Taxonomist
Scholastic Inc., a
large children’s publishing and media company, is currently seeking a Taxonomist
with an understanding of K-12 instruction to support a taxonomy development and
refinement project. This is a part-time, temporary position located in
Scholastic’s New York City offices.
Job Description
The Taxonomist
supports the refinement, and application of taxonomies and thesauri used to
support content description, search, and reuse. Work with taxonomy team and key
members of the Scholastic Classroom and Community Group (SCCG) to conduct
content audits of classroom learning products, refine current taxonomies, and
develop business specific taxonomies in preparation for content tagging.
Assist with the
creation of tagging workflows, standards, and documentation to be used by
taggers and staff.
Qualifications
This position
requires the initiative and flexibility to work both independently and as part
of teams to develop new strategies and improve existing strategies for
information retrieval, reflecting and promoting customer service, using
excellent interpersonal skills and professionalism.
Requirements
· A Library Science
degree or equivalent education and experience
· Minimum 4 years
experience in information architecture, knowledge management, or libraries
· Minimum 4 years
experience and demonstrated success in taxonomy and thesaurus development and
management
· Understanding of and
appropriate application of taxonomy and thesaurus standards and best practices
· Cataloging and
indexing experience
· Experience developing
indexing/tagging and/or editorial guidelines
· Attention to detail
and strong organizational skills
· Ability to handle
multiple tasks and meet deadlines
· Strong ability to
build credibility with business leaders
· Strong analytical and
communication skills
· Microsoft Excel
skills
· Background in education
or educational publishing is a plus
For consideration,
please send resume and cover letter with salary requirements to
rgrossman@scholastic.com.
