[Sigkm-l] [Sigcr-l] Information Manager Job Posting - The Associated Press, NY, NY

[Sarah Goldman]

All, Please pass this along to anyone you think might be qualified. We
need to fill this before the holidays! (I know, I know)

Thanks!
Sarah Goldman


This job is located in New York, NY.

The Associated Press
450 West 33rd Street
NY, NY 10001


****Please send cover letters and resumes to taxonomy at apjobs.org****

Information Manager, Associated Press
450 W. 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001


Job Description

The Information Manager will manage AP's Information Management group,
working closely with AP's technology, editorial, product development
and business teams to drive AP-wide content standards. This person
will define and execute AP's Information Management strategy; content
tagging standards; integration of classification, taxonomy and
metadata management tools; and, customized news delivery services for
members.

The Information Manager will manage a team of taxonomists, as well as
partner with extended teams to implement AP's enterprise-wide content
tagging and delivery strategy. He or she will establish and enforce
usage guidelines across the enterprise and will work directly with
content producers to convey the value and benefits of effective
content classification.

Responsibilities include:

·Define and implement standards and processes necessary for all
information and content management, including:
--Taxonomy development
--Maintenance of centralized schemas
--Metadata management
--Automated and manual classification

·Manage a team of taxonomists who develop and maintain taxonomies for
new and existing products

·Define requirements with business and technical teams for taxonomy,
metadata and classification management

·Work with classification software to analyze editorial content and
apply the classification to AP content

·Choose controlled lists and/or formatting standards for proper names
(e.g. person/company/brand) for use in AP classification and entity
extraction

·Review/evaluate accuracy of automated classification for AP data
feeds and search results

·Work with editorial/technology/ product development departments to
implement content tagging and standard vocabularies

·Work with editorial/technology/product development to design
workflows for application of corporate taxonomy/metadata standards in
content management systems

·Participate in discovery of new opportunities for leveraging AP's
metadata and taxonomy assets

·Actively participate in relevant standards organizations, such as IPTC

Qualifications:

·Masters Degree in Library and Information Science

·5-7 years demonstrated experience

·Facility with automatic classification and taxonomy management tools

·Familiarity with XML standards and application

·Ability to convey technical information to a non-technical audience

·Ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, multi-project environment

·Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

·Excellent written and oral communication skills



For consideration, email a cover letter and resume to taxonomy at apjobs.org

The Associated Press is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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