First seen by our source: 21 days ago
Korean PDF Annotation Specialist
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote Korean PDF annotation and transcription specialist on a contract paying $34 per hour. The work involves sourcing public Korean PDFs with images, tables or diagrams, annotating page structure and reading order, and transcribing text exactly in Hangul and hanja. Candidates must be native Korean speakers with exact character-level accuracy.
Pay:
$34 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Source public Korean PDFs with multimodal elements
- Annotate page regions and reading order
- Link regions to parent components
- Transcribe text exactly in Hangul and hanja
- Capture page metadata and flags
Requirements summary:
- Native Korean speaker with full Hangul and hanja command
- Bilingual transcription or AI training data experience
- Exact character-level accuracy
- Systematic taxonomy application
- Comfort with unfamiliar layouts
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- 2026-10-17
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- 2026-10-17
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Job details
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | Korean, English |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
Full company description
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
- LinkedIn followers
- 654,507
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Employment
- Software
- Recruiting
- Data Collection and Labeling
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning
- Other recorded names
- Mercor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
| View page |
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Korean
Type: Contract
Compensation: $34/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Source documents by finding publicly accessible Korean PDFs with multimodal elements like images, tables, or diagrams. Record the source of each document.
- Annotate structure by identifying and bounding every meaningful region of the page. Assign each a component type and a reading-order index.
- Record relationships by linking each region to its parent component, such as a figure or table.
- Transcribe faithfully by reproducing all text exactly as it appears in Hangul, including any hanja and handwritten content. Flag any illegible regions.
- Capture page metadata, including language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
- Review a colleague's work. Every task is reviewed end-to-end by a second Korean expert.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Native Korean speaker with full command of Hangul, including hanja.
- Experience in bilingual transcription, translation, editorial work, or AI training data.
- Exact character-level accuracy.
- Systematic application of taxonomy across pages.
- Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.
Preferred
- Experience with AI training data: annotation, labeling, grading, or bilingual evaluation.
- Skills in transcription and localization: MTPE, subtitling, bilingual QA, OCR correction.
- Document production experience: typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading, or digitization of Korean-language material.
- Knowledge of script and encoding: Unicode normalization, Korean input methods, Hangul jamo composition, and hanja handling.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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