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Apple’s Text-To-Speech Production Studio is looking for an especially skilled and creative Voice Producer eager to improve the customer experience of interacting with computer systems and devices in Russian.
You will work in an extremely creative and memorable place — Culver City. Culver City is acenter for film and later television production, best known as the home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios.
Description:
You will join the team that is responsible for creating and overseeing synthesized voices used in many increasing areas of the customer experience at Apple. You will help define the characteristics of new synthesized voices and follow their creation from inception to customer delivery. We are looking for a Voice Producer that has both extensive experiences in directing and producing as well as the ability to utilize computer programs and systems in order to efficiently interact with technical and engineering teams. Because you will be working closely with directors, producers, and voice talent as well as engineers from a number of other teams at Apple, we are looking for a team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities.
Apple’s text-to-speech voices are known for their high audio quality and distinctive personalities. The Voice Producer’s main responsibility is to ensure that these standards are defined, met, and maintained from the beginning of the development process through to software release and then on an ongoing basis as continuous updates and improvements are made.
Key Qualifications
5+ years of experience directing and/or producing audio and video used in commercial products or applications
Familiarity with budgeting, line producing, and hiring crew for full-scale productions.
Experience with casting, directing, and managing relationships with talent.
Previous relationships with production and post-production houses, in California or around the world
Ability to travel both within and outside of the US, possibly multiple times a year
Knowledge of phonetics/linguistics, an understanding of standard phonetic alphabets
Native fluency in Russian‚ and ability to work in an English speaking environment
Native familiarity with current popular culture, vernacular, and media in Russia
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and concepts including sprints, stories, effort estimation, and retrospectives
Solid understanding of issue-tracking systems such as Jira and tag-based markup including XML
Good knowledge of Unix command line and execution of Python scripts
Strong understanding of distributed version control systems, specifically Git and team workflows including feature branches; crafting, reviewing, and merging pull requests; and managing repositories.
Specific responsibilities will include:
Casting and hiring of support personnel including talent coaches and script supervisors
Overseeing voice productions to ensure quality standards and character brief are met at all stages of production
Learning and using proprietary tools to track production progress including script completion and alignment to schedules
Working with script department to ensure that scripts meet quality standards and character brief
Prepare Git pull requests and perform reviews and merges for scripts and script-related assets
Presenting and coordinating with all partners including writers, translators, build engineers, language engineers, QA and QE engineers, and Product Marketing
Performing semi-annual Competitive Analysis and providing experienced opinion on product quality
Learning and using proprietary tools to validate dialogue translations and make corrections where vital.
Working with writers and translators to ensure dialogue meets quality standards and character brief.
Learning and using proprietary tools to verify and correct pronunciations
Working with language engineers and linguists to improve voice builds on an ongoing basis, including pronunciations, prosody, and character Engineering Natural Language Processing and Speech components specific to your language.
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