Ed Vald

Experience

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  Various

  Jan 2000 - Jul 2001

  Content Editor/Channel Manager

  • Managing various section of consumer websites• Researched and wrote articles/guides on variety of equipment/goods

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  Getty Images

  Apr 2003 - Nov 2006

  Search Data/Vocabulary Editor

  • Keyword creative and editorial stills• Research and create controlled vocabulary metadata • Selected for job transfer in Seattle to cross-train international teams• Search engine optimisation and strategic development • Data-cleanse image partners• Train new staff and write training manuals and other documentation• Work with creative research to represent current trends• Chair interdepartmental conference meetings• Quality control and testing new software and applications• Cross-trained in Content Classification/Trafficking, digital and analogue content Show less

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  Roxy Bar and Screen

  Feb 2007 - Jul 2012

  Events & Marketing

  • Features and short sourcing for a variety of programmes• Social media marketing• Organising press and copy• Running events

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  Photolibrary

  Sept 2007 - Dec 2007

  Keyword Consultant

  • Create in-house captioning and keywording methodology and guidelines• Train staff• Standardise cross collection practices• Responsible for Stills and Footage workflow

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  Bridgeman Images

  Dec 2008 - Jun 2015

  General duties:●Write project specifications across all areas of business●Design testing procedures●Approve project deployment to live site●Create user guides ●Improve workflows●Manage bug reports (client and staff) and allocate developers to repair●Manage website/CMS feature requests●Manage developers schedules●Liaise between project stakeholders, staff, developers and managersProjects included:●Bridgeman Studio (online artist subscription service) Paypal subscription and SAP integrationNew client facing image uploaderNew client facing metadata catalogue interfaceNew client facing metrics page ●Bridgeman Footage (footage library)Outsource footage API for websiteManaging relations with footage suppliersCreate metadata and search guidelines for suppliers and clientsIntegration into existing cataloguing, sales and finance workflows●Bridgeman on Demand (third party licencing)Write partner feeds using Boolean search stringsReformat and deliver metadata and assets to partnersMaintain licencing and copyright requirementsManage partner relations where required●Advanced SearchData cleanse and standardisation of search data fieldsField-specific search functionRange search functionSearch guidelines●Copyright, licencing and permissions automationClient/user permissions and access workflowsAutomated copyright calculations and reportingLicencing workflows and hierarchical usage codes Show less ●Partner on EU search metadata project, GALATEAS (http://www.galateas.eu/)Query Log Analysis (linguistic and statistical analysis of search logs)Query Translation (automated translation)●Partner on EU search metadata project, MILE (http://www.mileproject.eu/)Improvements to image/cultural metadata and rights●Represent Bridgeman and speak at conferences on metadata, cataloguing and search●Controlled vocabulary/Classification/Taxonomy projectsCreate hierarchical controlled vocabularyData-cleanse erroneous data from assetsEdit and maintain numerous internal taxonomiesCreate keywording and cataloguing guidelines●Training staffSearch (including Boolean search)Tagging, cataloguing and taxonomy●Improve metadata ingestion workflow with csv batch ingestor.Design, test and deploy csv ingestorTrain staff and create in-house guidelinesCreate csv and guidelines for (external) suppliers Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2012 - Jun 2015

  • Search Metadata Specialist

    Dec 2008 - Jul 2012
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  CIPD

  Oct 2015 - now

  Metadata and Knowledge Manager

  Projects and BAU include: Bespoke AI Large Language Model (LLM) Chatbot development: •Content corpus selection and curation•RAG and fine-tuning•Guardrails and prompt-engineering •Evaluation metrics•Ethical Considerations Website search and metadata framework implementations: •Corporate and subject taxonomy (creation and management) •Metadata frameworks and export/audit function (creation and management) •Taxonomy/Thesaurus software selection and integration •Search (Solr) configuration and testing, including crawls from sister websites •Ongoing reviews and improvements •Website UX Digital Asset Management (DAM) implementation •Software selection •DAM configuration •Training in uploading, cataloguing, metadata, IP and search Sharepoint document libraries •Creation of bespoke Sharepoint contract libraries and research banks •Train staff and create workflows Show less