[Siguse-l] Associated Press, Taxonomy Developer Position - New York, NY

[Sarah Goldman]

Hello everyone: I am posting this job for a taxonomy developer at the
Associated Press. This job is available as of January 01, 2006, but we are
interviewing now.

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

Thanks.
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Company: The Associated Press
Position: Taxonomy Developer
Location: 450 W. 33rd Street
New York, New York 10001
Posting Date: 01/01/2006
Expiration Date: 02/01/2006


Responsibilities:

In a rapidly evolving technological environment, the Taxonomy Developer will
collaborate with journalists, technologists, product specialists and news
librarians to coordinate taxonomy creation, development and maintenance
across media types and products, with the goal of aiding in the efficient
retrieval and distribution of information.

The taxonomy developer will be responsible for developing and maintaining
AP's taxonomy and working in the appropriate tools for taxonomy management,
data collection/analysis and surfacing of new terminology.

In addition, duties will include selection and prioritization of appropriate
taxonomy domains. This person will work closely with the Lead Taxonomy
Developer in ensuring the taxonomies are usable, and will manage automated,
semi-automated and manual processes for gathering taxonomy data, including
adding terms, synonyms, aliases and new relation types as needed.

The Taxonomy Developer will work as part of a growing Information Management
team that is creating multimedia news and information products for AP and
bringing them to market.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate should be prepared to work with editorial, technical and
product teams. MLIS degree or equivalent experience preferred.

1) taxonomy development and management
2) familiarity with industry standards groups, such as ISO, SIC/NAIC,
3) understanding of metadata,
4) ability to validate usability of taxonomies with internal user groups
(editorial teams) as well as external audiences,
6) familiarity with Search and Auto Classification tools

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

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