Ideogram’s mission is to help people become more creative. Our thesis is that everyone has an innate desire to create. We are developing state-of-the-art AI tools that will make creative expression more accessible and efficient. We are pushing the limits of what’s possible with AI, with a focus on creativity and a high standard for trust and safety. Our headquarters is in downtown Toronto, and we have a growing presence in NYC. Read our Ideogram 3.0 and Canvas blog posts, and try our product at ideogram.ai to get a glimpse of what we're building.
About The Role
Curating high quality data is one of the most critical components of creating state-of-the-art generative image and video AI models. As a Member of Data Quality Staff, you will be responsible for curating and annotating high-quality data through various methods to facilitate the training and evaluation of Ideogram’s foundational AI models. You will be closely working with the machine learning team and will have a crucial role in improving the style and quality of our models. You’ll also work closely with the members of our community to reflect their preferences and needs in our training datasets.
Responsibilities
Define the taxonomy and quality standard for visual assets.
Curate collections of high-quality and diverse photos and videos, ensuring they meet the set quality standards.
Collaborate with the technical team to build tools for data curation and labeling.
Provide training and support to internal and external labelers on best practices for curating, and labeling data effectively.
What we’re looking for
Passion for and understanding of elements of photography and videography such as composition, lighting, and other elements that contribute to visually appealing content.
Ability to discern and appreciate subtle differences in image and video quality, including resolution, clarity, and colour accuracy.
Capability to analyze data and make informed decisions about the quality and relevance of visual content.
Ability to research and learn new tools to enable data visualization and annotation.
Awareness of current trends, best practices, and standards in photography and videography.
Nice to Haves
An existing portfolio demonstrating hands-on experience in photography or videography.
Experience in project management, including planning, organizing, and coordinating tasks and resources related to visual content projects.
Founding team
Our founding team consists of world-renowned AI experts including Mohammad Norouzi, Jonathan Ho, William Chan, and Chitwan Saharia. This team has previously led transformative AI projects at Google Brain, UC Berkeley, CMU, and the University of Toronto. Our fundamental work in AI includes: Imagen: Google’s text-to-image system, Imagen Video for video synthesis, Denoising Diffusion Models, which is the foundation of the recent generative media transformation.
Company Culture
We're a single flat team that transcends engineering, research, product, and operation roles. Everyone is willing to do whatever is necessary to make our company and customers successful. We believe that a small, dedicated team with a collaborative culture can move faster and build better and more coherent products than large hierarchical organizations. At Ideogram, we provide mentorship and support to help our employees grow with the company and achieve their ambitious career goals.
Ideogram is committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation, or expression. Our mission is to remove exclusivity and barriers and encourage new thinking and perceptions, in a space of belonging. It is not about race, gender, or age, it is about the people.
