Document Annotation Specialist (Northern Europe)

Job Description

• Review and annotate document images to accurately identify text, paragraphs, tables, and other document elements.
• Correct Optical Character Recognition (OCR) errors, including spelling mistakes, missing characters, formatting inconsistencies, and transcription inaccuracies.
• Create, review, and adjust bounding boxes to precisely capture text blocks, paragraphs, tables, and other document regions.
• Transcribe text exactly as it appears in source documents, preserving original characters, symbols, punctuation, diacritics, and formatting.
• Review and annotate tables, mathematical expressions, and LaTeX equations while maintaining structural and textual accuracy.
• Apply Markdown formatting consistently to represent document structures, including headings, lists, tables, and other elements.
• Process multilingual documents while preserving language-specific characters, writing systems, and special symbols.
• Follow project guidelines and annotation standards to ensure consistent, accurate, and reliable outputs.
• Identify discrepancies in annotated data and make corrections in accordance with established instructions.
• Maintain high levels of transcription accuracy and data quality while meeting project deadlines.
• Review complex document layouts and technical content to ensure the integrity of digitized information.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders and follow quality requirements throughout the document annotation process.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native proficiency in Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, or Swedish.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to identify minor errors in text, formatting, and document layouts.
• Demonstrated ability to transcribe text accurately and reproduce exact characters, punctuation, symbols, tables, and mathematical expressions.
• Familiarity with OCR text correction, document annotation, bounding box adjustment, or related data quality tasks.
• Understanding of Markdown formatting and structured document representation.
• Ability to review multilingual text while preserving special characters, diacritics, and language-specific writing conventions.
• Strong reading comprehension and the ability to follow detailed instructions and annotation guidelines.
• Ability to work independently, maintain consistent quality, and meet project deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly when identifying discrepancies in document data.
• Ability to work with complex document layouts, scanned images, tables, mathematical notation, and technical content.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in data annotation, OCR correction, document digitization, transcription, or data quality review.
• Familiarity with scanned documents, complex layouts, tables, mathematical notation, and LaTeX equations.
• Experience working with multiple languages, multilingual documents, or non-Latin scripts.
• Experience following structured quality assurance procedures and annotation guidelines.
• Ability to maintain high accuracy and consistency when processing large volumes of document data.