Japanese Language Consultant

Role Overview Mercor is partnering with a leading AI startup to engage a Japanese-language expert for a project focused on improving AI-generated content through image and video generation. As a Linguistic Expert, you will help refine the model’s understanding and production of visual output based on Japanese language prompts, ensuring outputs are accurate, natural, and culturally aligned. 

This opportunity is ideal for someone excited to experiment with frontier AI systems such as Gemini’s image and video tools, exploring how they interpret complex linguistic and cultural inputs. You’ll contribute to identifying and documenting failure modes and edge cases that help improve future model performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, evaluate, and refine AI-generated images and videos based on Japanese prompts for fluency, accuracy, and contextual relevance.

• Provide linguistic and cultural feedback to enhance model understanding.

• Detect and correct subtle linguistic issues and cultural inconsistencies in outputs.

• Experiment with Gemini and other multimodal AI tools to evaluate prompt-response behavior.

• Document observed failure modes, inaccuracies, and areas for model improvement.

• Collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to improve system behavior on Japanese-language tasks.

Ideal Qualifications

• Full professional fluency in Japanese and English.

• Strong knowledge of Japanese culture, social norms, idiomatic language, and regional nuances

• Experience working with or analyzing Japanese media, literature, or creative content.

• High attention to detail and linguistic accuracy.

• Interest in generative AI tools and curiosity about how models visualize language prompts.

• Excellent written communication and feedback documentation skills.

More About the Opportunity

• Start Date: Immediate

• Duration: 5 weeks (with potential extension)

• Commitment: Part-time, at least 10 hours/week

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.