differences in speech such as:
• 24kHz vs. 48kHz audio (transients, noise floor, sibilance, fidelity)
• Scripted vs. spontaneous conversation in double-blind settings
• Subtle emotional cues, intention, and adherence in speech
• Owns and is familiar with above-average listening equipment (e.g., studio monitors rather than consumer headphones)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey complex ideas and guidance to internal teams and external vendors.
• Analytical Skills: Exceptional analytical abilities to identify trends, evaluate annotation quality, and provide actionable feedback.
• Collaboration: Proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and external partners to achieve shared goals.
• Adaptability: Flexibility and willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and processes in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Annotation Experience: Prior experience in annotations is very welcome and a bonus
• Should be able to join immediately
• Professional fluency in Mandarin, Malay, or Tamil is required to evaluate, annotate, and grade speech datasets in the respective language

*Referrals are greatly appreciated*