Taxonomist Media & Entertainment

Job Description

Department: Data Strategy / Services

Job Summary:

We re looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented Taxonomist to join our Media & Entertainment data team. This role is critical in organizing, standardizing, and enriching metadata related to titles, episodes, and associated financial data. You ll serve as a bridge between business teams and IT, helping to clean, link, and transform media data into structured taxonomies and meaningful stories.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain taxonomies and metadata standards for content (titles, seasons, episodes, genres, licensing, etc.).
• Clean and normalize content and financial metadata across multiple internal systems (e.g., CMS, finance, rights management).
• Identify and resolve data inconsistencies, gaps, or duplications in media catalogs.
• Work with IT teams to align metadata models and ensure smooth data integration across platforms.
• Build reports and dashboards that tell stories about content performance, product relationships, and market insights.
• Partner with business teams (finance, content ops, marketing) to ensure metadata supports reporting and discovery.
• Document taxonomy guidelines, naming conventions, and classification logic.
• Contribute to data governance and metadata quality initiatives.

Skills & Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience in taxonomy, metadata management, or information architecture, ideally in media or publishing.
• Strong understanding of media metadata (e.g., titles, episodes, contributors, formats, licensing terms).
• Proficient in metadata cleanup, normalization, and linking across complex datasets.
• Experience using BI tools like Tableau, Power BI, or Looker to build data visualizations and reports.
• Familiarity with data cataloging, MDM, or metadata management tools.
• Able to work cross-functionally with IT, content, and business stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical thinking, communication, and attention to detail.

Preferred:

• Experience with digital media platforms (streaming, broadcast, OTT).
• Understanding of financial metadata related to content (e.g., revenue, cost per title, licensing).
• Familiarity with controlled vocabularies and standards (e.g., EIDR, schema.org, Dublin Core).