Metadata / Data Entry Clerk

Role overview

Marquee Brands is hiring a part-time temporary Metadata / Data Entry Clerk in New York, NY. The Marquee Media Team manages media for brands such as Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, and Sur La Table across broadcast, streaming, internet, podcasts, and social channels.

The team is looking for a highly accurate, dependable, and well-organized metadata and data entry professional who has experience entering, checking, and converting media content — including recipes and how-to material — into structured data for editorial and commercial use.

This role supports the team by organizing magazine and book information into structured metadata and maintaining data quality inside content systems.

Key duties

• Partner with data stewards to identify, define, and document metadata across different content structures.
• Review print and digital material such as recipes, food-related articles, recipe thumbnails, how-to pieces, and instructional videos to capture required details like timing, nutrition data, cuisine type, skill level, and image rights.
• Check extracted information to confirm all required attributes are captured correctly.
• Validate records for consistency, accuracy, and completeness.
• Maintain strong data integrity by entering information in a uniform and accurate way.
• Update and refine metadata tags using the organization’s established methodology and work inside the content management system.
• Research and determine suitable brand-aligned descriptions, subject terms, dates, and other relevant metadata.

Qualifications and experience

• Background in assigning metadata to how-to content across print, digital, video, or other editorial/commercial formats.
• Proven ability to stay accurate and detail-oriented while handling a fast pace and high output.
• Strong organization, reliability, thoroughness, and commitment to quality.
• Hands-on experience with DAM and CMS tools.
• Excellent keyboarding and data entry ability.
• Strong editing judgment with the ability to catch spelling and grammar issues and correct personal work.
• Comfort working through large volumes of information efficiently.

Preferred background

• 1 to 2 years of experience tagging metadata for multimedia assets such as TV, photo, print, or digital content, or similar work.
• 2 to 3 years of experience developing, testing, or preparing recipes for editorial or commercial publishing.
• Familiarity with Martha Stewart’s editorial and creative style.

Compensation and employment terms

The role is paid at an hourly rate of $20 to $24.

This job may not list every duty or responsibility, and the employer may update the position description at any time.

Marquee Brands is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.