LINGUIST List 21.3816 Thu Sep 30 2010 Jobs: Semantics and Taxonomist: Content Developer, Attensity Corp. Editor for this issue: Erin Smith <erinlinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.    Jessica Perri, Semantics and Taxonomist: Semantic Content Developer, Attensity Corporation, Utah, USA Message 1: Semantics and Taxonomist: Semantic Content Developer, Attensity Corporation, Utah, USA Date: 27-Sep-2010 From: Jessica Perri <jperriattensity.com> Subject: Semantics and Taxonomist: Semantic Content Developer, Attensity Corporation, Utah, USA E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Attensity Corporation Department: R&D: Linguistic Technology Job Location: Utah, USA Web Address: http://www.attensity.com/home Job Rank: Semantic Content Developer Specialty Areas: Semantics; Taxonomist Description: Title: Semantic Content Developer Reports to: Director of Engineering-Linguistics Location: SLC/Palo Alto This is a great opportunity to join the rapidly growing business applications market for semantic technologies. Attensity is expanding its Engineering team due to positive demand for its products and services by the world's leading and most successful enterprises and by the top government agencies. Attensity delivers the power of sophisticated data and semantic analytics in the form of an integrated suite of easy-to-use business applications, allowing business leaders, customer support personnel and customers to get relevant and actionable answers fast. Attensity's ability to extract valuable insight from free-form text anywhere offers organizations the opportunity to leverage vast amounts of data previously left untapped. Attensity's enterprise application software enables commercial and government organizations like RBC, Charles Schwab, Travelocity, JetBlue, Lufthansa, Airbus, Medicare and others to transform unstructured text into valuable, actionable information. With Attensity's applications, organizations can use all of the data and information they have - not just the structured data - to quickly identify important opportunities or undesirable events that until now have been impossible to detect. Responsibilities: -Design, implement and maintain taxonomies for various industry verticals -Coordinate taxonomy mappings with support mechanisms -Develop best practices around taxonomy development and implementation Experience Required: -Developed taxonomies and/or ontologies for enterprise customers -Experience with BI, reporting tools, or automatic categorization systems -3-5 Years Experience in a software development organization Optional: -Advanced degree in Library Science, Linguistics, or related field -Experience managing content partners -Knowledge of regular expressions and scripting languages such as Perl or Ruby Application Deadline: 26-Nov-2010 Email Address for Applications: mlok-leeattensity.com Contact Information: Dir. Linguistic Technology, Jessica Perri Email: jperriattensity.com Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 30-Sep-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.