Conversation Designer
Group: Writing
Roll-out by scenario
| Scenario | Engagement | Window | Rate | Year-one cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A: full-time studio | Full-time remote employee | M1–M11 | $70,000–$100,000 base/yr | $80,208–$123,750 |
| B: lean core + contracts | Contract, 360–520 hours | M1–M11 | $50–$85/hr | $18,000–$44,200 |
Employee cost = base × months ÷ 12 × (1 + 25–35% employer load). Contract cost = hours × hourly rate.
Responsibilities
- Question bank (400–800 items) with citations and refusal flags
- Monologue scripts and Chautauqua beats
- Persona prompt and voice dossier with the historian
- Log editor after soft open (with the historian)
Skills
- Writing in period voice from primary sources
- Conversation design for voice interfaces
- Accessibility and plain-language captions
- Working inside an evaluation loop
Requirements
- 3+ years conversation design, interactive narrative, or museum interpretation writing
- Writing sample in a historical voice
Training (local tutorials)
- Tutorial — Authoring a Timed Experience
- Tutorial — Authoring a Q&A Experience with Ambient Idle
- Tutorial — Captions UI
- Tutorial — How the Mind Works
- Tutorial — Writing a Persona for a Historical Figure
- Tutorial — Authored Answers for Top Questions
- Tutorial — Evaluating Answers
- Tutorial — Persona Sandbox with SillyTavern
- Tutorial — Gesture Library and Tags
Remote working
Fully remote; weekly session with the historian.
Rate evidence
- Glassdoor conversation designer $50k–$80k typical, senior higher (2026); contract premium for period writing
- Glassdoor, conversation designer salary 2026: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/conversation-designer-salary-SRCH_KO0,21.htm