Taxonomist

About the Role:

As Catawiki continues to grow, we’re seeking an experienced Taxonomist to join our team.

This is a new role within Catawiki: we are looking for someone with core taxonomy expertise to own, improve & strengthen our existing taxonomy, attributes/attribute values, and taxonomy tools. By doing so, your work will then help us improve navigation, search, filters, object submission and many other parts of the user experience that rely on structured data. In practice, this person allows Catawiki’s sellers to easily categorise and submit their objects on Catawiki; and Catawiki’s buyers to easily browse, discover and bid on the objects they are passionate about. Working in close collaboration with data scientists, Product teams as well as Category Management, this role sits within the Master Data team.

Responsibilities:

• Develop structures to organize our extensive product selection for our users (buyers & sellers) globally
• Expand and refine data retrieval techniques to utilize our extensive product catalog and ensure products end up in the right place for our users
• Analyze website metrics and customer behavior data to inform intelligent decisions on optimizing our navigation structures
• Help develop tools and update product data

Required qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Library and Information Sciences, Knowledge Management, Information Management, or equivalent professional experience
• Proven skills in data retrieval techniques: comfortable with spreadsheets, ability to interpret charts and data points in relation to their context, ideally experience with extracting data from self-service BI tools (Looker, Google Data Studio, Tableau, Amplitude etc) and make sense out of it. Bonus if experience with SQL
• Experience working with catalog and classification systems and creation of thesauri
• Excellent English language skills. Proficiency in one or more European languages (e.g. German, French or Italian) is a bonus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Comfortable working with diverse groups of stakeholders
• Ability to prioritise activities in a changing environment, and to remain calm under pressure
• Self-motivated and decisive
• Ability to quickly understand complex processes and communicate them in simple language
• Someone who is smart, enjoys doing good work, and is genuinely interested in improving the customer experience of our marketplace

Here’s what we can offer you

This is your chance to become part of a fast but sustainable growing tech company! You will have an exciting role in a young, fast-growing, dynamic & international organisation. You'll be part of an enthusiastic, highly motivated team of 800+ international Catawikians; you'll have big responsibilities and can really create something. Additionally you can expect:

• Working with a top notch team acting on a champions league level in a super complex dynamic environment; you will learn a lot!
• A diverse and international team with over 50 different nationalities.
• A great office located in the heart of Amsterdam with an easy-going atmosphere.
• Our entrepreneurial environment encourages everyone to take initiative and experiment with new ideas. You’ll actively contribute to the growth of the Catawiki platform.
• Tailor-made trainings to facilitate your personal and professional growth
• The fun part! Our Activity Committee plans everything from ‘CataFooty’ to International Food Festivals, Friday Drinks, Board Game Nights, Pub Quizzes and Boot Camps!
• Stock Options: All Catawikians are granted 100 Stock Options after 12 months of service.
• And there’s more! Paid holidays, holiday allowance and a fantastic pension plan paid for by Catawiki.