US Ad Quality Moderator for 「SmartNews」 smartphone app

This is a remote, part-time contract role. *Basically remote work but may request to visit the SmartNews Tokyo office sometimes. (This position is described as “part-time contract” but 8 hours x 4-5 days working is required) Office Location: Tokyo VISA: You need to have a valid VISA. The company will not sponsor visas. 【What is the team mission?】 SmartNews is a leading global information and news discovery company dedicated to delivering quality information to the people who need it. Thanks to our unique machine-learning technology and relationships with more than 3,000 global publisher partners, we provide news that matters to millions of users. Founded in 2012 in Tokyo, SmartNews also has offices in Palo Alto, New York and Singapore. Our revenue source for US Business is Ads-based. We are looking for someone who has experience in ads quality review and working with guidelines with minimal directions. If you are someone who shares our vision and feels passionately about our mission, we encourage you to apply! 【What is the mission for this role?】 We are looking for an ad content quality moderator to review and moderate ad creatives and their associated landing pages. As an ad content quality moderator, you will review and investigate visual and written Ad content(*).The work involves reviewing ad creatives for the US version of SmartNews App ( while based in Japan). You will review each ad creative based on our Review guideline using an internal tool, third party external tools or Google spreadsheet. You must be detail-oriented and self-motivated. If you find any gap and challenges between guidelines and ad creatives, you will escalate those issues to your supervisor and follow their guidance . In some cases, you may perform a quality audit toward other members' review output. Past moderation experience is preferred. In addition to the above, there might be times when we may request support for administrative tasks on other teams. Duties include but are not limited to user account creations or searching tools for user account IDs. You will be trained and be provided a manual to follow to complete these tasks. You are not expected to work on multiple tasks at the same time. We divide tasks according to time zones and daily schedules, and adjust the procedure so that you can work on each one in order. *During monitoring, you may come across or be asked to view sexual, violent, or other unpleasant content. This is a remote, part-time contract role. (this position is described as “part-time contract” but 8 hours x 4-5 days working is required) 【Responsibilities】 - Assess visual and written content such as images, videos, texts and Landing Pages in an ad creative, ensuring compliance with internal guidelines and standards. - Label and categorize content accurately based on review guidelines using internal tools or Google spreadsheets. - Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or challenges between ad creatives and guidelines, and escalate them to supervisors for resolution. - Work as a team player, effectively communicating with supervisors and colleagues, and adapting to feedback. - Perform routine tasks efficiently, managing large volumes of transactions while maintaining attention to detail and consistency. 【Requirements】 - Native level proficiency in English ​​ - Working experience as a team player and flexibility - Being accustomed to routine work with a huge amount of transactions or tasks - Being familiar with using smartphones and apps - Minute attention to detail and ability to analyse text and image based on the guidelines - High speed Internet connection is required in your workspace - Ability to handle multiple tasks within a given timeframe - Working with operation work in timely, accurately and efficiently 【Nice to have experience】 - Experience in Trust & Safety, Moderation, Labeling (Annotation), ads review related operation work - Being familiar with using slack and G suite - Technically savvy and able to quickly learn new tools and systems - Having an interest in US News contents and be culturally aware of trends in US 【Conditions of employment】 Job type: part-time contract 　(this position is described as “part-time contract” but 8 hours x 4-5 days working is required) Salary：1600 yen / hour * Working days：at least more than 4 days / week（inc. Saturday and Sunday）(32-40 hrs /per month) Working hours：8 hours per day (1hour break) -This team provides a 24 hours x 7 days service. You must meet the following conditions. -Be able to work on either Saturday or Sunday. -Be able to work during the late-night hours.(10:00 pm - 7:00 am) * Hourly price will be increased by 25% between 10:00 pm and 5:00 am ** PTE will work for US business while based in Japan to cover for US work hours and will require night shift settings. Working Place: Remote -Basically remote work but may request to visit the SmartNews Tokyo office sometimes. -On the first day, you need to be at the office from 10:00 am for the onboarding. 【Others】 Fixed-term employment contract: limited to 4 years from the date of employment Interview:Online interview inclusing a quick test 【Benefit】 -Paid vacations -health insurance -Free lunch, snacks, and drinks at the office -PC rental If you are interested in working with us, please feel free to contact us. Looking forward to hearing from you.