Associate Director, Web Taxonomist

S&P Global; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm based in England is seeking a Web Taxonomist to enhance digital experiences by organizing and optimizing web content across its corporate sites. The role involves collaborating with diverse teams and ensuring discoverability and user-centric navigation. Candidates should have a strong background in taxonomy design and content architecture, with 5-7 years of relevant experience.

Benefits

Health & Wellness

Flexible Downtime

Continuous Learning

Family Friendly Perks

Competitive pay and retirement planning

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of experience in taxonomy design and content architecture.
• Familiarity with enterprise content management systems.
• Strong communication skills in a global organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a centralized taxonomy for web properties.
• Conduct audits to identify inconsistencies in content.
• Partner with teams to ensure taxonomy supports user experience.

Skills

Taxonomy design

Metadata strategy

Content architecture

SEO principles

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in library science or related field

Tools

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

Digital asset management systems

Job description

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

The Web Taxonomist will be a key member of the Enterprise Marketing Strategy and Demand Generation team, supporting the execution of a consistent enterprise-wide digital experience. Reporting to the Director of Digital Acquisition who has responsibility across paid media and search engine optimization, this role plays a crucial part in organizing and optimizing web content across S&P Global’s corporate and divisional sites to ensure consistency, discoverability, and user-centric navigation. Working closely with content owners, SEO leads, UX designers, and technical teams, the Web Taxonomist will enable a more effective and scalable web experience for customers.

The Impact

This role is instrumental in bringing order and clarity to a complex and expansive content ecosystem. By creating and maintaining robust taxonomies and metadata structures, the Web Taxonomist ensures that content across corporate and divisions is easy to find, contextually relevant, and aligned with user intent. Their work directly supports customer journey optimization, content personalization, and search performance, thereby improving engagement and conversion.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a centralized taxonomy and metadata schema for S&P Global’s enterprise web properties.
• Conduct audits of existing site structures and content groupings to identify inconsistencies and opportunities for enhancement.
• Partner with UX, SEO, content, and technical teams to ensure taxonomy supports business goals, user experience, and search optimization.
• Support the development of tagging frameworks for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Target, and personalization tools.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in organizing content by audience, topic, industry, and solution areas.
• Collaborate with global divisional teams to align taxonomy standards while accommodating unique business needs.
• Maintain documentation and training materials to promote adoption of taxonomy standards.
• Provide ongoing governance and quality control to ensure metadata integrity and consistency.

What We’re Looking For

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in library science, Information Architecture, Digital Marketing, or a related field
• 5-7+ years of experience in taxonomy design, metadata strategy, or content architecture in a large digital environment
• Familiarity with enterprise content management systems (preferably AEM), tagging tools, and digital asset management systems
• Understanding of SEO, UX design principles, and accessibility standards
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills in a global organization.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in B2B marketing or content-heavy organizations
• Background in web content strategy or digital operations
• Exposure to Adobe Target, Adobe Analytics, and audience segmentation tools

What’s In It for You?

• Structure: Shape how content is categorized and discovered across a global digital ecosystem.
• Impact: Enhance personalization, engagement, and findability across four business divisions.
• Collaboration: Work with UX, SEO, content, and engineering teams to deliver better experiences.
• Growth: Advance your career in a role that sits at the intersection of content, user experience, and enterprise strategy.

Return to Work

Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, Restart, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

What’s In It For You?

Our purpose, people, and values describe the culture at S&P Global. We are committed to integrity, discovery, and partnership, and to fostering an inclusive, collaborative environment that empowers our teams to deliver essential intelligence.

Our Purpose: Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology—the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world. We transform data into Essential Intelligence to help companies, governments, and individuals navigate tomorrow. Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations to help clients unlock new levels of understanding and impact.

Our People: We are 35,000+ strong worldwide, driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for all. We are committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find sustainable ways of doing business.

Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on powering global markets. We start with integrity, bring a spirit of discovery, and collaborate with customers and each other to achieve shared goals.

Benefits

Our benefits include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off to stay energized.
• Continuous Learning: Resources to grow your career and learn new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Competitive pay, retirement planning, continuing education with company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: Perks for partners and children, with strong family benefits.
• Beyond the Basics: Miscellaneous perks, including discounts and referral rewards.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other legally protected status. Only electronic submissions will be considered. For accommodations during the application process, please email [e-mail].

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