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Linguist Julie Vonwiller, PhD founded Appen in 1996. Motivated by her passion for language and technology, she saw an opportunity to develop linguistic technologies to help launch products in new markets around the world. After receiving her PhD in linguistics, Julie worked for a number of years in ... read moreacademia; in starting Appen, she envisioned a way for linguists who typically work only in academia after receiving their degrees, to have the opportunity to build their careers and follow their passions in a global, technology-driven space. Julie founded Appen with her engineer husband, Chris Vonwiller. The name Appen is derived from the Swiss canton Appenzell, from which some of Chris’s ancestors came to Australia in the nineteenth century. Informally Julie and Chris called their first employees Appenzellers. In 2010, Appen merged with the Butler Hill Group, which was based in Ridgefield, Connecticut and Seattle, Washington and was founded by Lisa Braden-Harder in 1993. After the merger, Appen became Appen Butler Hill, and we expanded our business scope to include language resources, search, and text. Since then, our client base has grown to include global technology leaders, including Microsoft, SAP, Raytheon and Oracle. Additionally, we work with leading government agencies in the United States and United Kingdom. As the social web became an increasingly bigger part of people’s lives, we looked to grow our services and capacity in global crowd-sourcing and social media technology to empower people to connect and share across the web. In late 2012, we acquired Social Instinct, a firm based in San Rafael, California, which develops tools and platforms for employee engagement, online moderation, and curation. We now have operations in Australia, the United States, Europe, and Asia, and a team of 150. The large volume of linguistic work happening at Appen around the world also means that we provide flexible part-time, contract positions for around 50,000 people from the "global crowd” through the use of a number of platforms including our proprietary technology, Appen Online. We recently introduced two new tools: Kontribune, a digital platform that assists in employee and community engagement, and Social Instinct, a social media moderation and management platform. Our services today are instrumental to leading technology companies as they enter new global markets. In the field of search, our teams directly affect the quality of results from some of the world’s leading search engines. Data generated from our language technology power the algorithms for the leading speech-recognition technologies in mobile phones, computer games, and in-car GPS systems. In the realm of text, we are at the forefront of research to extract value from unstructured text data. In social media, our technology platform enables companies to engage communities and curate relevant, meaningful, and safe social media experiences.

Appen Jobs in Nigeria

20 vacancies
      • Social Media Evaluator at Appen

      • What exactly is a social media evaluation job? As an evaluator, your job is to analyze if the content, images, video and/or advertising is relevant to you. Working part-time from home, you wil
        • 27 September, 2023
      • Internet Analyst | Remote Work at Appen

      • Appen is seeking candidates in Nigeria for exciting work-from-home opportunities! We are Currently looking for Candidates in different Languages and Dialects in Nigeria who are interested in opport
        • 11 November, 2021
      • Translators at Appen

      • Are you a professional translator who wants to make extra money while at home? This project is for you! The Nida FY21 project is a work from home opportunity that involves linguistic consulting on
        • 28 September, 2020
      • Social Media Evaluator at Appen

      • Overview Do you love social media and want to influence how we interact with technology? As a Social Media Evaluator with Appen you have the opportunity to provide feedback on news feeds, advertise
        • 07 February, 2019
      • Nigerian Native Speakers at Appen

      • You Might Fit This Role If: You are looking for a flexible work opportunity where you contribute to projects and grow your skills You are an active and engaged user on social media platforms such
        • 07 February, 2019
      • Social Media Evaluator at Appen

      • ID: 2018-3509 Overview/Job Description Do you love social media and want to influence how we interact with technology? As a Social Media Evaluator with Appen you have the opportunity to provide f
        • 09 November, 2018
      • Social Media Evaluator at Appen

      • Job Description Do you love social media and want to influence how we interact with technology? As a Social Media Evaluator with Appen you have the opportunity to provide feedback on news feed
        • 19 September, 2018
      • Social Media Evaluator - Nigeria at Appen

      • Do you want to be a part of an exciting part-time home based opportunityDo you love social media and want to influence how we interact with technology? As a Social Media Evaluator with Appen you have
        • 30 August, 2018
      • Social Media Evaluator at Appen

      • Ref Id: 3509 Job Description Do you love social media and want to influence how we interact with technology? As a Social Media Evaluator with Appen you have the opportunity to provide feedback on
        • 15 August, 2018
      • Transcriber, Fulani at Appen

      • We are looking for native Fulani speakers to transcribe Fulani audio files.The ProjectParticipants will listen Fulani audio recordings and convert them to text by typing them in an online application.
        • 10 July, 2017
      • Linguist, On-Demand at Appen

      • DepartmentLinguisticsProjectWe are looking for Linguists/Computational Linguists who are native speakers of 'subject language', for flexible or full-time home-based role.The project is an exciting and
        • 05 October, 2016
      • Computational Linguist, On-Demand at Appen

      • DepartmentLinguisticsProjectWe are looking for Linguists/Computational Linguists who are native speakers of 'subject language', for flexible or full-time home-based role.The project is an exciting and
        • 05 October, 2016
      • Web Search Evaluators at Appen

      • Description:Be part of a rapidly growing global network of independent contractors working as Web Search Evaluators! If you are looking for interesting work that adapts to your lifestyle, you have com
        • 18 May, 2016
      • Web Search Evaluators - Hausa at Appen

      • Description:Be part of a rapidly growing global network of independent contractors working as Web Search Evaluators! If you are looking for interesting work that adapts to your lifestyle, you have com
        • 05 April, 2016
      • Web Search Evaluator at Appen

      • Project Language Required: HausaBe part of a rapidly growing global network of independent contractors working as Web Search Evaluators! If you are looking for interesting work that adapts to
        • 14 March, 2016
      • Web Search Evaluators at Appen

      • Be part of a rapidly growing global network of independent contractors working as Web Search Evaluators! If you are looking for interesting work that adapts to your lifestyle, you have come to the rig
        • 26 November, 2015
      • Hausa Transcribers at Appen

      • Position Summary Appen is looking for native speakers of Hausa based in Nigeria for a transcription project. We are offering 3.06 AUD per hour given that speed and accuracy requirements are met.
        • 24 September, 2015
      • Linguist - Hausa at Appen

      • DepartmentLinguisticsProjectStart immediately and ongoing for the next 20 weeks.Reliable internet connection required.The successful candidate will work from home.Tasks The work will involve assist
        • 01 August, 2015
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