Audio Annotator

Role Overview:

We are looking for experienced global talent with a formal music degree/field of study and music-related performance, production, and audio engineering to support an AI annotation project focused on evaluating, reviewing, and improving content generated by AI systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Listen to short audio segments drawn from different positions in the same track Identify the instrument family (e.g. Brass, Strings, Woodwind, Percussion, Keyboard) and the specific instrument playing.
• Identify the instrument family and the specific instrument in given tracks.
• Use reference examples grouped by family, shown alongside each task, to guide your answer.
• Follow detailed annotation guidelines and maintain high consistency and quality standards.
• Contribute to guidelines, reference materials, and quality improvement initiatives where required.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Music or related field.
• 3 years of experience in music-related performance, production, and audio engineering.
• Strong command of written and spoken English.
• Strong, trained ear for identifying instruments and instrument families by sound.
• Comfortable working independently against short, repetitive listening tasks.
• Experience with remixing, transcription, music information retrieval and AI/data annotation projects is an advantage.
• Reliable internet access and ability to work on the GALA annotation platform.