Senior Taxonomist – Media & Entertainment

Senior Taxonomist – Media & Entertainment Day 1 Onsite Culver City, CA Hybrid Schedule: 3 Onsite Days (Tue, Wed, Thur) & 2 Remote Days (Mon, Fri) Long-Term Contract with Direct Client Opportunity No Middle Layer or Implementation Partners Involved Job Summary: • We are seeking a strategic and experienced Senior Taxonomist to lead taxonomy design, metadata governance, and cross-functional data initiatives across our Media & Entertainment ecosystem. • This role will drive the development of scalable metadata frameworks, bridge business and IT, and help shape how content and product-level data tell powerful stories. • You’ll play a critical role in ensuring that metadata is clean, connected, and actionable — enabling everything from content discoverability and rights management to financial analysis and reporting. Key Responsibilities: • Lead the development of enterprise taxonomies and controlled vocabularies for titles, episodes, franchises, contributors, platforms, and financial attributes. • Define metadata standards and governance policies for consistent classification and data quality across systems. • Architect metadata models that support business use cases, including content strategy, revenue tracking, rights management, and discovery. • Guide metadata cleanup and normalization projects to ensure data integrity across IT and business platforms. • Collaborate with data engineering, business intelligence, and content teams to implement scalable metadata solutions. • Deliver strategic reports and dashboards that provide insights into content performance, relationships, and value. • Mentor junior taxonomists and oversee cross-functional taxonomy initiatives. • Advocate for metadata best practices and the role of taxonomy in data-driven decision-making. Skills & Qualifications: • 6+ years of experience in metadata management, taxonomy development, or information architecture. • Deep expertise in media metadata structures — titles, episodes, formats, genres, contributors, licensing, etc. • Strong knowledge of metadata governance, data quality standards, and data lifecycle management. • Experience architecting taxonomies and metadata models across enterprise-scale systems. • Familiarity with financial metadata and product-linked data (e.g., content cost, monetization, ROI analysis). • Proficient with data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker). • Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills. • Strong communication and data storytelling capabilities. Preferred: • Experience with semantic technologies (e.g., knowledge graphs, RDF, OWL, SPARQL). • Knowledge of industry metadata standards (e.g., EIDR, schema.org, IPTC, Dublin Core). • Familiarity with digital supply chain, rights & licensing data, or content monetization systems. Pay Range: $70/hr - $75/hr The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, and vision as well as 401K contributions.