We are:

News UK is a company full of talented, dedicated and creative people. We are an ambitious and ever-growing organisation with a passion for storytelling, capturing moments, meaning and magic to make sense of the world.

Our newspapers reach more than 30 million people each week and include The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times. News UK is also home to Wireless, a leading UK and Irish media company boasting independent local and national radio stations.

The Role:

The Times and The Sunday Times are seeking an individual with experience in information taxonomy/metadata organisation or library science to help to manage the classification technology used to support the discovery of our journalism on all platforms.

You will be responsible for maintaining our internal and reader-facing taxonomy, anticipating the news agenda and helping to structure our metadata to power a great reader experience while also being part of a wider team tasked with engaging our growing readership.

Our ideal candidate is someone who:

• Is passionate about metadata and the news
• Cares that readers have great digital news experiences
• Understands the impact of having good metadata to underpin and create amazing digital products

Experience and skills we would like to see:

• Previous experience in content classification and/or taxonomy management
• Experience working with auto-tagging technology (either rule-based or machine-learning)
• Experience working collaboratively with multiple teams and with various stakeholders
• Knowledge of and experience with news industry metadata standards
• Superb verbal and written communication skills
• Expert proofreading, communication, organisational and research skills
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with team-mates. Self-disciplined when working alone

Click 'APPLY' and submit a CV and covering letter by 20 April.

Equal opportunities:

Our company is an equal opportunities employer and wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities for all its employees and for all applicants for employment. It opposes all forms of discrimination in the workplace.

We are a diverse team so want to maximise every individual’s potential to create a productive environment where everyone feels valued, and where talents are fully recognised and utilised.

This means affording equal access to any employment opportunities within the Company according to your ability, without prejudice or discrimination by reason of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, disability or age.