(Mood Tagging / Genre Signals / Stylistic Metadata)

We are looking to find a skilled Creative Style and Mood Annotation Specialist to join our growing team.

You will annotate high-level mood, tone and stylistic characteristics in video content. This includes assigning mood labels, genre cues and visual style descriptors that help train models to understand overall creative direction.

Responsibilities:

• Watch full videos such as music videos, short films or adverts and assign primary and secondary mood tags including melancholic, uplifting, tense, dreamy, gritty, playful or nostalgic

• Tag applicable genre signals such as drama, comedy, thriller, romance, horror, documentary or experimental

• Annotate stylistic attributes including pacing (fast, moderate, slow), colour palette feel (warm, cool, desaturated, high contrast) and editing rhythm

• Provide concise free-text notes summarising creative intent, emotional arc and key aesthetic decisions

• Flag mixed-tone or ambiguous pieces and document reasoning

Requirements:

• Strong media literacy and ability to interpret creative direction through visuals and audio

• Comfort working with predefined taxonomies while adding concise qualitative notes

• Ability to express subjective impressions in structured, consistent ways

Background:

• Creative direction, film studies, media criticism, editing or branding work

• Experience developing mood boards, visual briefs or style guides

Sample Test Task:

• Given a 3-minute music video, assign mood and genre tags, describe visual style and editing rhythm, and write a short summary of the likely emotional impact on a first-time viewer.

Application Requirements:

• Short explanation of how you define mood and tone in visual storytelling

• Optional prior creative or analytical work involving visual media

• Completion of the test task

Compensation

• Per video analysed or per batch of pieces, with occasional hourly arrangements for exploratory work.