Location: Remote: Participants must be based in Kenya
Schedule: Flexible
Project type: Short-term/project-based
Device requirement(s): You must use your own mobile phone and Kenya phone number
The ProjectProductive Playhouse is seeking English-speaking participants for a mobile messaging data collection project. Participants will submit authentic scam and spam SMS messages received on their personal mobile phones to help improve technology designed to identify fraudulent and unwanted communications.
This is a flexible, remote opportunity. Participants may submit eligible messages whenever they receive them, provided all submissions meet project requirements..
Your contributions will support the development of tools designed to make mobile messaging safer for users around the world.
Why Participate?- Earn $1.25 USD for each qualified message you submit
- Participate remotely on a flexible schedule
- Help improve scam-detection technology by showing how real messages appear in English.
- Submit authentic SMS messages that meet project guidelines
- Identify each message as either Scam or Spam
- Categorize submissions according to the appropriate message type
- Ensure all submissions are complete, accurate, and meet quality standards
- Follow all project instructions and submission requirements
Please note: Messages collected from email or other platforms are not eligible. Submissions must be SMS messages received directly on your mobile phone.
Only submissions that meet requirements will be eligible for payment
Project RequirementsYou may be a good fit if you:
- Are a native or expert-level fluency in English, as spoken in Kenya
- Currently located in Kenya
- Have access to your own mobile device
- You must have access to your own Kenya phone number
- Can follow project guidelines and quality standards
- Your language skills are the whole point — and this project pays for them
- Apply once, get contacted directly when a spot opens — no chasing
- Work from anywhere, on your own schedule, alongside any other work you do
- Clear task specs, no ongoing oversight, no micromanagement
Real project experience with a global data and language services company - Work that actually improves how AI understands your language
We started by teaching kids through award-winning programming. We grew into a global data and language services company trusted by clients worldwide. But the mission never changed: keep language alive.
Transcription, translation, localization, linguistic analysis, AI evaluation — it all comes back to preserving languages and the cultures they carry.
All engagements are contingent upon successful completion of identity verification. Productive Playhouse is an equal opportunity organization headquartered in California and committed to diversity and inclusion across our global workforce. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and abilities, regardless of location or engagement type. For accommodations or inquiries, please contact [email protected].
Skills Required
- Native or expert-level English fluency as spoken in Kenya
- Currently located in Kenya
- Access to a personal mobile device
- Access to a Kenyan phone number
- Ability to follow project guidelines and quality standards
- Successful completion of identity verification
What We Do
Productive Playhouse is a global language services and data company that serves as an execution partner for leading AI organizations. They specialize in providing high-quality, human-validated transcription, translation, and linguistic services to support the training and evaluation of multilingual AI models, specifically for Natural Language Processing (NLP), Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), and Text-to-Speech (TTS) localization on a global scale.
