Digital Divide Data (DDD) is a BPO that delivers ML data solutions and content services to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s leading academic institutions. DDD is unique in its ability to deliver end-to-end data creation, curation, labeling, and annotation services, regardless of scale, with a guaranteed level of quality.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Music Specialist – Igbo
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
Job Description
- DDD is seeking individuals that have a passion for popular music and the artists who drive the craft.
- We are seeking candidates to also be involved in transcribing lyrical content in their target language (Igbo) in line with project and industry priorities.
- It is your role to evaluate the quality of both internal and external partner content to ensure the quality and standards of the finished products before they reach the user.
- We are looking for candidates with strong music, lyrics, metadata, data analyst, and translation backgrounds.
- In this role you will be responsible of analyzing Music Lyrics Content – transcribing lyrics, proofreading/editing/QC-ing lyrics and analyzing music/artist metadata.
- Excellent linguistic skills, music knowledge.
- You will need passion for technology and a will to question the current workflows with the mindset to improve tools and processes.
Roles and Responsibilities
Include but are not limited to the following;
Lyrics:
- Transcribe lyrics for high priority content
- Verify lyric accuracy on content sourced from partners, ensuring it meets the provided
- standards
- Maintain time-sync coverage for top 80% of plays
Music Curation:
- Polish top albums in local market each week
- Polish albums / tracks featured in campaigns
- Maintain polishing coverage for top 80% of plays
- Make edits to metadata when needed
Artist Curation:
- Curate top artist in local market each week
- Polish artist pages featured in campaigns
- Make edits to metadata when needed
Qualifications
- University degree preferably in Linguistics, Journalism, or Mass Communication
- Fluent in English (both written and spoken, in a wide range of registers)
- Fluent in Igbo, with an understanding of conversational and easy-to-read and write Igbo plus excellent spelling and grammar of standard Igbo.
- Passion for languages, specifically in Igbo.
- Passion for the world of technology
Preferred Skills:
- Excellent linguistic skills, music knowledge
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to handle repetitive tasks ·
- Open-minded
- Detail-oriented
- Positive attitude
- Data-driven, passionate about data, and comfortable presenting organized data
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong tech industry awareness
- Takes ownership of deliverables
- Shows excellent time management skills
- Passion for music and lyrics.
Application Closing Date
25th March, 2025.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note
- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
