Data Operations Intern
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Panels builds high-quality human voice data for the next generation of speech and audio models. We provide data to AI labs, with structured datasets that help models sound more natural, understand more context, and perform reliably across languages, accents, and real-world conditions. Voice is shaping up to be one of the primary interfaces for AI, and better data is what will make it feel truly useful and human. We're hiring a Data Operations Intern to help us recruit, onboard, manage, and support contributors across active data collection projects. This is a hands-on role for someone who is organized, fast, and comfortable working across people, databases, tools, and messy operational details.
What You'll Do:
- Recruit and onboard contributors across different languages, countries, and communities
- Help manage active data collection projects, including audio recording and transcription workflows
- Track contributor progress, quality, payments, and project completion targets
- Communicate with contributors daily to answer questions, resolve issues, and keep projects moving
- Find creative channels for sourcing contributors, including communities, referrals, job boards, and local groups
- Review operational data to identify bottlenecks, inactive contributors, quality issues, and languages that need more supply
- Help design and run incentive programs, referral campaigns, and deadline-based bonuses
- Build lightweight processes, trackers, and playbooks so successful workflows can be repeated
- You Might Be a Fit If YouAre highly organized and can keep track of many moving pieces at once
- Respond quickly and communicate clearly
- Are comfortable doing hands-on operational work, including repetitive tasks when needed
- Like working with people and can manage contributors professionally
- Care about quality and can spot when something is off
Bonus Points:
- Experience recruiting, managing, or growing communities
- Experience with data labeling, transcription, audio, research, or marketplace operations
- Ability to use AI coding tools to automate workflows
- Experience running ads, referral programs, campus outreach, or gig-worker recruiting
This is a practical operations role. You'll work directly on real client projects, help scale contributor supply, and learn how high-quality data collection systems are built from the ground up.