Content Indexer Specialist Arabic Speaker

Job Description

Bloomberg runs on data, and our Global Data team acquires and supplies it to our clients. Teams work to collect, analyze, process and publish the data which is the backbone of our iconic Bloomberg Terminal - the data which ultimately moves the financialmarkets! Were responsible for delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology - quickly and accurately. As a member of our News Indexing team based in London, you will be responsible for automated classification of the worlds most important financial and economic news with the aim of further entrenching Bloomberg as the leader in the financial news market. Weuse proprietary and open-source software to automatically retrieve, parse, organize and tag news in Arabic from social media sites, news feeds, web sites and other sources that run on the Bloomberg Professional Service. We also build and maintain our complextaxonomy of classification tags according to our clients needs. Our work is not theoretical or hyper-specific " it is practical and impactful. Well trust you to:

• Use specialized software in order to create hierarchical rules that automatically classify Bloomberg and third-party news in Arabic, as well as data from social media sites. You need to have a keen interest in international news and perform research inorder to identify news topics and modify or create news classification rules accordingly.
• Identify accurate and reliable news sources in Arabic and act as subject matter expert for the Arabic news product.
• Identify opportunities to create efficiency in our processes and execute on your ideas.
• Collaborate with our partners in Product Strategy, Sales, Analytics and Engineering to understand our clients needs from Arabic speaking countries and build a market-leading news product. In addition, you will also partner with our Sales and Analyticsgroups to promote our news product and ensure strong customer uptake.
• Support news annotation tasks in English and Arabic to develop cutting-edge processes focused on natural language processing, data science, machine learning, and text analysis as we build the next generation of Bloombergs proprietary news classificationproducts.

Youll need to have:

• Comprehensive knowledge of the news sources in Arabic speaking countries and fluency in Arabic
• Educational background in disciplines such as Library Science, Linguistics, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Business, Finance, or other computer-related specialization
• Strong interest/ knowledge in financial and economic news
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to pay close attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proven understanding of customer service and experience in building strong relationships with stakeholders
• Professional project management experience in information management with the ability to deliver on tight deadlines
• Working knowledge of a programming or query language and experience of using it for a data analysis/data science project (e.g. R, Python, JavaScript, SQL, etc.)

Wed love to find someone who has:

• Knowledge of EMEA market trends, themes and drivers
• Experience in editing, writing, curating, labeling or assigning news stories
• Experience in using categorization, filtering or mining software (such as OpenCalais, Datasift, GNIP, Inxight, IDOL, Verity, Clear Forest, Microsoft Fast)

If this sounds like you:Apply if you think were a good match! Well get in touch with you to let you know what the next steps are. Bloomberg is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, colour, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin,race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or maternity/parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence,or any other classification protected by applicable law. Bloomberg is a disability inclusive employer. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for the recruitment process. If you would prefer to discuss this confidentially, please email . Alternatively, you can get support from ourdisability partner EmployAbility, please contact + or .uk