[Sigia-l] Taxonomy Analyst Position

[Smith, Lisa]

Taxonomy Analyst

The Taxonomy Analyst will develop and maintain functional taxonomies in accordance with product strategy. This will include employing a range of technologies, analytic skills, optimization techniques, and taxonomy development experience in company-wide taxonomy initiatives.

 


Responsibilities


·         Follow the direction of the Director of Taxonomy to develop, maintain, and optimize DexKnows, Business.com, and Work.com taxonomies in accordance with best practices and business priorities in user experience, navigation, search/retrieval, SEO, SEM, and advertiser requirements.

·         Collaborate as appropriate with other members of the Taxonomy team, leveraging specializations within the group as necessary to complete projects.

·         Work closely with the other organizational units to understand and address their taxonomy-related concerns.

 


Skills/Qualifications


·         Advanced experience with web search engines and online directories.

·         Experience developing classification systems and controlled vocabularies.

·         Knowledge of faceted taxonomies, metadata schemas, and thesauri.

·         Prefer MLIS degree.

·         Prefer experience working with taxonomy/ontology tools such as Protégé.

·         Ability to weigh conflicting points of view and take the most appropriate actions.

·         Ability to work quickly and accurately in a high-volume work environment.

·         Excellent analytical skills.

·         Team player

·         Strong work ethic and a high level of professionalism.

 

Business.com was named among the Best Places to Work by the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2007!  

 

We offer a competitive base, health, dental, vision, 401(k) & more!

 

Business.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of R.H. Donnelley Corporation (NYSE: RHD), is the leading business search engine <http://www.business.com/> , directory and pay-per-click advertising <http://www.business.com/info/advertisewithus.asp>  network. The Business.com site helps business decision makers quickly find whatever they need to manage and grow their businesses, and the Business.com Network - including premier partners The Wall Street Journal Online, BusinessWeek, Hoovers, Financial Times, Internet.com, and more -enables B2B advertisers to reach qualified buyers wherever they are online. The company also operates Work.com, a B2B community publishing platform featuring more than 2,400 business how-to guides <http://www.work.com/>  contributed by business experts. Business.com was named to the 2006 Inc. 500 and 2007 BtoB Media Power 50, Los Angeles Business Journal list of Best Places to Work and Deloitte Technology Fast 500.

 

If you're interested, please send your resume to: Staffing at Business.com <mailto:Staffing at Business.com>  

 

 
Lisa Smith
Director, Taxonomy
Business.com® - an R.H. Donnelley company 
310-586-4198 office 
310-586-4054 fax 
lsmith at business.com <mailto:lsmith at business.com> 
www.business.com <http://www.business.com/>  
  



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