# Hydrus - Session Director - Spanish (Colombia) - V2

**Company**: Welo Data
**Location**: Colombia
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Job type**: contract
**Salary**: USD 55-55 per-hour-wage
**Category**: Language Services
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Project Hydrus is a scripted and conversational audio data collection project. The recordings produced help build natural, everyday-sounding synthesized voices for conversational AI products.

As Session Director, you'll lead live recording sessions with Voice Contributors, guiding them through scripted scenarios to produce natural, conversational-quality audio. This hands-on role blends creative direction, coaching, and technical audio judgment , making scripted material sound authentic and unscripted, rather than recited, while keeping sessions moving at a natural pace.

Responsibilities:

- Direct voice performers through scripted scenarios, coaching for natural, conversational delivery rather than verbatim recitation.

- Build quick scene context for performers (who, where, why) and improvise to fill narrative or dialogue gaps live, keeping sessions flowing naturally.

- Adapt scripted wording for natural phrasing and regional/dialect authenticity as needed.

- Monitor and correct technical audio quality in real time: mic technique, pacing, clarity, and background noise.

- Manage session pacing to meet recording targets without sacrificing performance quality, and maintain organized notes on adjustments and retakes.

- Create a supportive, low-pressure environment for performers, including those with limited prior voice experience.

Requirements:

- Native fluency in the required language (with specific dialect), with a strong ear for natural, colloquial phrasing.

- Experience directing, coaching, or producing voice or audio talent (e.g., voice direction, casting direction, audio/podcast production, dubbing/ADR, or theater direction).

- Demonstrated ability to give clear, specific, actionable performance direction.

- Strong working knowledge of basic recording/mic technique (proximity, plosives, room noise, levels).

- Comfortable improvising and adjusting scripted material on the spot.

- Excellent interpersonal skills; able to build rapport quickly with performers of varying experience levels.

Preferred:

- Background in improv, theater direction, or acting coaching.

- Experience directing non-professional or first-time voice talent specifically.

- Familiarity with DAWs or recording software (e.g., Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, Reaper) for spot-checking audio quality.

Commitment & Compensation:

- Estimated time: Approximately 8 hours calibration, plus supervision across two recording sessions of ~4 hours each per participant

- Work Type - Freelance Remote

- Rate: $55.00 USD per hour

## Skills

### Required
- Spanish
- Experience directing or coaching voice talent
- Strong working knowledge of basic recording/mic technique
- Excellent interpersonal skills

### Nice to have
- Background in improv or theater direction
- Experience directing non-professional voice talent
- Familiarity with DAWs or recording software

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