Job Description
Location: On-site
Employment Type: Full-Time
Pay: $23/hr
Role Purpose The Content Moderator plays a critical role in ensuring that user-generated material on digital platforms complies with company policies, legal regulations, and community standards. This role maintains a safe, respectful, and appropriate online environment, protecting user experience and brand integrity by preventing harmful, offensive, or illegal content.
Key Responsibilities - Content Review & Moderation: Analyze user-generated posts, comments, images, and videos; apply moderation guidelines to approve, reject, or report content.
- Policy & Compliance Enforcement: Ensure strict adherence to platform guidelines and legal regulations while identifying policy violation trends.
- Handling Sensitive Content: Professionally manage graphic or potentially disturbing material and adhere strictly to escalation protocols for critical cases.
- Internal Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional support, legal, and security teams to resolve complex issues and provide feedback on moderation policies.
- Moderation Tools Utilization: Use AI-powered software, filters, and moderation technology; report tool issues and suggest process improvements.
- Analysis & Reporting: Track content trends, generate activity reports, and monitor moderation performance metrics.
- Crisis Management Support: Respond quickly to viral negative content or misinformation campaigns and contribute to mitigation strategies.
Key Competencies - Resilience & Self-Awareness: Thrives under pressure, manages stress effectively in high-stakes scenarios, regulates emotional responses, and maintains composure when facing distressing content.
- Decision Quality & Managing Ambiguity: Makes sound, fair, and objective decisions quickly using available guidelines; operates effectively even in uncertain situations.
- Cultural Awareness & Diversity: Embraces diversity, respects regional cultural/political nuances, and ensures assessments are impartial and bias-free.
- Adaptability & Collaboration: Adapts smoothly to changing tools and workflows while communicating effectively within cross-functional teams.
Qualifications & Requirements Required Qualifications - Experience : At least 6 months Call Center, Content Moderation, Customer Service, Back Office, Administrative Support, or Social Media Management.
- Work Availability: Ability to work ON-SITE full-time shifts (24/7 operational coverage including nights, weekends, and holidays).
- Language Proficiency: B2 level proficiency in English (reading, writing, speaking, listening).
- Soft Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, empathy, and high cultural/social awareness of the US region.
Preferred Qualifications - Job Experience: At least 6 months of experience in content moderation, customer support, back-office/admin support, or social media management.
- Technological Proficiency: Familiarity with social media platforms, CRM/CMS software, communication platforms, and AI-powered moderation tools.
Wellness & Psychological Safety Program TaskUs offers a comprehensive, global psychological health and safety program grounded in neuroscience and clinical psychology to protect mental well-being.
- Exposure Awareness: Content moderators will be exposed to graphic and potentially disturbing user-generated material (such as child exploitation, gang violence, animal abuse, hate speech, or explicit content).
- Support Framework: You will have 24/7 access to our dedicated Wellness & Resiliency Team, including on-site counselors, coaching sessions, and skills groups.
- Mandatory Programs: Attendance in Resiliency Training and ongoing wellness coaching sessions is required to support job adjustment and mental health.
Disclaimer Our system requires candidates to apply only within their current state or country of residence. If you don't see the perfect fit in your area just yet, we kindly ask that you explore our other openings to find an offer that aligns specifically with your region. Thank you for helping us keep our process organized and accurate!
While we welcome applications across the United States, please note that we are not hiring in the state of Illinois at this time. If you are located in Illinois, we encourage you to check back in the future or explore our openings tailored to other regions. Thank you for your understanding!
Job Tags
Full time, Shift work, Night shift