# 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 ## 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 Back to [[Roles and Hiring Plan]] · [[Year One Budget — Personnel]]