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English video transcribers – open positions

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Jawwad

The job – Video transcribers, content editors and content writers

Alchemy Technologies has a client who needs transcription services for a number of English videos. This is an ongoing assignment that will carry well into the next year. In its first phase about 12 hours of videos need to be transcribed in English.  If you are interested and feel that you have the right fit, please drop us a copy of your resume and writing samples from prior work.  

You will be asked to transcribe a sample video of 15 minutes and will be informed within a day about your eligibility for the role.

Who are you?

You love writing, reading and learning about new topics.

You don’t hate finance. In fact you have always been curious about the subject

You took English in your Ordinary and Advance levels and read about 4 books a week from all sort of diverse subjects. 

You are reliable, diligent and extremely hardworking but for personal reasons want to work from home.  You have a computer or a laptop and a high-speed internet connection at home and know how to type.

The requirement:

It will take you no more than 120 minutes to transcribe a 60 minute video and you will be able to turnaround most transcription request within 24 hours of receipt of the assignment.

Payment Terms:

The client will pay Rs. 400 per hour of video transcribed. Payments will be processed within 15 days of completion of the engagement and on completion of an employment and non-disclosure contract.

Next steps

If you are a good fit and are interested, please drop a cover letter, a resume and writing samples to jawwad@alchemya.com


 

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