Product Design Analyst with interest in Applied Onomastics is sought

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Ethnic Technologies seeks a Product Design Analyst with a background/interest in Applied Onomastics to join the Research and Product Development Department.

Responsibilities:

- Classifying names by ethnicity
- Finding patterns within databases of names
- Analyzing large textual data sets
- Defining rules that will further classify patterns

Through this work, the Product Design Analyst continues to create and improve a suite of predictive demographic software products. The E-Tech products use first name, surname, and geographic intelligence to predict an individuals’ ethnicity, religion, language preference, and similar variables.

Qualifications:
Bachelor Degree or equivalent required.
The ideal candidate has a background in Linguistics, particularly in Onomastics.

Required Skills and Competencies:
- Expert Microsoft Excel skills
- Experience with text pattern recognition
- Background in linguistics, particularly morphology
- Strong English written and verbal communication skills

Desired Skills and Competencies:
- Basic knowledge of SQL
- Experience working with large databases
- Programming experience, especially in Python
- Fluency or competency in at least one foreign language
- Knowledge of American FactFinder
- Interest in Geography, Ancestry, History, Sociology, Demography, Culture, and People
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Self-driven and self-motivated
- Creative, puzzle-solver, solutions-oriented personality

Compensation:
Ethnic Technologies offers a competitive base salary with health benefits and a 401k program.

About the Company:
As the leader in multicultural marketing, research, data enhancement, segmentation, modeling and analytics, Ethnic Technologies is an established player in the direct marketing industry. The company provides the E-Tech suite of predictive demographic products, which rely on over 40 years of research into names and geographies.

Ethnic Technologies strives to learn about the world's cultures and languages through people's names. We aim to promote diversity and inclusivity in marketing by providing the highest quality multicultural marketing software and data. We believe valuable demographic insights will transform brand marketing and enhance culturally sensitive communication.

The Research and Product Development team is challenged with upgrading the full suite of predictive demographic products as well as conceptualizing and designing the new products that give Ethnic Technologies its market edge.

Contact:
To apply, please submit as email attachments to the application email(s) below:
- A brief cover letter describing your background and interest (not to exceed one page) and
- A resume. Do not submit an academic CV.

Please name your attachments clearly with your own name and "cover letter" or "resume."

Please only apply if you are interested in a full time position, located in South Hackensack, NJ. No telecommuting.

Application Deadline: (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: amaliaethnictechnologies.com afranzethnictechnologies.com
Contact Information:
Director of Research and Product Design Amalia Tsiongas
Email: amaliaethnictechnologies.com

Product Design Analyst with interest in Applied Onomastics is sought

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Organization: Ethnic Technologies 

Job Location: New Jersey, USA 

https://www.ethnictechnologies.com/ 

Job Title: Product Design Analyst

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Onomastics 

Description:

The Opportunity: 
Ethnic Technologies seeks a Product Design Analyst with a background/interest in Applied Onomastics to join the Research and Product Development Department. 

Responsibilities: 
- Classifying names by ethnicity 
- Finding patterns within databases of names 
- Analyzing large textual data sets 
- Defining rules that will further classify patterns 

Through this work, the Product Design Analyst continues to create and improve a suite of predictive demographic software products. The E-Tech products use first name, surname, and geographic intelligence to predict an individuals’ ethnicity, religion, language preference, and similar variables. 

Qualifications: 
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent required. 
- The ideal candidate has a background in Linguistics, particularly in Onomastics. 

Required Skills and Competencies: 
- Expert Microsoft Excel skills 
- Experience with text pattern recognition 
- Background in linguistics, particularly morphology 
- Strong English written and verbal communication skills 

Desired Skills and Competencies: 
- Basic knowledge of SQL 
- Experience working with large databases 
- Programming experience, especially in Python 
- Fluency or competency in at least one foreign language 
- Knowledge of American FactFinder 
- Interest in Geography, Ancestry, History, Sociology, Demography, Culture, and People 
- Ability to work as part of a team 
- Self-driven and self-motivated 
- Creative, puzzle-solver, solutions-oriented personality 

Compensation: 
Ethnic Technologies offers a competitive base salary with health benefits and a 401k program. 

About the Company: 
As the leader in multicultural marketing, research, data enhancement, segmentation, modeling and analytics, Ethnic Technologies is an established player in the direct marketing industry. The company provides the E-Tech suite of predictive demographic products, which rely on over 40 years of research into names and geographies. 

Ethnic Technologies strives to learn about the world's cultures and languages through people's names. We aim to promote diversity and inclusivity in marketing by providing the highest quality multicultural marketing software and data. We believe valuable demographic insights will transform brand marketing and enhance culturally sensitive communication. 

The Research and Product Development team is challenged with upgrading the full suite of predictive demographic products as well as conceptualizing and designing the new products that give Ethnic Technologies its market edge. 

Contact: 
To apply, please submit as email attachments to the application email below: 
- A brief cover letter describing your background and interest (not to exceed one page) and 
- A resume. Do not submit an academic CV. 

Please name your attachments clearly with your own name and "cover letter" or "resume." 

Please only apply if you are interested in a full time position, located in South Hackensack, NJ. No telecommuting. 

Application Deadline: (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: lspiraethnictechnologies.com 
Contact Information: Lisa Spira: lspiraethnictechnologies.com 

Onomastic Summer Internship at Ethnic Technologies

from ANS

Ethnic Technologies is currently searching for an undergraduate or graduate student with a keen interest in onomastics to serve as a paid summer intern M-F, 40 hrs/wk for 8 weeks. 



The person hired for this position will be responsible for classifying first and last names by ethnicity; identifying morphological patterns within lists of names; defining rules from visible patterns; improving the logic that incorporates name intelligence into a predictive software product. Applicants must have strong communications skills in English and competency in at least one second language. Basic computer programming skills and knowledge of database software are a bonus. 

Information about the company can be found at their website. Interested applicants are asked to email former ANS Information Officer, Lisa Spira (lspira AT ethnictechnologies.com). THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS APRIL 7, 2017.

Ethnic Technologies seeks an Onomastic Product Design Analyst

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Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Onomastics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Product Design Analyst, Ethnic Technologies

Employer:		Ethnic Technologies Research and Product Development http://www.ethnictechnologies.com/
Job Location:		New Jersey, USA
Title:		Product Design Analyst
Rank:		Researcher Programmer Product Designer
Linguistic Field(s):		Computational Linguistics  General Linguistics  Text/Corpus Linguistics  Onomastics
LL Issue:		26.3531
Date Submitted:		05-Aug-2015
Job Description:		Role: Product Design Analyst (Entry Level or With Experience) The Opportunity Ethnic Technologies seeks a Product Design Analyst to join the Research and Product Development Department. Responsibilities - Designing predictive demographic products and product enhancements - Analyzing and testing product designs - Defining morphological patterns within name-based, textual data sets Through this work, the Product Design Analyst continues to create and improve a suite of predictive demographic software products. The E-Tech products use all name intelligence (e.g. first name, surname, etc.) and geographic intelligence to predict an individual’s ethnicity, religion, language preference and similar variables. The Product Design Analyst works closely with the Research and Product Development team members, as well as software developers, in an environment with a “start-up” feel, but as part of a well-established company. Skills and Competencies: Candidates should demonstrate experience in some of the following areas: - Background in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, and/or Onomastics - Experience with SQL, MySQL a plus - Experience programming, Python a plus - Experience analyzing large data sets, both textual and mathematical - Knowledge of statistics - Competent in Microsoft Excel, macro building a plus - Experience with Data Visualization and Descriptive Statistics - Experience developing machine learning technologies - Knowledge of American FactFinder/Census/American Community Survey  - Knowledge of Morphology and Phonology - Strong English written and verbal communication - Self-driven and self-motivated; works independently within set objectives - Ability to work as part team - Interest in language, names, and ethnicity - Creative, puzzle-solver, hack-a-thon personality - Excited to work in industry, outside of academia Qualifications: - Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Mathematics or another field relevant to the skills and competencies listed above. - Must be able to work full time from the Ethnic Technologies office in South Hackensack, NJ.  Compensation Ethnic Technologies offers a competitive base salary with health benefits and a 401k program.  About the Company Ethnic Technologies is an industry leading company with a startup feel. As the Global Leader in Digital Multicultural Marketing, Research, Data Enhancement, Segmentation, Modeling and Analytics, Ethnic Technologies is an established player in the Direct Marketing industry. The E-Tech software relies on over 30 years of name, geographic and demographic research. The Research and Product Development team is challenged with upgrading the full suite of predictive demographic products as well as conceptualizing and designing the new products that give Ethnic Technologies its market edge. This team is involved in the creative design projects usually reserved for start-ups.  Contact To apply, please submit as email attachments (1) a brief cover letter describing your background and interest and (2) a resume. Neither attachment should exceed one page; do not submit an academic CV. Please name your attachments clearly with your own name and "cover letter" or "resume."
Application Deadline:		31-Dec-2015 Open until filled
Application Email:		click here to access email
Contact Information:		Lisa  Radding , Director of Research and Product Develop click here to access email Phone: 866-333-8324 ext.111

The Unexpected Fluidity of Names

http://onomastics.co.uk/unexpected-fluidity/

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Alice

Lisa Radding, Director of Research
Ethnic Technologies, New Jersey, United States
ethnictechnologies.com/

Eunice. Helen. Dorothy. Nora. Evelyn. Wilma. Gladys.

Characters from the Golden Girls? Not necessarily.

Eunice peaked in popularity in the United States in 1908 at #106 and for the next 30 years, it remained in the top 200 baby names given to girls. Many of Eunice’s contemporaries such as Nora and Evelyn are returning with the new generation of baby girls, but we don’t imagine a Eunice seated in a classroom of colorful plastic chairs. Names ebb and flow throughout time. But many transition between people in less intuitive ways.

The Younger Generation of Eunices

In fact, you might meet Eunice today at a college party or an early professionals networking event.

She is most likely to be Eunice Park or Eunice Choi or Eunice Yeung. She’s embarking on a successful career following a rigorous education. Her parents immigrated to the United States from Korea or China.

She might also be Eunice Washington or Eunice Thomas. She exists in the same cosmopolitan circles as Eunice Park, but her history­ or that of her parents or of generations before­ is African.

Onomastic Fluidity and Ethnicity

These Eunices exemplify the unexpected fluidity of names. A Eunice Park or Eunice Washington seems to be the exception, a girl unfortunately burdened with a name from another generation. But upon further reflection, in her own culture, her name isn’t an oddity but one of many similar names. Names move across age, education level, social sphere, geographies, and ethnicities.

These nuances contribute to the ethnic understanding inherent in names.

At Ethnic Technologies, we design a software product that relies on names to predict the ethnicities of individuals. The software algorithms combine all the name intelligence (first name, middle name, surname) with geographical intelligence from our Enhanced Neighborhood Analytics. But the research behind the names, name patterns, and software logic includes cross­cultural research. In order to predict ethnicity onomastically, we research how names move through time, geography, and culture.

Understanding the Diversity in Eunice

Chinese and Korean immigrants to the United States value education, advancement, family, and respect of elders. Many parents choose to give their new baby an American name to help her assimilate and achieve success. But they choose this American name from their successful or influential peers, or even a respected member of their parents’ generation. If Eunice is a respected, accomplished caucasian American woman of an older generation, it is name that embodies their hopes for this new baby girl.

African American parents also follow predictable patterns, although different ones from their Asian American counterparts. They conform to the prevalent sound patterns in their community while continually seeking individualism. We don’t blink an eye when introduced to a young African American woman named Shalice, LaTrice, or Chaneese. While the spelling and capitalization may differ, the harmonious sounds remain constant. It is irrelevant whether her parents saw Eunice as an entirely new name or as the novelty of established name of generations past. Eunice Washington has a name that is her own variation on a familiar theme.

Onomastics, Ethnicity and the Future

Each culture appropriates names from other cultures while conforming to its own trends, those derived from cultural values. In a country of immigrants as diverse as the United States, names reliably predict ethnicity, as long as we understand the diversity of contexts in which they may be situated. As the world shrinks, through improved communication and travel technologies, names will ebb and flow according to more complex patterns. Embracing multicultural diversity only enhances our understanding of individuals through their names and names through their bearers.

Is Gladys only a Golden Girl?

We wouldn’t lean too heavily on that assumption, given that the name peaked in 1901 at #11 and declined sharply after 1908. Instead we’ll rely on cultural insights to predict something else entirely. Gladys Fernandez and Gladys Torres are the contemporaries of Eunice Park and Eunice Washington. But they come from different values and different stories.

Ethnic Technologies is the leading provider of multicultural marketing data, ethnic identification software and ethnic data appending services. Ethnic Technologies provides invaluable tools to customers in numerous marketing verticals. 

Onomastic Analyst at Ethnic Technologies

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Applied Linguistics; Onomastics: Researcher, Ethnic Technologies, New Jersey, USA


Employer: Ethnic Technologies

Research and Product Development

http://www.ethnictechnologies.com/

Job Location: New Jersey, USA

Rank or Title: Researcher

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics, Onomastics

Date Posted: 19-Aug-2013

Job Description: Role: Research and Product Development Associate/ Onomastic Analyst

The Opportunity:

Ethnic Technologies is currently seeking to recruit a Research and Product Development Associate with a background/interest in Applied Onomastics to join the Research Department.

As a member of the Research Department, the Research and Product Development Associate is responsible for classifying names by ethnicity, seeing patterns within lists of names, analyzing large textual data sets, and thinking creatively to define rules that will further classify these patterns. Through this work, the Research and Product Development Associate is continuing to build and improve a predictive software system, the industry-leading product in multicultural marketing.

The ideal candidate has a background in Linguistics, particularly in Onomastics, and experience with text pattern recognition and morpheme recognition. The ideal candidate is interested in Geography, Ancestry, History, Sociology, Demography, Culture, People, and puzzling out answers.

Qualifications:
Bachelor Degree or Equivalent Required.

Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, especially Microsoft Excel
- Strong English written and verbal communication
- Self-driven and self-motivated. Works independently within set objectives.
- Experience with SQL or any programming language
- Fluency or competency in at least one second language
- Experience with Data Visualization and Descriptive Statistics
- Knowledge of American FactFinder
- Experience with marketing, particularly multicultural marketing
- Ability to work as part of a team

Compensation:
Ethnic Technologies offers a competitive base salary with health benefits and a 401k program.

About the Company:
We are a growing and successful direct marketing database software company located in South Hackensack, NJ.

We are the leading provider of multicultural marketing data, ethnic identification software, and ethnic data appending services. To this end, our experts are constantly learning about the interaction of people through studying their names, culture, and geography.

Contact:
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to Lisa Radding the application email address below.

She is Director of Research at Ethnic Technologies (http://www.linkedin.com/in/raddinglisa, http://www.shapirofellowship.org/lisa-radding)

Please only apply if you are interested in a full time position, located in South Hackensack, NJ. No telecommuting.

Application Deadline: Open until filled
Application Email:          to be found on the LINGUIST LIST website.
Contact Information: Lisa  Radding

Phone: 866-333-8324 ext.111