Taxonomist job description

Udacity is on a mission to change lives, businesses and nations through
radical
talent transformation in digital technologies. We offer a unique and immersive online learning platform, powering corporate technical training in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing and more. Our rapidly growing global organization is revolutionizing how the enterprise market bridges the talent shortage and skills gaps during their digital transformation journey. Udacity is proud to be backed by respected investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Bertelsmann and Drive Capital, among other leading VC firms, and provides a powerful and differentiated solution inside of a $32b total addressable market opportunity. Udacity has more than 100 enterprise customers including Airbus, Bertelsmann, BNP Paribas, Leidos, Mazda, and the United States Air Force.

Udacity's mission is to power careers through tech education. We're an immersive online learning platform offering practitioner-level education in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing, Product Management, and more.

Udacity transforms the world by providing life-long learners an opportunity to develop cutting-edge skills and enhance their professional and personal lives. We similarly help enterprises transform their workforces and empower employees with the skills of the future.

As a Learning Skills Taxonomist, you will help build out the Knowledge Graphs for Udacity's growing skills library. You will partner with our content and product development team to build out ontology for our existing and new content. As the taxonomy expert within Udacity, you will evangelize and educate internal teams on taxonomies.

Job Responsibilities

• Build out tooling using third-party tools (Mondeco) to create and update Udacity's models.
• Work with content, product, and data teams to build out necessary and scalable tooling and processes for content skills.
• Own the data labeling process and structured data entities, and collaborate with internal teams (content, data) to build out the models for the knowledge graph.
• Work with data science and machine learning roles to build and augment knowledge graphs.
• Integrate Content Skills into other skill-based initiatives for our learners and customers.
• Create communication tools and artifacts to evangelize and educate others internally on information management principles.
• Collaborate with important stakeholders and experts (both internal and external) to develop a common vocabulary for the taxonomies.

What We Value

• A background in Library Science, Information Management, or other related fields
• 3+ years of experience managing and creating taxonomies or ontologies
• Basic engineering skills (scripting, automation) and familiarity with SQL, SPARQL, and Javascript for data labeling and cleaning.
• Ability to communicate with a diverse set of audiences and stakeholders with clarity and depth.
• Life long learner with a passion to educate others.
• Experience working collaboratively across teams to build out scalable systems.
• Detail-oriented with a flexible, can-do attitude.

Our teams proudly embrace and embody Udacity's values:

• Better Together
• Students First
• Entrepreneurial
• Data-Driven
• Candid and Direct
• Talent-Obsessed

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Taxonomiste

Aimez-vous organiser des renseignements et des connaissances qui décrivent le monde qui vous entoure? Est-ce que le monde du voyage vous passionne? Si c'est le cas, nous avons hâte de communiquer avec vous. Notre équipe offre un environnement sécuritaire dans lequel la créativité, la formation et la croissance continues sont encouragées.

La plateforme de contenu fournit une gamme de produits qui révolutionnent les expériences clients des voyageurs du début à la fin. Nous travaillons sur un éventail diversifié de marques et de domaines d'activité au sein d'Expedia Group. Nous regroupons, conservons et distribuons des ressources de contenu, notamment des médias, du texte, des avis, des données sur des hébergements, des données géographiques, des données sur des destinations, et plus encore. Grâce à des systèmes innovants basés sur la connaissance et à des modèles d'apprentissage automatique, nous regroupons des renseignements uniques pour répondre à des questions sur les voyages.

L'équipe responsable des systèmes de contenu (Content Systems) est établie à Montréal depuis plus de 10 ans et se voue à fournir du contenu pertinent et de haute qualité à grande échelle. Nous reconnaissons qu'une classification bien conceptualisée est fondamentale pour assurer la pertinence du marquage des données, et nous améliorons notre environnement numérique pour optimiser la livraison de contenu adéquat au bon client en temps opportun.

Nous fournissons des options de gestion et de distribution de concepts qui sont basées sur des technologies et des principes entièrement sémantiques. Nous créons des glossaires et définissons des relations logiques et des contraintes entre les concepts. Le glossaire commun que nous gérons permet aux gens et aux machines d'utiliser un langage uniforme au sein d'Expedia.

Votre mission:

Effectuer des tâches liées à l'intégration et à la formation de nouveaux utilisateurs commerciaux de notre outil de classification Effectuer des tâches liées à la collecte et à l'analyse des données relatives aux exigences de l'entreprise Maintenir et prendre en charge les classifications mises en place, valider la qualité des données et tenir à jour la documentation au besoin Contribuer à fournir des solutions ciblées qui se basent sur l'expérience utilisateur et visent la pertinence, la simplicité et la cohérence Comprendre les causes et les conséquences des décisions concernant le contenu sur les flux de produits et les systèmes Estimer l'effort de travail et contribuer à clarifier les détails et les délais liés aux tâches Comprendre les processus, les objectifs et les défis de l'entreprise ainsi que leur incidence sur les activités commerciales Comprendre les besoins de nos divers marchés

Votre profil:
De 2 à 4 ans d'expérience de travail avec des systèmes de gestion de contenu Expérience en développement de stratégies de contenu, d'architecture de l'information ou de stratégies sémantiques pour des sites Web ou des applications de grande entreprise, en particulier des interfaces destinées aux clients et axées sur les transactions Expérience de la théorie de l'organisation du savoir, des normes sémantiques (système RDF, SKOS) et des outils et des logiciels de gestion de la classification Une certaine compréhension de la science des données, du traitement du langage naturel et de l'apprentissage automatique et un intérêt envers ces éléments Bonnes aptitudes en communication et capacité à convaincre les autres Baccalauréat en science de l'information, en systèmes d'information, en architecture de l'information, en conception, en communication, en langue ou en littérature anglaise, en journalisme, en philosophie ou dans des disciplines semblables; ou expérience professionnelle pertinente équivalente

Content Strategist II

Do you enjoy organizing information and structuring knowledge that describes the world around you? Are you passionate about travel? Then we look forward to talking to you. Our team culture provides a safe environment to spark your creativity and encourage continuous learning and growth.

The Content Platform provides a portfolio of products to revolutionize traveller experiences throughout the customer journey. We work across Expedia Group (EG)'s diverse portfolio of brands and lines of business. We assemble, maintain, and distribute content assets including Media, Text, Reviews, Property Data, Geographical Data, Destination Data, and more. Through innovative knowledge-based systems and machine learning models we synthesize unique insights to answer questions about travel.

The Content Systems team, established in Montreal over 10 years ago, is dedicated to delivering high quality and relevant content at scale. We recognize that a well conceptualized Taxonomy is foundational in providing relevance for data tagging and we are enhancing our digital environment to improve our delivery of the right content to the right customer at the right time.

We provide concept management and distribution capabilities that are based on fully semantic technologies and principles. We build vocabularies and define logical relationships and constraints between concepts. The common vocabulary we curate provides a consistent language across Expedia, used by humans and machines.

What you'll do:

Perform tasks related to onboarding and training of new business users of our taxonomy tool Perform tasks related to gathering and analysis of business requirements Maintain and support curated taxonomies, perform data quality validation and upkeep documentation as needed Assist in delivering focused solutions based on the user experience principles of relevancy, simplicity, and consistency Develop an understanding of the impacts and dependencies of content decisions across product flows and systems Estimate work effort and help clarify work details and timelines Develop an understanding of the organization's processes, objectives, and challenges and their impact on the business Develop an understanding of the needs of our various audiences

Who you are:

2-4 years' experience working with Content Management SystemsExperience developing content strategies, information architecture or semantic strategies for large enterprise web sites or applications, especially consumer-facing and transaction-focused interfaces Experience in knowledge organization theory, semantic standards (RDF, SKOS), and taxonomy management tools and software Some understanding of and interest in Data Science, Natural Language Processing and Machine LearningGood communication skills and the ability to influence others Bachelor's Degree in Information Studies, Information Systems, Information Architecture, Design, Communications, English language or Literature, Journalism, Philosophy, or similar disciplines; or equivalent related professional experience

About Expedia Group
Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) powers travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia , Hotels.com , Expedia Partner Solutions, Vrbo , trivago , Orbitz , Travelocity , Hotwire , Wotif , ebookers , CheapTickets , Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert , CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™.

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