Taxonomist (Contract/Temporary Role)

Requisition Number: 164285

Position Title: Advanced Analyst

External Description:

We are Electronic Arts’ Marketing and Commercial Organization (MCO). Our teams build meaningful relationships with hundreds of millions of players around the world who love our games. We aim to be the best at meeting players where they are and supporting them throughout their journey with EA. Our teams develop the strategic vision of our products, run outstanding multi-channel campaigns, build global engagement across all touch points, develop global insights, and propel sales and global publishing. We understand the dynamic global landscape so we can bring relevant content, promotions, and help to players anywhere. We foster an environment where our teams create the most amazing work of their career while inspiring the world to play.

Our team is seeking a Taxonomist to help build taxonomies that support personalized player experiences across our portfolio of games and channels. The role will report into the Taxonomy Lead, working as part of a small team of passionate information science professionals, including ontologists, taxonomists, content modelers, product and project managers. 

Responsibilities: 

• Develop taxonomies, thesauri, and controlled vocabularies, with an emphasis on sustainability
• Identify taxonomy requirements through research into end-user needs, content management system requirements, EA's existing content corpus, and gathering and organizing input from internal stakeholders and external sources
• Collaborate with developers, engineers, and content teams in implementing taxonomies
• Educate partners on taxonomy processes, workflows, and implementation frameworks
• Follow existing, and help establish new, governance processes
• This is a hands-on taxonomy management role involving data entry

Requirements:

• 7+ years experience as a working taxonomist
• Master's degree in Library and Information Science, Information Management or equivalent work experience and education.
• Experience building taxonomies in a large organization including an understanding of the theoretical principles of taxonomy architecture.
• Experience in the design and collection of taxonomy requirements, including use of interviews, document analysis, workshops, surveys, business process outcome modeling, and task and workflow analysis
• Experience designing taxonomies for discovery and algorithmic control
• Knowledge of taxonomy, thesauri, and ontology standards (e.g. OWL, RDF, and SKOS)
• Experience with taxonomy and ontology management software
• Experience in design thinking and the impacts this can have on user experience
• Gaming passion is a definite plus

Please note this is a 12 month temporary role. Our Global Benefits Package is not included with this role. 

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 110

Can this position be remote?: 0

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