Temporary Content Curator (Contractor)
Job Description
Flipboard is looking for a savvy curator to help highlight the best content on our platform. The ideal candidate is a tech-savvy media expert with great taste, has a solid editorial background, is highly interested in current events, and has a deep appreciation of cultural nuances that exist in the English-speaking world.
The candidate will be working with our team based out of Vancouver, BC, Canada. All teams at Flipboard are working remotely during the pandemic. This role may work remotely during and after the pandemic from anywhere in the United States or Canada. This is a full-time, 40 hours per week contract.
Responsibilities:
- Work collaboratively with engineers to assess and improve the performance of algorithmically created content.
- Regular review, analysis, tuning, and quality control on the output of the automated classification system to optimize performance and ensure accuracy.
- Continuous, timely review of topic suggestions and storylines emerging in the news, to define, develop and place in the taxonomy.
- Ongoing development of taxonomy hierarchies, terms, and relationships to support new areas of concentration in Company content.
- Research and selection of content to support topic development, auto-categorization tuning, and system QC.
Skills & Experience Requirements:
- Experience in an editorial or curatorial role, preferably in digital space
- Expert in English language media, culture, tech, and news
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, in English. Must be able to present concepts to both non-technical and technical audiences
- Strong experience with word processing and text editing applications
- Active user of social media
- Strong visual sense, avid reader, enjoys problem-solving, impeccable attention to detail
- Fast learner with the ability to become proficient in new applications and be a knowledgeable resource
- Nice to have, not required: Bachelor or Masters in Library Science, Journalism, Communications, or Media Studies
To learn more about Flipboard, please check https://about.flipboard.com.
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