Director of Conversational Performance & Live Sessions

HumanSignal; United States; Remote; USD 41,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

HumanSignal is seeking a Director in the Hoboken area to lead scripted recording sessions involving everyday interactions between people and smart-home voice assistants. You’ll guide participants through rehearsals and filming, helping bring natural, believable conversations to life while ensuring each scene meets the project's quality standards.

This hands-on, creative role could be a great fit for actors, improv performers, or theater directors, with a strong instinct for natural conversation

Qualifications

• Experience in acting, directing, improv, theater, voice performance, or similar performance-focused environments.
• Strong instinct for natural conversation, timing, pacing, and interpersonal dynamics.
• Ability to coach participants, give actionable feedback, and adapt direction as scenes unfold.
• Ability to identify unnatural dialogue, missed cues, and performance inconsistencies quickly.
• Organized, collaborative, and comfortable working toward daily production targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead script pre-reads, rehearsals, and live recording sessions, helping participants understand their roles, actions, and intended conversational flow.
• Coach participants on natural delivery, improvisation, ad-libbing, back-channeling, pauses, interruptions, and subtle conversational beats that make interactions authentic.
• Monitor dialogue timing, latency, speech overlaps, and turn-taking between user and assistant personas, identifying deviations and guiding corrections.
• Provide clear, constructive feedback in real time, helping participants improve performances across multiple takes.
• Balance spontaneous interactions with script requirements, ensuring scenes remain consistent with the intended objectives.
• Step in to demonstrate, redirect, or adjust performances when needed to maintain quality and conversational realism.
• Work closely with the Scene Coordinator and Tech Ops team to ensure scenes, props, participants, and equipment are ready for filming.
• Keep sessions moving efficiently and meet expected daily scene throughput targets without compromising quality.

Skills

Acting/Directing

Improv/Theatre

Voice performance

Coaching performers

Feedback delivery

Organized / collaborative

Job description

HumanSignal is seeking a Director in the Hoboken area to lead scripted recording sessions involving everyday interactions between people and smart-home voice assistants. You’ll guide participants through rehearsals and filming, helping bring natural, believable conversations to life while ensuring each scene meets the project's quality standards.

This hands-on, creative role could be a great fit for actors, improv performers, or theater directors, with a strong instinct for natural conversation