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Football Player Identity Annotation

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on annotating football player identities from match videos, ensuring accurate identification through various methods. You will work remotely, contributing to a project that relies on your attention to detail and football knowledge.

Qualifications

  • Prior experience in data annotation, video analysis or football data/analytics.
  • Football knowledge to recognize players from appearance and playing style.
  • Attention to detail for accurate annotation of low-quality images.
  • Computer skills for using keyboard shortcuts and organizing files.
  • Preferred: Good English reading level to follow project guidelines.

Responsibilities

  • Watch player tracks from match videos and identify players by team and jersey number.
  • Identify players using physical attributes and positioning on the pitch when numbers are not visible.
  • Review and correct system suggestions for player identities before committing them.
  • Run QA reviews of video clips to confirm player identity consistency.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Detail Oriented
  • Computer Literacy
  • Quality Assurance
  • Time Management

About the company

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Cypher Coders

  • Tutoring & Language Learning
  • Startup
  • 11–50
Our focus is on getting kids ready for a successful future. Already, 67% of new jobs in STEM are in computing, and the importance of technology in industry is only going to increase.Our award-winning coding curriculum helps to get children future-ready by not only teaching them how to code, but also developing core skills such as creativity, communication and collaboration.We use creative themes to deliver a fun and unique learning experience - making coding more engaging and accessible for children, and to help them understand the role that technology plays in science, industry, art, architecture and much more.All of our lessons include a topic and a project from one of our themes, to teach the students a little more about the world around them, and to help trigger their curiosity and imagination. Our Stem.org accredited curriculum is designed to teach a firm foundation in computer science, above and beyond what children learn in school.We give children a methodical and cumulative education that builds their skills in coding, communication, collaboration, creativity and flexibility.From 6-12 we ensure every child learns at a pace that’s right for them, in a range of coding languages, and they are rewarded with certificates at each level. Our creative themes add excitement, interest and relevance to computer science subjects to help kids engage and enjoy coding.

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Job description

We are hiring- Football player identity annotation specialist

Job Responsibilities:

  • Watches player "tracks" (short image sequences) from a match video and decides which player each track

belongs to: team and jersey number.

  • Identifies players even when the number is not visible, using build, hair, boots, sleeves, movement and

position on the pitch.

  • Reviews suggestions from the system, corrects wrong ones and commits the correct identity.
  • Runs a QA review of short video clips to confirm two tracks are the same player.
  • Records working time accurately (annotation and QA separately).

Working conditions:

  • Full time job with flexible hours (shifts are available 24/7)
  • Fully remote
  • Egypt Based role

Requirements

  • Prior experience in data annotation, video analysis or football data/analytics.
  • Football knowledge Follows football regularly and can recognize players from appearance and playing style, not only the number.
  • Attention to detail Able to focus for long sessions on small, low-quality images without losing accuracy.
  • Computer skills Comfortable with keyboard shortcuts, installing desktop software and organizing large files.
  • Equipment Own Windows laptop or PC with enough storage (one match is about 10 GB).
  • Strong Internet, stable connection (20 Mbps or more) to download match videos quickly.
  • Availability Flexible hours, including nights, weekends and same-day assignments.
  • Good English reading level to follow the project guidelines.

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