Home > About > Careers

Senior Consultant - Taxonomy, Information Architecture, Content Management and Search

Are you an expert in content management,  taxonomy development and implementation? Do you want the freedom of a contractor, but prefer to work under the umbrella of an entrepreneurial highly regarded information management consulting firm? If you answered yes, you may be just the person we need. Earley & Associates is looking for on-going relationships with senior consulting contractors to help us fulfill the many jobs we are winning.

 

Responsibilities:

You will lead our consulting teams on a variety of taxonomy, content management, knowledge management, and information architecture projects for a wide range of high-end clients.

Specific tasks may include any combination of the following:

  • Developing content and taxonomy strategies
  • Developing content models, metadata schemas, and content types
  • Managing taxonomy, content, knowledge, and document management projects
  • Evaluating large Web sites and taxonomies
  • Planning and leading meetings and working sessions
  • Planning and overseeing content audits and content analysis
  • Planning and overseeing development of business and technical documentation
  • Implementing taxonomies in conjunction with navigation systems, search mechanisms, and search engine optimization
  • Planning and overseeing user research and usability testing
  • Developing governance models, procedures, and policies
  • Working with business and technical stakeholders on finding solutions and resolving issues
  • Project management
     

Qualifications:

Successful candidates will have:

  • In-depth knowledge of taxonomy, metadata, controlled, vocabularies, and classification
  • 3+ years of experience leading and/or managing content, knowledge, and document management projects
  • Experience implementing taxonomies in complex environments
  • Proven leadership and management skills
  • Experience working in busy corporate environments
  • First rate communication and presentation skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Experience with document, content, and taxonomy-management systems, such as Vignette, Documentum, etc.
  • Knowledge of Internet and database technologies
  • Ability to work independently from your home office
  • Availability to travel to onsite locations when required
     

A Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) or comparable degree is strongly preferred.

 

To apply, please email your resume and compensation requirements to: Joyce Gavenda