Hydrus - Voice Contributor
Job description
Description
About the Project
We are looking for native-level French (France) speakers with professional voice recording experience to join the Hydrus Project.
The project consists of two scheduled recording sessions from their own home studio.
Because the recordings go straight into production, the audition validates two things equally: your voice and your recording environment.
What You'll Do
Audition with two 30 second samples using your home studio setup
Once approved, you will complete two scheduled recording sessions of approximately 4 hours each
Participate in natural conversation, prompted discussion, and scripted customer-service scenarios
Record from your own home studio setup across both sessions
Your Recording Environment
An external microphone: A separate, dedicated microphone is absolutely required - see below.
A dry room: Your voice should sound close and clear, with no echo or hollow, distant quality. Untreated rooms with bare walls, hard floors, and high ceilings usually fail.
A quiet room: No HVAC hum, fans, traffic, appliances, or household noise during recording.
Minimum Required Gear
Dynamic Mics (best for untreated rooms): Shure SM58, Shure MV7 / MV7+, RODE PodMic / PodMic USB, or similar.
Condenser mic (great in a treated room): RODE NT-USB Mini, Blue Yeti / Yeti Orb, Blue Bluebird, Blue Baby Bottle, or similar.
Room Treatment: Your recording space should produce studio-quality sound samples - isolation shields, sound absorbing pads, etc...
Immediately rejected: built-in laptop microphones, phone mics, AirPods, Samsung Buds, headphone-attached mics, headsets, and gaming headsets.
Technical Specification
You must be able to produce audio samples in the meeting with the following specifications:
WAV format, 24-bit, 48 kHz, no compression. Free software such as Audacity can produce this. If you cannot export in this format, please do not apply - this level of technicality is required for this role.
Who We're Looking For
Native-level French (France) speaker
A natural, authentic, friendly, conversational customer-service speaking style
A dry, quiet home recording space and a professional microphone, as described above
Good background, but not required: Podcasters, youtubers, streamers, recording artists, voice-over actors, etc. - anyone who has experience recording audio in a high-quality home studio
Commitment & Compensation
Estimated time: approximately 8 hours total across two scheduled sessions
Compensation: $45.00 USD per hour
Job Reference: #LI-JC1
Hydrus
Voice Contributor at Welo Global.
About the role
This role involves contributing voice work to the Hydrus Project. The project includes two scheduled recording sessions conducted from your home studio. Because the recordings go directly into production, the audition process validates both your voice and your recording environment. You will complete two separate recording sessions after approval.
Key facts
What you'll do
- Submit two 30-second audio samples using your home studio setup for an initial audition.
- Complete two scheduled recording sessions, each lasting approximately four hours.
- Engage in natural conversation, prompted discussion, and scripted customer-service scenarios.
- Record audio from your own home studio environment across both sessions.
- Use a dedicated external microphone that meets the project requirements.
- Ensure your recording space has dry acoustics and meets strict noise standards.
- Produce audio files in the required format for evaluation during the audition.
Requirements
- Native-level French speaker from France.
- A natural, authentic, friendly, conversational customer-service speaking style.
- A dry, quiet home recording space with controlled acoustics and minimal background noise.
- An external microphone, specifically a dynamic mic such as Shure SM58, Shure MV7/MV7+, RODE PodMic, or a similar model.
- Alternatively, a condenser microphone such as RODE NT-USB Mini, Blue Yeti or Blue Yeti Orb is acceptable if used in a treated room.
- A room treated to reduce echo and hollow sound, using absorption tools where necessary.
- The ability to export audio in WAV format, 24-bit, 48 kHz, with no compression.
- No built-in laptop microphones, phone microphones, AirPods, Samsung Buds, headphone-attached microphones, headsets, or gaming headsets are permitted.
- Previous experience as a podcaster, YouTuber, streamer, recording artist, or voice-over actor is beneficial but not mandatory.
Nice to have
- Experience recording high-quality audio in a home studio environment.
Skills & tools
- Microphone equipment specified in the requirements.
- Audio recording and editing software capable of exporting WAV files at 24-bit, 48 kHz.