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Senior News Taxonomist
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Senior News Taxonomist
Senior Taxonomist – Legal & News
Do you have a passion for global news, emerging topics, and the power of language to shape how information is discovered? Are you excited to apply your analytical skills to develop taxonomies and enhance AI-driven content experiences?
About Our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, part of RELX (www.relx.com)*, serves customers across 150+ countries with 11,800 employees worldwide. We pioneer AI and advanced technologies in the legal industry, bolting the business of law with responsible generative AI that prioritises ethical use.
Our 2,000+ technologists, data scientists, and subject-matter experts globally ensure new solutions are developed, tested, and validated under the RELX Responsible AI Principles (responsible-ai-principles.html).
About the Role
As a Senior News Taxonomist (Data Discovery & Enrichment Expert I), you will influence how global news and business content is structured, discovered, and understood. You’ll leverage taxonomy frameworks and AI tools to refine classification accuracy and optimise AI-driven content experiences.
🔍 Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain structured taxonomies for traversing subjects, industries, geographies, people, and events
- Define and refine classification rules, including synonyms, scope, and variants, using proprietary systems
- Audit and revise classifications to enhance precision, recall, and value to customers
- Innovate by exploring emerging trends and refining taxonomy priorites in collaboration with product teams
- Leverage AI workflows, assessing outputs for accuracy, consistency, and compliance with standards
- Debate and establish taxonomy best practices, standards, and associated documentation to secure long-term usability
- Collaborate cross-functionally with designers, developers, and product teams to enhance understanding and utility
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Requirements & Essential Qualifications
✅ Core Skills & Experience:
- Degree or equivalent professional grounding in library science, information studies, or knowledge management
- Outstanding research capabilities, with an eye for logic and nuance
- Substantial expertise in news, business, geopolitics, economics, or information exploration
- Unmatched fluency in written and spoken English, with the skill to untangle nuanced concepts
- Robust experience in taxonomy development, metadata design, or systemised knowledge organisation
- Technical aptitude for learning and proficient use of proprietary taxonomy systems
- Understanding of Agile methodologies to support iterative refinement
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Optional Advantage:
- Proficiency in additional languages
- Experience in remote or distributed teamwork
Work Culture & Perks
LexisNexis prioritises your work/life balance, offering:
- Flexible scheduling (responders work in time zones most aligned with productivity)
- Wellbeing programmes, parental and education support, sabbaticals
- Country-specific benefits tied directly to location
We adhere to fair recruiting practices and hold Equality & Diversity policies. Anyone disqualified or found guilty of fraud after hiring is entitled to financial redress. For accommodations, contact disclosing needs via the opening page or +1 855-833-5120.
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