Session Director – Portuguese (BR)
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Freelance Session Director leading Portuguese voice recordings for Welo Data’s conversational AI data projects. Coaching performers and ensuring natural, technically sound audio.
Responsibilities:
- Lead live recording sessions with Voice Contributors
- Direct voice performers through scripted scenarios to achieve natural, conversational delivery
- Build scene context and improvise to fill narrative or dialogue gaps during sessions
- Adapt scripted wording for natural phrasing and regional or dialect authenticity
- Monitor and correct microphone technique, pacing, clarity, and background noise in real time
- Manage session pacing to meet recording targets while maintaining performance quality
- Maintain organized notes on adjustments and retakes
- Create a supportive, low-pressure environment for performers, including those with limited prior voice experience
Requirements:
- Native fluency in Portuguese (BR) with the required specific dialect and a strong ear for natural, colloquial phrasing
- Experience directing, coaching, or producing voice or audio talent, including voice direction, casting direction, audio/podcast production, dubbing/ADR, or theater direction
- Demonstrated ability to give clear, specific, actionable performance direction
- Strong working knowledge of basic recording and microphone technique, including proximity, plosives, room noise, and levels
- Comfortable improvising and adjusting scripted material on the spot
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport quickly with performers of varying experience levels
- Approximately 8 hours of calibration plus supervision across two recording sessions of approximately 4 hours each per participant
- Background in improv, theater direction, or acting coaching is preferred but not required
- Experience directing non-professional or first-time voice talent is preferred but not required
- Familiarity with DAWs or recording software such as Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, or Reaper is preferred but not required
Benefits:
- Project-based opportunities with flexible availability and autonomy
- Fully remote work
- Optional access to AI and Large Language Model workshops
- Global contributor community with responsive guidance and support
- Opportunity to influence AI systems and expand professional skills









