Metadata Specialist

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES (see further below for specifics of Metadata Specialist level)

Personal:

• Be a maturing disciple of Jesus Christ: growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture, and God's purposes in the world

Contribute to increasing IVP's sales by:

• Working closely with external partners such as distributors, retailers, and metadata aggregators to ensure seamless exchange of metadata.

• Managing the distribution of book metadata and ONIX to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with industry standards.

• Troubleshooting and resolving any issues related to metadata quality, formatting, or distribution across different platforms.

• Staying updated on industry trends, standards, and best practices related to metadata management and distribution.

• Monitoring and analyzing metadata performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and optimization.

• Setting up and maintaining account contacts, delivery preferences and FTP or other delivery credentials for each account.'

• Overseeing larger-scale metadata projects as the digital sales team identifies them.

• Researching keywords to assist with SEO on retail sites such as Amazon.

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by:

• Contributing to the development of metadata strategies to enhance discoverability, sales, and marketing efforts for our titles.

• Collaborating with the marketing and sales teams to optimize metadata for discoverability and sales performance on online retail platforms, with a particular focus on Amazon.

• Stewarding time, equipment, and materials well.

• Staying up-to-date with communication and scheduling tools used in the Sales department.

• Participating in BISG events to stay up to date on metadata and ONIX standards

• Providing support to (Associate) Director of Digital Sales as needed.

Contribute to cross-departmental collaborations by:

• Responding to e-mail inquiries, calendar invites and instant messaging.

• Working in partnership with other teams on specified projects.

• Attending and supporting the work of IVP at conferences as necessary.

• Assisting with the implementation and maintenance of metadata workflows and systems to streamline processes and improve efficiency.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Affirmation of InterVarsity's Statement of Faith

• Excellent data analysis skills, including the ability to construct basic reports and queries, understand and optimize metadata

• Practical judgment, professional attitude, and diplomacy in making and communicating decisions

• Expertise in Excel, Microsoft Suite, and the ability to quickly learn new tools.

• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to handle multiple projects with multiple components

• Experience with HTML is a plus

• ONIX or other metadata experience is a plus

• Effective oral and written communication skills

• Be a self-starter and work independently

• Initiative and problem-solving skills

• Strong organization and time management skills

• Ability to work well in a deadline-driven environment

• Commitment to excellence

• Emotional and relational maturity

• Demonstrated ability and commitment to work in a diverse team environment

• Flexibility to attend the Urbana Student Missions Conference every six years, Dec 26-Jan 1, and National Staff Conference every three years (the year after Urbana), approximately Jan 2-7.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Experience required as described in the section below (dependent on the level of the position posted). Relevant higher education will be taken into account and may reduce the experience required.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Affirmation of InterVarsity's Statement of Faith

• Excellent data analysis skills, including the ability to construct basic reports and queries, understand and optimize metadata

• Practical judgment, professional attitude, and diplomacy in making and communicating decisions

• Expertise in Excel, Microsoft Suite, and the ability to quickly learn new tools.

• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to handle multiple projects with multiple components

• Experience with HTML is a plus

• ONIX or other metadata experience is a plus

• Effective oral and written communication skills

• Be a self-starter and work independently

• Initiative and problem-solving skills

• Strong organization and time management skills

• Ability to work well in a deadline-driven environment

• Commitment to excellence

• Emotional and relational maturity

• Demonstrated ability and commitment to work in a diverse team environment

• Flexibility to attend the Urbana Student Missions Conference every six years, Dec 26-Jan 1, and National Staff Conference every three years (the year after Urbana), approximately Jan 2-7.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Experience required as described in the section below (dependent on the level of the position posted). Relevant higher education will be taken into account and may reduce the experience required.