Data Collection Specialist

We're expanding our digital marketing capabilities and seeking a skilled Data Collection & Processing Specialist to join our team. This role will focus on acquiring data through both web scraping and processing public data sources to power our programmatic SEO strategies.

About the Position
You'll be responsible for collecting, cleaning, and structuring data through web scraping techniques and from public sources, including government databases. The organized datasets you develop will directly support our content creation process, allowing us to generate location-specific, data-driven content at scale for our clients.

Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement web scraping solutions to collect relevant data from authoritative websites
- Source and extract data from public databases, open data portals, and other authoritative sources
- Clean, normalize, and transform raw data into structured formats usable for our content systems
- Develop efficient ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes for various data types and formats
- Build and maintain databases that can be easily queried by our content generation systems
- Create automated processes for regular data updates and verification
- Troubleshoot and optimize data collection workflows for efficiency and accuracy
- Collaborate with SEO researchers and content creators to understand specific data requirements

Required Skills and Experience:
- Proficiency in programming languages used for web scraping (Python, JavaScript, etc.)
- Experience with scraping tools and libraries (Beautiful Soup, Scrapy, Selenium, etc.)
- Strong data processing and cleaning skills with tools like Python, R, or Excel
- Proficiency in handling various data formats (CSV, JSON, XML, Excel, PDFs)
- Knowledge of database design and SQL
- Familiarity with ETL tools and processes
- Understanding of data quality assessment and validation techniques
- Basic understanding of SEO concepts and how data supports content creation (preferred)
- Knowledge of ethical scraping practices and relevant legal considerations

What We Offer:
- Opportunity to work with diverse datasets and develop creative data collection solutions
- Projects that span multiple industries and require both scraping and public data processing
- Collaborative environment with SEO specialists and content creators
- Projects that have tangible impact on our clients' organic growth
- Competitive compensation package

Your work will be essential in gathering and transforming data from various sources into valuable, structured information that powers our programmatic SEO initiatives.
We're looking for someone equally comfortable setting up web scrapers and processing existing public datasets to build comprehensive databases for our content generation systems.