Transcription / Subtitling Specialist (Freelance)
Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs ElevenLabs sits in a fast-growing corner of SaaS where AI capabilities are delivered as products and APIs, and where output quality is a core part of the user experience. This freelance transcription and subtitling role is notable because it connects human language expertise directly to an AI-enabled production marketplace, supporting customers who rely on accurate transcripts, subtitles, and dubs at scale. For SaaS professionals, the career value here comes from learning how human-in-the-loop workflows are designed and operated inside a product-led environment. The work builds intuition for quality standards, formatting rules, and turnaround expectations that matter when services are delivered through a platform rather than bespoke projects. It also offers practical exposure to how AI tooling is incorporated into content operations, a pattern increasingly common across modern SaaS teams. This role is best suited to independent specialists who prefer clear specifications, measurable quality, and repeatable processes. It aligns with professionals who want to stay close to the craft of language accuracy while gaining familiarity with platform-based delivery models and AI-assisted workflows. It can also fit those exploring adjacent paths in localization operations, content QA, or language technology within SaaS. The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About ElevenLabs ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology. We launched in January 2023 with the first human-like AI voice model. Today, we serve millions of users and thousands of businesses - from fast-growing startups to large enterprises like Deutsche Telekom and Meta. Our investors are some of the world's most prominent, including Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth and Sequoia. We've raised $781M in funding and our last valuation was $11B - multiples of 11, always. We have expanded from voice into three main platforms:
- ElevenAgents enables businesses to deliver seamless and intelligent customer experiences, with the integrations, testing, monitoring, and reliability necessary to deploy voice and chat agents at scale.
- ElevenCreative empowers creators and marketers to generate and edit speech, music, image, and video across 70+ languages.
- ElevenAPI gives developers access to our leading AI audio foundational models.
Everything we do is the result of the creativity and commitment of our team - builders doing the best work of their lives. We are researchers, engineers, and operators. IOI medalists and ex-founders. If you want to work hard and create lasting positive impact, we want to hear from you. How we work
- High-velocity: Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy.
- AI first: We use AI to move faster with higher-quality results. We do this across the whole company—from engineering to growth to operations.
- Excellence everywhere: Everything we do should match the quality of our AI models.
- Global team: We prioritize your talent, not your location.
About the role We are looking for freelance Transcription and Subtitling Specialists to join our fast-growing Productions team. Productions is a new marketplace that brings together our AI audio tools and a network of human experts to unlock high-quality, human-edited transcripts, subtitles, dubs, audiobooks, and more at scale for our users and customers. While Productions is just getting started, we already manage content workflows for some of the world's top YouTube channels, book publishers, and media & entertainment businesses. Here's what you can expect in our team:
- Producing and reviewing highly accurate transcripts for a range of exciting content
- Creating high-quality subtitles for video content following specific formatting rules and timing standards
- Competitive task-based compensation
- Flexible workload and scheduling - claim and complete jobs directly on our platform
Requirements
- Native or near-native fluency in one or more supported languages
- Prior experience in transcription or subtitling and familiarity with relevant tools
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to linguistic accuracy
- Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality work on time
Bonus:
- Experience using the ElevenLabs platform and/or other AI-assisted transcription and subtitling tools, subtitle editors, or captioning software
- Previous work with language service providers, localization teams, or media companies
- Background in linguistics, language technology, or media production
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