AI Prompt Specialist

MCI is one of the fastest-growing tech-enabled business services companies in the USA, with a strong call center footprint and operations that extend across multiple countries. We deliver Customer Experience (CX), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), and Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS) cloud technology solutions across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, retail, government, education, telecom, technology e-commerce, and financial services. Our contact centers are powered by both on-site and remote agents, leveraging advanced technologies to enhance customer journeys, drive scalability and reduce costs. 

At MCI we are committed to fostering an environment where professionals can build meaningful careers, access continuous learning and development opportunities and contribute to the success of a globally expanding, industry-leading organization.  

We are seeking a creative and analytical AI Prompt Specialist to develop, optimize, and maintain prompts that improve the performance, reliability, and effectiveness of AI-powered systems. This role plays a critical part in ensuring Large Language Models deliver high-quality, contextually relevant, and business-aligned outputs across a wide range of use cases.

The successful candidate will collaborate with AI engineers, trainers, product teams, and business stakeholders to improve AI experiences and support the successful deployment of Generative AI solutions.

To be considered for this role, you must complete a full application on our company careers page, including all screening questions and a brief pre-employment test.

Key Responsibilities:

Prompt Development & Optimization

• Design prompts that maximize AI effectiveness and consistency.
• Develop prompts for conversational AI, automation, and business applications.
• Create reusable prompt templates and prompt libraries.
• Optimize prompts to improve response quality and accuracy.
• Support prompt lifecycle management activities.

AI Evaluation & Testing

• Measure and improve AI performance through structured evaluation.
• Test prompts across multiple use cases and scenarios.
• Analyze outputs and identify areas for improvement.
• Conduct prompt experiments and comparative testing.
• Support AI quality assurance initiatives.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Solution Support

• Work closely with business and technical teams to deliver effective AI solutions.
• Translate business requirements into prompting strategies.
• Collaborate with AI engineers, trainers, and product teams.
• Support AI implementation and optimization projects.
• Provide recommendations on prompt effectiveness.

Documentation & Best Practices

• Promote consistency and scalability across prompt engineering activities.
• Maintain prompt libraries and documentation.
• Develop prompting standards and guidelines.
• Support knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Contribute to prompt governance and quality frameworks.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Stay at the forefront of Generative AI developments.
• Research emerging prompting techniques and methodologies.
• Evaluate new AI tools and platforms.
• Recommend enhancements to prompting practices.
• Support experimentation and innovation initiatives.

WONDER IF YOU ARE A GOOD FIT FOR THIS POSITION?

All positive, and driven applicants are encouraged to apply. The Ideal candidates for this position are highly motivated and dedicated and should possess the below qualities:

• Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Linguistics, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with AI technologies, content strategy, research, analytics, quality assurance, or related disciplines.
• Experience using Large Language Models and Generative AI platforms.
• Strong written communication and language analysis skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical thinking abilities.
• Ability to evaluate AI outputs and identify improvement opportunities.
• Experience creating structured content, instructions, or documentation.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and time-management capabilities.
• Experience working in collaborative and fast-paced environments.
• Passion for emerging AI technologies and innovation.

Nice to Have

• Experience with prompt engineering or AI training activities.
• Experience using OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Claude, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) concepts.
• Experience supporting chatbot or conversational AI projects.
• Familiarity with AI evaluation methodologies.
• Understanding of AI governance and responsible AI principles.
• Experience within technology, SaaS, or BPO environments.
• Certifications or formal training related to AI or Generative AI.

This job operates in a professional office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be largely sedentary and will be required to sit/stand for long periods while using a computer and telephone headset. The employee will be regularly required to operate a computer and other office equipment, including a phone, copier, and printer. The employee may occasionally be required to move about the office to accomplish tasks; reach in any direction; raise or lower objects, move objects from place to place, hold onto objects, and move or exert force up to forty (40) pounds.

All MCI Locations

• Must be authorized to work in the country where the job is based.

Subject to the program and location of the position

• Must be willing to submit up to a LEVEL II background and/or security investigation with a fingerprint.  Job offers are contingent on background/security investigation results.
• Must be willing to submit to drug screening.  Job offers are contingent on drug screening results. (Does not apply in Canada)

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is the policy of MCI and its affiliates to provide reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless such accommodations would cause undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment. If reasonable accommodations are needed, please contact Human Resources.

At MCI and its subsidiaries, we embrace differences and believe diversity is a benefit to our employees, our company, our customers, and our community.  All aspects of employment at MCI are based solely on a person's merit and qualifications.  MCI maintains a work environment free from discrimination, one where employees are treated with dignity and respect. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling MCI's commitment to a diverse and equal opportunity work environment.

MCI does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.  MCI will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements.

MCI will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.  We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, it is the policy of MCI to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where an employee works.

MCI helps customers take on their CX and DX challenges differently, creating industry-leading solutions that deliver exceptional experiences and drive optimal performance. MCI assists companies with business process outsourcing, staff augmentation, contact center customer services, and IT Services needs by providing general and specialized hosting, software, staff, and services.

In 2019, Marlowe Companies Inc. (MCI) was named by Inc. Magazine as Iowa’s Fastest Growing Company in the State of Iowa and was named the 452nd Fastest Growing Privately Company in the USA, making the coveted top 500 for the first time. MCI’s subsidiaries had previously made Inc. Magazine's List of Fastest-Growing Companies 15 times, respectively. MCI has ten business process outsourcing service delivery facilities in Georgia, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, California, Kansas, Nova Scotia, South Africa, and the Philippines.

Driving modernization through digitalization, MCI ensures clients do more for less. MCI is the holding company for a diverse lineup of tech-enabled business services operating companies. MCI organically grows, acquires, and operates companies that have synergistic products and services portfolios, including but not limited to Automated Contact Center Solutions (ACCS), customer contact management, IT Services (IT Schedule 70), and Temporary and Administrative Professional Staffing (TAPS Schedule 736), Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Claims Processing, Collections, Customer Experience Provider (CXP), Customer Service, Digital Experience Provider (DXP), Account Receivables Management (ARM), Application Software Development, Managed Services, and Technology Services, to mid-market, Federal & enterprise partners. MCI now employs 10,000+ talented individuals with 150+ diverse North American client partners across the following MCI brands: MCI BPO, MCI BPOaaS, MarketForce,  GravisApps, Gravis Marketing, MarchEast, Mass Markets, MCI Federal Services (MFS), OnBrand24, The Sydney Call Center, Valor Intelligent Processing (VIP), BYC Aqua, EastWest BPO, TeleTechnology, and Vinculum.

The purpose of the above job description is to provide potential candidates with a general overview of the role. It's not an all-inclusive list of the duties, responsibilities, skills, and qualifications required for the job.  You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description.

The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. This job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.