Writing Specialist

@ Crossing Hurdles

Overview

Crossing Hurdles is a recruitment firm referring top candidates to leading AI research labs. The Writing Specialist role is remote and is offered on an hourly contract basis. Candidates will be involved in designing, testing, and optimizing detailed prompts for language model evaluation.

Role Responsibilities

• Design and optimize detailed prompts with multiple constraints.
• Define and document evaluation standards with comprehensive rubrics.
• Test and grade by running prompts through AI models.
• Support benchmarking and quality assurance before integration.
• Collaborate in quality assurance review processes to maintain reliability.

Requirements

• BS or BA degree from a reputable institution (or in progress).
• Strong writing skills, critical thinking, and instructional clarity.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with ChatGPT or similar language tools.
• Candidate must be located in the U.S. or Canada.
• Experience in teaching or research is preferred.
• Access to a desktop or laptop computer (not Chromebooks).

Application Process

• Complete an AI-led interview (~15 minutes).
• Complete a 45-minute written assessment focused on writing rubrics.
• If selected, onboarding to the project will follow.

Key skills/competency

• Writing
• Prompt design
• Evaluation
• Quality assurance
• Critical thinking
• Instructional design
• AI tools
• Rubric development
• Testing
• Collaboration