diff --git a/internal/otlpjson/marshaler.go b/internal/otlpjson/marshaler.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c79a1bdfffa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/otlpjson/marshaler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package otlpjson
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/jsonpb"
+
+	otlpcollectorlogs "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/collector/logs/v1"
+	otlpcollectormetrics "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/collector/metrics/v1"
+	otlpcollectortrace "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/collector/trace/v1"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/model/serializer"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/model/translator"
+)
+
+type marshaler struct {
+	delegate jsonpb.Marshaler
+}
+
+// NewTracesMarshaler returns a serializer.TracesUnmarshaler to marshal to OTLP json bytes.
+func NewTracesMarshaler() serializer.TracesMarshaler {
+	return &marshaler{delegate: jsonpb.Marshaler{}}
+}
+
+// NewMetricsMarshaler returns a serializer.MetricsMarshaler to marshal to OTLP json bytes.
+func NewMetricsMarshaler() serializer.MetricsMarshaler {
+	return &marshaler{delegate: jsonpb.Marshaler{}}
+}
+
+// NewLogsMarshaler returns a serializer.LogsMarshaler to marshal to OTLP json bytes.
+func NewLogsMarshaler() serializer.LogsMarshaler {
+	return &marshaler{delegate: jsonpb.Marshaler{}}
+}
+
+func (en *marshaler) MarshalLogs(model interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	ld, ok := model.(*otlpcollectorlogs.ExportLogsServiceRequest)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, translator.NewErrIncompatibleType(&otlpcollectorlogs.ExportLogsServiceRequest{}, model)
+	}
+	buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+	if err := en.delegate.Marshal(&buf, ld); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+func (en *marshaler) MarshalMetrics(model interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	md, ok := model.(*otlpcollectormetrics.ExportMetricsServiceRequest)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, translator.NewErrIncompatibleType(&otlpcollectormetrics.ExportMetricsServiceRequest{}, model)
+	}
+	buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+	if err := en.delegate.Marshal(&buf, md); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+func (en *marshaler) MarshalTraces(model interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	td, ok := model.(*otlpcollectortrace.ExportTraceServiceRequest)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, translator.NewErrIncompatibleType(&otlpcollectortrace.ExportTraceServiceRequest{}, model)
+	}
+	buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+	if err := en.delegate.Marshal(&buf, td); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/otlpjson/unmarshaler.go b/internal/otlpjson/unmarshaler.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46b30aab94e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/otlpjson/unmarshaler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package otlpjson
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/jsonpb"
+
+	otlpcollectorlogs "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/collector/logs/v1"
+	otlpcollectormetrics "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/collector/metrics/v1"
+	otlpcollectortrace "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/collector/trace/v1"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/model/serializer"
+)
+
+type unmarshaler struct {
+	delegate jsonpb.Unmarshaler
+}
+
+// NewTracesUnmarshaler returns a serializer.TracesUnmarshaler to unmarshal from OTLP json bytes.
+func NewTracesUnmarshaler() serializer.TracesUnmarshaler {
+	return &unmarshaler{delegate: jsonpb.Unmarshaler{}}
+}
+
+// NewMetricsUnmarshaler returns a serializer.MetricsUnmarshaler to unmarshal from OTLP json bytes.
+func NewMetricsUnmarshaler() serializer.MetricsUnmarshaler {
+	return &unmarshaler{delegate: jsonpb.Unmarshaler{}}
+}
+
+// NewLogsUnmarshaler returns a serializer.LogsUnmarshaler to unmarshal from OTLP json bytes.
+func NewLogsUnmarshaler() serializer.LogsUnmarshaler {
+	return &unmarshaler{delegate: jsonpb.Unmarshaler{}}
+}
+
+func (d *unmarshaler) UnmarshalLogs(buf []byte) (interface{}, error) {
+	ld := &otlpcollectorlogs.ExportLogsServiceRequest{}
+	if err := d.delegate.Unmarshal(bytes.NewReader(buf), ld); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return ld, nil
+}
+
+func (d *unmarshaler) UnmarshalMetrics(buf []byte) (interface{}, error) {
+	md := &otlpcollectormetrics.ExportMetricsServiceRequest{}
+	if err := d.delegate.Unmarshal(bytes.NewReader(buf), md); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return md, nil
+}
+
+func (d *unmarshaler) UnmarshalTraces(buf []byte) (interface{}, error) {
+	td := &otlpcollectortrace.ExportTraceServiceRequest{}
+	if err := d.delegate.Unmarshal(bytes.NewReader(buf), td); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return td, nil
+}