TELUS Digital AI Community

1. 01Rate the relevance and quality of search results and ads for your market
2. 02Verify and improve online map and local business data
3. 03Evaluate and compare generative-AI responses against written guidelines
4. 04Record speech, photo or video samples for data-collection projects
5. 05Transcribe, translate and annotate text and audio

When you are paid. Reported as monthly for hourly rater roles: you submit an invoice for the previous month's hours and payment follows some weeks later. Data-collection projects may pay on their own schedule. Your contract sets the method and timing, and both can depend on your country.

Many rater and evaluator roles are paid by the hour: you log your time and invoice it. Data-collection projects are often paid per task or per batch. Rates are set per project and per country and are stated in the listing or contract. There is no public rate card. Contributor reports suggest rates in lower-income markets are well below US rates, so check the rate for your own country before you put time into the exam. No verified figures are given here.

• Payoneer
• Bank transfer

Receiving USD in Africa? Read our payouts guide.

• 18 or older
• Residence in the country the role is for, often for a stated number of consecutive years
• Fluency in the role's language and familiarity with local culture, news and media
• Your own computer and reliable internet; some roles also require a specific type of smartphone or active use of particular online services
• A pass in the project's qualification exam
• An independent-contractor agreement (you handle your own taxes); identity verification may also be required

1. 1

   Find a role for your market

   Browse the AI Community job board and filter by country and language. Each listing is for one market, so apply only to roles for the country where you live. Some listings and portal pages may still carry the older TELUS International name.

2. 2

   Apply and complete your profile

   Submit the application and fill in your contributor profile: contact details, languages, education and relevant experience. Some roles add a short screening or language check.

3. 3

   Wait for an invitation

   Shortlisted applicants receive an email with the project guidelines and a link to the qualification exam. Applicants report waits of days to weeks, and some never hear back.

4. 4

   Study for and take the exam

   The exam is typically open-book and in several parts. It combines questions on the guidelines with practical rating tasks and must be finished within a set window.

5. 5

   Contract and verification

   Sign the independent-contractor agreement and confidentiality terms, complete any identity checks, and set up payment and tax details.

6. 6

   Onboard and start tasking

   Get access to the work tools, complete any onboarding, and begin tasks under ongoing quality review. Log hours accurately and invoice on schedule.

1. 01

   Read the full guidelines end to end before opening the exam, then again with notes. Open-book does not mean easy: know the rating scales well enough that you only need the document for edge cases.

2. 02

   Focus on the boundaries between rating levels and on the worked examples, where the judgment calls are hardest.

3. 03

   Plan as if you get one attempt and the invitation expires. Take the exam in a quiet, uninterrupted block well before the deadline.

4. 04

   Apply only for your real country and languages, and never use a VPN. Your location and identity may be checked during onboarding and while you work.

5. 05

   Check your spam folder throughout the application, because exam invitations and onboarding steps arrive by email.

6. 06

   Once active, log time honestly and invoice on time. Time records can be audited, and misreported hours can end a contract.

7. 07

   Read quality feedback and guideline updates as they arrive. Standards shift, and quality scores can decide whether you keep access.

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Roles are listed per country and language. In October 2026 an Online Data Analyst role for South Africa was open, for people who have lived there for the last five years; no current openings were confirmed for Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana or Egypt. Filter the AI Community job board by your country. If nothing is listed, there is no way in until a role opens. Applying under another country or using a VPN misrepresents your residency, which roles require, and you risk removal.

Where it hires. Global, recruited market by market. Each role is tied to a specific country and usually a language, and you can apply only to roles for the country where you live. Openings have historically covered many countries and languages, but the set of open markets changes constantly, so check the job board for your country.

• TELUS Digital, official site
• TELUS Digital AI Community, careers and jobs entry
• Wikipedia: Telus International (now TELUS Digital)
• Wikipedia: Lionbridge
• TELUS Digital careers: Online Data Analyst, South Africa, October 2026

Reviewed Oct 29, 2026, though some details could not be confirmed against TELUS Digital AI Community's own pages. Platforms change their terms, pay and country lists often. Check the details on TELUS Digital AI Community's own site before you rely on them.