What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Collector position at Alliance Drone?
Alliance Drone · Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS) 2026 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Oct 24-30, 2026 · Independent contractor · $300/day
Alliance Drone is building a structured digital twin of FLIBS -- geotagged listing photos, boat and booth locations, and wayfinding data -- delivered to MarineSource and attendee apps. We're hiring Data Collectors to walk the docks and systematically document every assigned boat.
Responsibilities
- Follow an assigned route/zone across the show's docks and collect information about boats: identifying details, condition, location, and surrounding context
- Take location-enabled reference photos on iPhone and track your walking route via GPS
- Place boats and points of interest on the event map as you work
- Upload captured data every 2 hours so offshore annotators/mappers can start processing while you're still in the field
- Report inaccessible areas, missing boats, or moved exhibits
Required equipment: iPhone 15 or newer with location services enabled; comfortable, dock-safe footwear; portable battery/charger.
Qualifications
- Strong attention to detail and ability to follow a repeatable, systematic process rather than working ad hoc
- Comfortable walking and standing most of the day, on docks and around boats -- able to walk up to 10 miles over the course of a single show day
- Reliable, punctual, able to work independently with limited supervision
- Prior field data collection, mapping, or property documentation experience a plus
- Real estate photography background preferred
Schedule & Compensation: $300/day (based on an 8-hour day at $37.50/hour), on-site across some or all of Oct 24-30, 2026. Preference given to candidates available multiple days.
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