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Senior Taxonomist: Legal and News
Are you passionate about global news, emerging topics, and the power of language to shape how information is discovered? Excited to apply your analytical skills to develop taxonomies and enhance AI-driven content experiences?
About Our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, serving customers in over 150 countries with 11,800 employees, is part of RELX (www.relx.com), a global leader in information-based analytics and decision tools. Our company specialises in ethical and powerful generative AI solutions, prioritising flexibility and leveraging today’s top models for legal use cases.
With over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts, we apply RELX’s Responsible AI Principles (stories.relx.com/responsible-ai-principles) to develop, test, and validate advanced solutions that improve productivity and transform law practice.
About the Role
As a News Taxonomist (Senior Data Discovery and Enrichment Expert I), you’ll help structure, discover, and enhance global news and business content using advanced taxonomy frameworks and AI-supported workflows. You’ll contribute to precision, relevance, and insight generation across LexisNexis products.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain taxonomy structures across:
- Subjects
- Industries
- Geographies
- People
- Events
- Create and refine classification rules (synonyms, variants, and scope guidance) using proprietary systems
- Review and revise classifications to optimise precision and recall
- Analyse global news and business content to:
- Identify emerging topics
- Maintain taxonomy relevance
- Research and define new concepts for clarity and consistency
- Utilise AI tools to support knowledge work and workflows, assessing outputs for quality and accuracy
- Contribute to standards, documentation, and best practices in taxonomy
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Requirements
- Degree or equivalent experience in:
- Library science
- Information management
- Knowledge-related fields
- Strong interest in global news, current events, business, economics, or geopolitics
- Excellent research skills
- Clear command of language, including:
- Ability to distinguish subtle conceptual nuances
- Keen attention to detail and consistency
- Understanding of AI capabilities and ethical safeguards in knowledge work
- Customer-centric mindset
- Experience in:
- Taxonomy development
- Metadata management
- Basic technical proficiency, adaptability to proprietary systems
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies
- Proficiency in additional languages preferred
- Experience in remote/distributed team collaboration
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Work-Life Balance & Culture
At RELX, we prioritise wellbeing by offering:
- Flexible working patterns
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Shared parental leave
- Study support
- Optional sabbaticals
Working Flexibility
You can adjust your schedule to suit productivity peaks while maintaining escalation hours as needed.
About the Business
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides:
- Legal, regulatory, and business information
- Decision-making tools to boost productivity
As a pioneer in digital solutions, the company first brought legal/business information online with Lexis® and Nexis®. Our mission enables societies to thrive through knowledge-sharing, ethics, and sustainable innovation.
Commitment to Equality & Access: We offer an inclusive hiring process and support accommodations via our Applicant Request Support Form. Criminals may not contact you for payments or personal details—we never ask for these upfront. Learn more about scams here.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds and adhere to fairness policies.
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