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Come be a part of our mission and make a meaningful and positive impact with the industry leading provider of language services for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing!

Pay Range: Actual pay may vary up or down depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for incentive compensation.

* Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be considered. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role *

Job Summary

We are looking for an intern with ASL linguistics knowledge and a technical background to join our generation team for a 6-month internship. The intern will work on glossing and annotating ASL Classifier (CL) video data to support our English-to-Gloss translation model and avatar signing pipeline.

Key areas of work include annotation schema design, high-level feature labeling, minimal pair analysis, and helping design evaluations (such as A/B testing) for CL outputs. The intern will also design a CL inventory to be added to our dictionary, with a demo at the end of the internship. This is a hands-on role that bridges ASL linguistics and technology. Strong candidates will be native-level ASL signers with interest in sign language technology and comfort with data annotation or analysis tools.

Salary Range: $20-$30/hr DOE

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Native ASL signing skills
• Background in linguistics, CS, data science, or a combination
• Familiarity with ASL classifier systems is a plus.
• Interest in sign language generation technology
• Comfortable with video annotation tools and/or basic data analysis

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Travel Requirements

Travel Requirements:  Less than 25%

Education

Minimum/Preferred   Education         Description

Minimum          High School Diploma or GED             

Preferred           Other   Some college

Experience

Minimum Years of Experience   

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Attentiveness.
• Ability to understand and follow directions.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit and/or stand at a desk and work with a computer for extended periods of time.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, tools, and to handle other computer components.
• Regular and predictable attendance required.

Company Summary

Our Mission…Leveraging the Power of Language, we connect lives and enrich the human experience.

Our Vision…To provide global language services that expand opportunities, nurture belonging, and empower the world to connect beyond words.

As one of the world’s leading language services providers, Sorenson combines patented technology with human-centric solutions. We strive to increase accessibility and inclusion through communication solutions for all: call captioning and video relay services, over-video and in-person sign language and spoken language interpreting, translation, real-time captioning, and post-production language services. Sorenson’s impact vision and plan extends to enhancing generational wealth and inclusive workplaces for our employees and the communities we serve.

We achieve great things together working “The Sorenson Way” with our employee values: Customer First, Can-Do Attitude, Collective Action, Growth Mindset, Ownership, and Connect Direct.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Sorenson Communications is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.