Freelance Writing Specialist

Role Overview

Keystone Recruitment's client is seeking a Freelance Writing Specialist to partner with a leading AI research team. This initiative focuses on large-scale supervised fine-tuning (SFT) to enhance how advanced language models effectively respond to real-world questions. This is a project-based, independent contractor opportunity, ideal for critical thinkers and strong writers who desire a flexible schedule and wish to contribute to applied AI research.

Key Responsibilities for the Freelance Writing Specialist

• Create realistic prompts that accurately reflect natural human questioning across diverse general topics.
• Review and meticulously edit AI-generated responses, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and overall usefulness.
• Author high-quality human responses to selected prompts, setting a standard for model output.
• Generate subtle variations of prompts to thoroughly test nuanced differences in model behavior and understanding.
• Evaluate AI responses across various lengths, tones, and instructional styles to identify optimal performance.
• Proactively identify ambiguities, inherent weaknesses, or potential failure cases within model outputs.

Ideal Qualifications

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student, or a recent graduate from any academic background.
• Demonstrated strong written communication skills and exceptional critical thinking abilities.
• Capacity to synthesize complex information clearly and accurately.
• High attention to detail, particularly when comparing and discerning similar written responses.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and manage time effectively in a fully remote environment.

Engagement Details

• This is a fully remote and asynchronous role, allowing you to work on your own schedule.
• Expected commitment ranges from approximately 10 to 40 hours per week.
• Engagement is project-based with strong potential for extension, contingent on project needs and performance.
• Work is performed strictly on an independent contractor basis.

Compensation & Contract Terms

The compensation for this Freelance Writing Specialist role is competitive, ranging from $35 to $45 per hour, based on your experience and demonstrated performance. This is an independent contractor classification.

Key skills/competency

• AI Research
• Language Models
• Supervised Fine-tuning (SFT)
• Prompt Engineering
• Content Writing
• Copyediting
• Critical Thinking
• Written Communication
• Information Synthesis
• Attention to Detail