Voice Director - Italian

Work Location: Remote in Europe

Engagement Model: Independent Contractor/Freelance

Estimated Workload: 42 hours

Estimated Project Duration: 2 weeks, with the possibility of extension

Estimated Start Date: Early October

Language Needed: Italian, English

DataForce by TransPerfect is seeking a Voice Director with native fluency in Italian to support an upcoming Text-to-Speech (TTS) development project. We are looking for professionals who can remotely direct voice talents during recording sessions, ensuring natural delivery and adherence to project guidelines.

Role Summary

In this role, you will oversee remote recording sessions through our proprietary platform, providing real-time guidance to voice talents to ensure accurate pronunciation, natural delivery, consistency across recording sessions, and adherence to project guidelines.

Role Responsibilities

Monitor remote recording sessions

Provide real-time coaching on pronunciation, tone, pacing, prosody, enunciation, and natural speech delivery

Verify compliance with project guidelines and recording standards

Ensure recordings accurately follow the provided scripts

Verify that recordings reflect authentic contemporary Italian

Identify and report technical or environmental issues that may affect recording quality, including background noise, distortion, clipping, microphone artifacts, or other recording defects

Role Requirements

Native fluency in Italian

Good English communication skills

Professional experience directing voice talents or demonstrable expertise in spoken Italian

Strong listening, communication, and interpersonal skills

Professional experience in at least one of the following areas:

-Voice direction or voice acting

-Linguistics (preferably with a focus on phonetics, phonology, or sociolinguistics)

-Speech technology

-Voice coaching

Preferred Role Requirements

Previous experience directing Text-to-Speech (TTS) projects

Knowledge of phonetics and speech production

Experience working on speech, voice, or language-related projects

Familiarity with remote recording platforms or digital audio production workflows

Up to 25 hours availability per week

DataForce by TransPerfect is part of the TransPerfect family of companies, the world’s largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business, with offices in more than 100 cities worldwide.

We offer high-quality data for Human-Machine Interaction to some of the most prestigious technology companies in the world. Our department focuses on gathering, enriching and processing data for Machine Learning in different AI domains.

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