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# Korean PDF Annotation Specialist

- **Company:** Mercor, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $58,000.0 - $75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Encodings, Document Type Definition, Typesetting
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us3ca7c0d73032c9228c2ddede2bc5de16

## About the Role

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.

## Description

* 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., PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.