Location: Piscataway (Greater New York City Area)
URL: http://www.ieee.org
Type: Full-time
Experience: Mid-Senior level
Functions: Information Technology, Marketing
Industries: Non-Profit Organization Management
Posted: November 23, 2009
Job Description: Web Search Specialist
IEEE is the world’s largest professional association advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. We publish technical journals, sponsor conferences, develop technology standards, and support the professional interests of more than 375,000 members. IEEE creates an environment where members collaborate on world-changing technologies – from computing and sustainable energy systems, to aerospace, communications, robotics and healthcare – to engineer a better tomorrow.
Among the career disciplines on our staff are publishing and product management, intellectual property sales, marketing and communications, information technology and business administration, government relations and human resources, educational activities and technical standards, and membership development and support.
Through the dedication of our members, we’re proud to be the world’s leading authority in technical areas, and want to add you to our success story! We are seeking a Web Search Specialist in our Corporate Communications & Research group in our Piscataway, NJ location who will be responsible for identifying and implementing projects aimed at improving the search experience for the IEEE Main Site and the overall IEEE Web presence.
About the Corporate Web Team:
The Web Search Specialist position will be a part of the IEEE Corporate Web Team that provides guidance and/or recommendations to the entire IEEE Web publishing community according to current trends and best practices in the Web world. The team is not a "for-hire" service group, although it can provide expert advice or recommend external partners available for consulting. Most of the projects the
Corporate Web Team leads are related to the IEEE main site or the overarching IEEE Web Presence that includes all areas on the Web where IEEE is represented by name, brand, or mission.
Key responsibilities are to:
- Define, document, implement and maintain a plan for integrating search and search engine optimization (SEO) tools, technologies, and best practices into IEEE operations.
- Support search engine application implementation and maintenance
- Monitor, analyze and leverage search and SEO efforts across the organization and industry; make recommendations where appropriate.
- Be a leader in SEO; providing recommendations related to URL naming, IA, tagging, etc.
- Manage taxonomy, synonyms, controlled vocabulary, thesauri, ontology and related processes to maintain metadata standards and content quality.
- Manage SEO and eSEO processes, identifying top keywords for main site and for IEEE; monitor, analyze and improve relevance of IEEE search and organic Web search results.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Information Retrieval, Computer Science,
- Market Research, Psychology, Digital Libraries, Math/Statistics, Content Management or similar field with at least 4 years experience in Web search-related activities.
- Must have understanding of search experience and search engine optimization best practices including application interface design and presentation of results.
- Must understand search engine technologies, taxonomy, metadata tagging, and the relationship between search and information architecture.
- Must be able to advise/train others in Web-related skills. Should have a working knowledge of industry standard search engine applications like Google Custom Search, Endeca, Sitecore, Lucene, Ultraseek; content management systems; and search analytics tools like Web Trends and Google Analytics.
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We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, 401(k) plan with company match, a defined contribution retirement plan, a tuition reimbursement program, flexible spending accounts, company paid life insurance, and a business casual dress code. If you qualify and are interested in this position, please apply online by going to this URL: https://home.eease.com/recruit2/?id=476559&t=1. Only those resumes that go through the URL from the web address will be considered. NO AGENCIES PLEASE.
Visit www.ieee.org to view details about open positions in one of our four offices:
Los Alamitos, CA; New York City; Piscataway, NJ & Washington, DC.
The IEEE is an affirmative action / equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V.
Additional Information
Local candidates only, no relocation (Greater New York City Area).
See: http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=790353
