News Indexing Analyst – Italian, Bloomberg – NJ
The Princeton-based Bloomberg Content Indexing team is looking for an analyst to work on classification of the world’s most important Italian-language news with the aim of expanding Bloomberg’s brand as the leader in the financial and economic news market.
The successful candidate will use specialized software to create hierarchical rules that automatically organize and tag news and data from social media sites, news feeds, web sites and other sources that run on the Bloomberg Professional Service. The Analyst will also monitor internal classification programs to ensure quality and design creative solutions to meet ad hoc customer demands. The position offers opportunities to work with Product Strategy and Client Service divisions.
Required Qualifications:
– Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Information Science, Library Science or Mathematics or related fields or equivalent work experience
– 1 – 3 years of professional project management experience in information management with the ability to deliver on tight deadlines
– Keen interest in current affairs and journalism
– Excellent communication skills
– Attention to detail and accuracy
– 1 – 3 years of professional project management experience in information management with the ability to deliver on tight deadlines
– Keen interest in current affairs and journalism
– Excellent communication skills
– Attention to detail and accuracy
– Expert fluency in Italian
Preferred Qualifications:
– 1 – 3 years of experience in using categorization, filtering or mining software (such as Datasift, Inxight, IDOL, Verity, Clear Forest, Microsoft Fast or SAS)
– 1 – 3 years of experience in use of SQL or equivalent database software
– Fluency in other European Languages
– 1 – 3 years of experience in use of SQL or equivalent database software
– Fluency in other European Languages
