Offer summary

Qualifications:

Degree in library or information science, Experience developing taxonomies, Background in media, Familiarity with taxonomy management platforms using standards (RDF).

Key responsabilities:

Evolve and maintain taxonomies

Collaborate with subject matter experts and coordinate alignment with stakeholders

Design models that represent specialized knowledge and points of view

Maintain mappings between datasets

emagine is a high-end business & IT consulting company challenging the way businesses leverage high-end expertise.Enabled by our vast network of expert consultants, we tailor our services to the unique needs of each business, powering progress, solving challenges, and delivering real results.As the world evolves, scalability becomes increasingly important in modern, technology-driven organizations. And it is around this critical need that emagine stands out with a unique business model and delivery capacity.With emagine, companies gain the flexibility needed to navigate and succeed in a complex and ever-changing technological landscape. Through a seamless and tailored delivery model, we help you scale your business.We help organizations across all industries and sectors; these are our services:• Team extension: Scale with dedicated consultants on time & material• Nearshoring as a Service: Leverage a fully scalable development department in Poland • Teams: Power up with a dedicated team to help you build, develop and execute your projects• Managed Services: Let us tailor and manage your projects, delivering on your specific requirements and needsemagine was founded in 1989 and has a long track record of delivering expertise and business impact for blue-chip companies across Europe.Today, we are 400+ permanent employees working from departments in 10 countries. Furthermore, we own three state-of-the-art nearshore centres in Poland and one offshore centre in India.With 40.000 experts in our network and 4500+ partnered consultants on active contracts, we currently help our 500+ clients worldwide with high-end expertise.

Job description

The Platform team creates the technology that enables the client to learn quickly and scale easily, enabling rapid growth in our users and our business around the globe. Spanning many disciplines, we work to make the business work; creating the frameworks, capabilities and tools needed to welcome a billion customers. Join us and help to amplify productivity, quality and innovation across the company.

We’re looking for a taxonomist to join our small, central team. You’ll help bring coherence to our experience and accuracy to classification by applying your expertise in information structures. This is a role that will collaborate closely with partners in Editorial, Engineering, Product Management, Editorial Systems Platform and beyond. This role helps ensure discovery is effective, safe, culturally relevant and enjoyable for our users.

What you’ll do

Evolve and maintain taxonomies
Collaborate with subject matter experts and coordinate alignment with stakeholders
Design models that represent specialized knowledge and points of view, with the flexibility to cover a growing set of global contexts and content domains
Maintain mappings between datasets
Participate in cross-funcitonal groups for governing change

Who you are