Phonetics Expert

Phonetics Expert at Elevate Recruitment

We are seeking a detail-oriented Phonetics Expert to join our customer’s team, leveraging your linguistic expertise to transcribe, analyze, and evaluate language in multimedia content. This role combines phonetic analysis, transcription precision, and language insight to support advanced linguistic and AI training projects.

This position is 100% remote and offers competitive hourly pay.

Role Overview

As a Phonetics Expert, you will transcribe audio/video content, assess nuanced language elements, and provide high-quality linguistic insights. You will collaborate remotely with interdisciplinary teams to ensure accuracy, consistency, and depth in all transcription and analysis work.

Key Responsibilities

• Transcribe multimedia content with high accuracy, including precise timestamps and speaker cues.
• Analyze emotional tone, intent, and expressiveness of speakers in detail.
• Evaluate and document grammatical structures, phonetic features, and language patterns.
• Define key words and phrases, exploring conceptual meaning and contextual relevance.
• Produce clear, insightful written and verbal reports emphasizing linguistic accuracy.
• Collaborate with the team on advanced language and phonetic analysis tasks.
• Maintain consistent quality standards across all transcription and linguistic analysis work.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Native-level English proficiency with exceptional spoken and written communication.
• Advanced knowledge of phonetics, phonology, and linguistic analysis.
• Demonstrated transcription experience with meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret and accurately describe speaker emotion, tone, and intent.
• Deep understanding of grammar, semantics, and language usage across contexts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with clarity and professionalism.
• Availability for a minimum of 15 hours per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced academic background in linguistics, phonetics, or a related field.
• Experience conducting complex language research or linguistic analysis projects.

This role is ideal for linguists or phoneticians looking to apply their expertise to real-world language tasks and AI-focused projects in a flexible, remote environment.

Key skills/competency

• Phonetics
• Linguistic Analysis
• Transcription
• Multimedia Content
• AI Training
• Grammar
• Semantics
• Natural Language Processing
• Data Annotation
• Communication Skills