Senior Taxonomist Media & Entertainment Job at PTR Global, Culver City, CA

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  • PTR Global
  • Culver City, CA

Job Description

SAP/ERP/IT Recruitment Lead @ PTR Global, a Pinnacle Group Company

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.
  • Youll 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.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

Base pay range

$70.00/hr - $75.00/hr

Base pay range

$70/hr - $75/hr

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Job Tags

Long term contract, Full time, Contract work,

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