Metadata Tagger — Shape Discoverable Stories

The Walt Disney Company (France); Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Long-term incentive units

Medical benefits

Job summary

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

The ideal candidate has strong analytical and storytelling comprehension skills, experience with metadata or content operations, and the ability to apply a structured taxonomy to creative works.

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.

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 established taxonomies and standards.
• Analyze story structure, narrative themes, tone, and 'aboutness' of creative works to ensure accurate and nuanced tagging.
• Learn and consistently apply comprehensive controlled vocabulary/taxonomy across all assigned content.
• Ensure metadata accuracy, consistency, and quality across titles and franchises.
• Research and validate metadata where needed to support content discovery and user experience.
• Identify ambiguous tagging scenarios and escalate taxonomy or workflow questions appropriately.
• Work within CMS and metadata management 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 standards.

Skills

Metadata tagging

Content analysis

Attention to detail

Storytelling understanding

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

CMS platforms

Airtable

MS Suite

Google Suite

Job description

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

The ideal candidate has strong analytical and storytelling comprehension skills, experience with metadata or content operations, and the ability to apply a structured taxonomy to creative works.