{"id":201,"date":"2013-06-10T19:57:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T19:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/06\/10\/taxonomist_gannett_digital_ventures_various_locations_or_remote\/"},"modified":"2013-06-10T19:57:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T19:57:46","slug":"taxonomist_gannett_digital_ventures_various_locations_or_remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/06\/10\/taxonomist_gannett_digital_ventures_various_locations_or_remote\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxonomist, Gannett Digital Ventures, Various Locations (or Remote)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gannett Digital Ventures has an opportunity for a taxonomist to join a recently formed group working on news taxonomy and auto-categorization projects central to company-wide strategic initiatives.?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Our efforts deliver structure and categorization for a variety of end-user products, from content recommendations to targeted ad serving.? We&#8217;re able to discover and manage term and concept relationships with cutting-edge ontology management software and support editorial and advertising workflows with semantic text processing.?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Expectations for the position are to become expert with specific software and an SME on taxonomy structures and content.? Day-to-day responsibilities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing and maintaining Gannett-wide vocabularies, monitoring feedback, conducting content audits, identifying candidate terms and analyzing logs and other sources<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring and optimizing performance of the auto-tagging engine, including routine QA testing, tracking relevancy and accuracy of extractions<\/li>\n<li>Transforming data from a variety of sources for import into taxonomy\/ontology management system<\/li>\n<li>Assisting in the development of products, services, and content management related initiatives for all Gannett properties ?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Specific job requirements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Master&#8217;s Degree in Library and Information Science or similar<\/li>\n<li>Minimum of three years of experience in developing taxonomies and other controlled vocabularies, preferably in media\/publishing or similar industry.? Ontology development experience a plus<\/li>\n<li>Experience with text mining, entity extraction, semantic technologies, content analytics, and content enrichment tools: OpenText\/Nstein, SAS, Smartlogic, Temis\/Luxid or similar<\/li>\n<li>Experience with Taxonomy \/ ontology management software: Mondeca \/ ITM, MultiTes, Prot?ge, Synaptica, TopBraid Composer, or similar tools<\/li>\n<li>An understanding of metadata application and familiarity with metadata standards (DCMI, IPTC,<a href=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">schema.org<\/a>, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Data transformation and manipulation methods (XML\/XSLT, SPARQL, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of SEO principles and an interest in following search trends and daily news a plus<\/li>\n<li>Experience establishing and promulgating taxonomy governance processes<\/li>\n<li>Experience documenting best practices and developing user documentation<\/li>\n<li>Experience with linked data projects a plus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact Joy Santos Garlock, the HR representative,?<a href=\"mailto:JGARLOCK@gannett.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JGARLOCK@gannett.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or apply online at:??<a href=\"http:\/\/gannett.cb-mobile.com\/job\/show?did=J3F66865ZZRHVLK5RJJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/gannett.cb-mobile.com\/job\/show?did=J3F66865ZZRHVLK5RJJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The position is remote or at any Gannett location.??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gannett Digital Ventures has an opportunity for a taxonomist to join a recently formed group working on news taxonomy and auto-categorization projects central to company-wide strategic initiatives.? 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