Work Type
Remote
Location
United States
Compensation
Not specified
About this opportunity
Overview
Project Hydrus is a scripted and conversational audio data collection project focused on producing natural, everyday-sounding voices for conversational AI products. Welocalize is seeking a Session Director to lead live recording sessions with Voice Contributors, helping turn scripted material into audio that sounds natural and unscripted.
This is a freelance remote role in the United States. The work blends creative direction, coaching, and basic audio judgment to keep sessions moving smoothly while maintaining performance and recording quality.
What You'll Do
- Direct voice performers through scripted scenarios with an emphasis on natural, conversational delivery.
- Set quick scene context for performers and fill in narrative or dialogue gaps as needed during live sessions.
- Adjust scripted wording for natural phrasing and appropriate regional or dialect authenticity when necessary.
- Monitor audio quality in real time, including mic technique, pacing, clarity, plosives, levels, and background noise.
- Keep sessions on pace to meet recording targets while maintaining quality, and document adjustments and retakes clearly.
- Create a supportive, low-pressure environment for performers, including people with limited voice experience.
Requirements
- Native fluency in the required language and dialect, with a strong ear for colloquial phrasing.
- Experience directing, coaching, or producing voice or audio talent, such as voice direction, casting direction, audio or podcast production, dubbing/ADR, or theater direction.
- Ability to give clear, specific, and actionable performance direction.
- Working knowledge of basic recording and microphone technique, including proximity, plosives, room noise, and levels.
- Comfort with improvising and adjusting scripted material on the spot.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build rapport quickly with performers of different experience levels.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in improv, theater direction, or acting coaching.
- Experience directing non-professional or first-time voice talent.
- Familiarity with DAWs or recording software such as Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, or Reaper for spot-checking audio quality.
