Metadata Tagger: Elevate Content Discovery

Disney Cruise Line - The Walt Disney Company; Glendale (CA); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Disney Cruise Line - The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA seeks a detail-oriented Metadata Tagger to support content enrichment and discovery. You will apply descriptive metadata to help power search, recommendations, and user discovery across our streaming platform ecosystem.

The ideal candidate has strong analytical and storytelling comprehension, experience with metadata tagging, and the ability to apply a structured taxonomy consistently.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of related experience.
• Experience with metadata tagging, content classification, cataloging, or digital media operations.
• Experience using CMS platforms or metadata management tools.
• Strong understanding of storytelling, narrative structure, genres, and entertainment media.
• Ability to interpret creative intent and identify thematic and contextual elements within content.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow established metadata standards and methodologies.
• Excellent organizational, written communication, and issue escalation skills.
• Ability to work independently while managing deadlines and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Watch and review film, television, and short-form video content to determine accurate descriptor tagging.
• Apply metadata descriptors including genres, themes, moods, settings, character attributes, and keywords based on taxonomies and standards.
• Analyze story structure, narrative themes, tone, and aboutness to ensure accurate tagging.
• Learn and apply controlled vocabulary/taxonomy across all content.
• Ensure metadata accuracy, consistency, and quality across titles and franchises.
• Research and validate metadata to support content discovery and user experience.
• Identify ambiguous tagging scenarios and escalate taxonomy questions appropriately.
• Work within CMS and metadata systems to input, review, and publish metadata.
• Meet operational deadlines, throughput targets, and delivery schedules.
• Collaborate with editorial, taxonomy, QA, and operations teams to maintain metadata quality.

Skills

Metadata tagging

CMS platforms

Content analysis

Storytelling understanding

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma

Tools

CMS platforms

Metadata management tools

Job description

Disney Cruise Line - The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA seeks a detail-oriented Metadata Tagger to support content enrichment and discovery. You will apply descriptive metadata to help power search, recommendations, and user discovery across our streaming platform ecosystem.

The ideal candidate has strong analytical and storytelling comprehension, experience with metadata tagging, and the ability to apply a structured taxonomy consistently.