Description
Come be a part of our mission and make a meaningful and positive impact with the industry leading provider of language services for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing!
Full time Benefits
* Paid Vacation Time and Paid Sick Time and Paid Holidays
* 401k 6% match with immediate vesting
* Nationwide Medical Insurance plans and coverage (Medical, Dental/Orthodontia, Vision)
* TeleDoc
* HSA company match
* 3 Medical plan options including a Low Deductible PPO Medical Plan Offering
* Employee Assistance Program
* Engaged Employee Resource Groups
* Outstanding Learning and Career Development Opportunities
Pay Range: Actual pay may vary up or down depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for incentive compensation.
* Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be considered. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role *
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
* Review ASL content for training applicability
* Transcribe ASL content to English
* Annotate sign language video content, adding linguistic labels and metadata to raw video.
* Help build and refine the team's sign language dictionary.
* Validate AI-generated sign output for linguistic correctness, naturalness, and cultural appropriateness.
* Provide sign-language consultation to other Sorenson teams as needed.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Travel Requirements
Travel Requirements: Less than 25%
Education
Minimum 4 Year / Bachelors Degree In ASL Linguistics, Deaf Studies, ASL Studies, Interpreting, Deaf Education, or related fields.
Experience
2 Years of substantive professional ASL work (annotation, linguistics, interpreting, Deaf education, or comparable).
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
* Required
* Bilingual in ASL and English, with the ability to produce and quality-assure professional English transcriptions from ASL source content.
* Working knowledge of ASL linguistics, including familiarity with gloss conventions and non-manual markers.
* Experience producing, translating, or quality-assuring captioned, transcribed, or translated ASL content.
* Comfortable working with computer-based tools, transcription tooling, and AI-augmented workflows; willingness to learn new software.
* Attention to detail, consistency, and willingness to follow and improve standardized conventions.
* Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with peer Specialists, Senior Specialists, the Lead, and engineering teams.
* Proficiency with standard productivity and collaboration tools (Microsoft Office, Confluence, JIRA, or equivalent).
* Positive attitude, team player, strong interpersonal communication skills, and able to work across research, engineering, and business departments.
* Preferred
* American Sign Language as a primary or native language.
* Prior captioning, subtitling, or transcription experience - particularly ASL-to-English work.
* Background as a Deaf bilingual professional or as a graduate of Gallaudet, RIT/NTID, or a comparable ASL/Deaf-focused program.
* Active and informed participant in the Deaf community, with awareness of regional and generational ASL variation.
* Certification as a Deaf Interpreter (CDI) for asynchronous transcription or translation work.
* Familiarity with annotation tools such as ELAN, CVAT, or similar platforms.
* Experience working with AI/ML teams, technology companies, or research groups that generate sign language data.
* Familiarity with PSE, SEE, and other North American signing varieties.
Working Conditio
ns and Physical Requirements
* Able to travel up to 5% of the time.
* Able to sit/stand for long periods of time in an office or remote work environment.
* Dexterity... For full info follow application ink.