There is nothing in this life like dedicating yourself to what you like the most, whether it is enjoying video games, reading a book at all hours, going for a walk or watching movies and series at all hours regardless of whether it is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Can you imagine it? Well, we have good news to give you because it turns out that there are people in this world who make a living watching the content of platforms like Netflix at all times. AND they are known by the name of Tagger.
What does a tagger do?
You are right, that is the name with which a company like Netflix refers to these magical creatures who work for her and who have the difficult mission of swallowing all the content on the platform, which is why, at times, it could be a tedious, desperate and at times boring job. And how is that possible? Well, this is so because not everything that is in the app The official content of the North Americans is good content and of enormous quality, since between success and success, some clunker than another will surely slip through.
The Tagger is a figure that came to Netflix in 2014 and that he makes a living by watching everything the platform uploads to his app and you will think, exactly what does it have to do with or what should it decide? Well, the name should already give you a fairly definitive clue of what his role is and how transcendental it is for all subscribers, who depend on his criteria so that a series, a movie or a documentary can later be recommended to us by that affinity. of tastes that North Americans study so well.
As you probably already guessed, the job of a Tagger is tag, that is, label the contents so that later they appear perfectly segmented within Netflix, in such a way that they are the ones who decide that an entire episode or season offers scenes of sex, violence, drug use, suicide and all those remarks that offer us a clear idea of ​​whether that is what we want to see we would like to do it or not.
How much content should they watch?
Imagine now that you want to dedicate yourself professionally to being one of these Taggers and They tell you from Netflix that your working day extends over eight hours daily of which seven must be destined to watch series, movies, documentaries, specials, specials, etc. Do you think you would be able to withstand such a pace? Possibly many will throw in the towel very soon, so Netflix understands that no one can be subjected to torture of this magnitude by filling an average working day with such a huge number of chapters and seasons of the same fiction.
Actually, The Taggers have the mission of seeing and tagging about 20 hours of weekly content It will depend on your criteria that they end up well categorized and located in the correct menus that the platform has to differentiate genres, subgenres, etc. Thus, subscribers can more easily find everything that is stored and get such reliable recommendations that, together with the algorithm itself that governs everything, it is possible to access any title in just a few seconds.
How is the work of a Tagger?
As we have advanced you, a Tagger works for the company that requires his clinical eye to know how to label audiovisual content (in this case) and they are usually hired by the platforms of the sector. Although we are going to stop at Netflix, there are others that also use this figure to further improve the way in which their series and movies are stored within the system.
There are cases of some Taggers who recognize that their work is not easy. It seems the ideal when we see it from the outside, but there are times when analyzing a series or a movie that doesn't interest them in the least is something that ends up getting desperate. In any case, this effort is rewarded when, at the end of the working day, many recognize that they still have the strength to continue watching something, although they emphatically affirm that that is when the time comes to "dedicate yourself to your favorite series."
As a rule, series tagging is not a complex process, but it is exhaustive because the Tagger must check that nothing is left out. This is so because a series, a movie or anything else is usually classified based on about 12 labels, which are the ones that mark the points to remember so that the user can get an idea of ​​what they are going to see. What's more, the normal thing is that after a first viewing, the content is allowed to rest a bit and then a second pass is started to verify that the proposed categorization fits perfectly with what we will see later on Netflix.
How can you work as a Tagger?
As we said, we have good news to give you and it is that There are not only people making a living watching series and movies, but you could do it if you think you meet the requirements that Netflix requires right now to hold one of these positions. The bad news is that if you apply for the vacancy, you will most likely have to travel and go abroad since much of the task of a Tagger is carried out on the original (usually) in English.
If, despite all of the above, you want to work as a Tagger for Netflix (even in Spain), we recommend that you follow the official procedure that involves accessing the website that North Americans have specifically designed to publicize vacancies and new positions that they are filling Behold:
- Access the section Netflix Jobs within its official website.
- Once there, click on the option Search jobs in the upper right corner of the screen to get to all the job offers available in the company.
- Take a good look at the list to manually search for the position of editorial analyst o Editorial Analyst English.
It is that simple to submit your nomination for these types of jobs. But obviously, as we indicated above, not everyone is suitable to be a Tagger since, among the qualities that Netflix asks for, we can read the following:
- Have the ability to synthesize.
- Being able to discern between different nuances within each genre of film or series.
- Possess more than five years of experience in the film and/or television industry.
If you think all of the above is a piece of cake and you know how to do it innately, then you should try your luck because even in the salary part it is much higher of what we could get in a medium position within the Spanish labor market. A Tagger on Netflix can earn about $72.000 annually, which isn't bad if you're good at watching and tagging.
And you, would you like to be a Tagger?