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Ancestry is looking for a temporary Place Associate. As a Place Associate, you will work with Ancestry's Content department to enrich geographic data. You will assist Ancestry in researching, verifying, and creating current and historical geographic data. As a genealogy company, geography is necessary to Ancestry's goal of enhancing our user experience. As a candidate, you have an eagerness for growth and learning, making decisions, and showing great care for detail. You will complete tasks and projects for publication and use on Ancestry's site. You will report directly to the Supervisor of Content Authorities in Publishing.

What you will do...

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  You will verify and edit current geographic data
• You will digitize new geographic data
• You will research and contribute new geographic data

Who you are...

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  You have completed or are pursuing a degree in Geography or a related field
• You have experience with GIS software
• You have experience with MySQL
• You show great care for detail and can work on specified tasks
• You have an interest in history or genealogy research

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Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.