In Part 1 of this series, I examined how companies can be controlled using the voting rights attached to shares. For example, this corporate network graph of Pearson New Zealand…
Today, just before the annual meeting of the Open Government Partnership in London, we've updated the Open Company Index – OpenCorporates' review of access to company data in OGP countries, in partnership with…
What is a corporate network? Is it the same as a corporate hierarchy, company tree, or a conglomerate? What do we really mean when we talk about 'Barclays', 'IBM' or…
Community and Communications Manager (Open Data)
UPDATE: This job is now closed. Meet Hera!
Would you like to work in a small and fast-growing startup environment that thrives on busting siloed data for public benefit? Do you enjoy communicating through all the channels the internet has to offer? Do you enjoy helping users as well as pitching to journalists and companies? If so, OpenCorporates’ new Communications Manager role could be for you.
Our ambition is to import a million new data points into our system over the next year. We can’t do this without the help of the wider community: activists from the Open Data movement; NGOs with an interest in transparency, and companies ad academics who work with corporate data.
You will be our main contact point with these groups. You’ll promote our work, find new partners, develop existing relationships, and help contributors to remain motivated. Activities will include:
Desirable skills and experience:
The role would ideally be based at our offices at the Open Data Institute in London. However, what’s most important is talent and a commitment to what OpenCorporates is doing, and remote working may be considered for exceptional candidates. You should be in a position to travel to London regularly, for team meetings, community events and conferences in London and further afield.
Applicants must have a valid UK work permit. Strictly no recruitment agencies. Please apply with CV and cover letter to seb.bacon@opencorporates.com
Salary: £32,000
As we've written about elsewhere, when people think of a company like Starbucks, they think of it as a single entity. Yet Starbucks is at least 30 legal entities in over…
Here's our keynote presentation we gave a couple of days ago at this year's Open Knowledge Conference, in Geneva (CC-licensed, of course): The event was really excellent, and we met…
Yesterday, OpenCorporates hit the 60 million company mark, with the addition of some new jurisdictions, big and small. The most notable is New York State, with the addition of over…
We've often heard company hierarchies and networks referred to as the Holy Grail of business information. That's not just a recognition of the value and importance of this data. It's…
Update: the roles mentioned here are no longer available, but we are looking for a communications manager.
At OpenCorporates, we believe our work is of global importance. We are a small company that has achieved a huge amount – we have data on over 55 million companies worldwide, and counting, and are working with organisations such as the World Bank to open up company data around the world. We are fortunate to work on problems that are interesting, difficult, and really worth solving. We work for possibly the most innovative and exciting open data business in the world. We love it!
We care passionately about our work, and think it’s vitally important, but we can only achieve our goals by growing further and faster. We are looking for talented people who want the join the team: people who understand why the world needs completely open, exhaustive, global corporate data, and needs it as soon as possible. This is a tremendous opportunity to not just join a fast-growing company, but help shape the world, and there’s never been a better time, given the rise of the transparency and open data movements across the world.
Initially, we’re looking for a software engineer; an open data ninja (by which we mean someone who can wrangle, write about, and visualise data); and a sysadmin. If you want to join our hugely ambitious journey, please apply for one of these roles by July 28th.
Please apply soon, and if you’re not interested, do tell your friends – this is a pivotal moment in corporate transparency and in open data too.
This month has been a good month for open corporate data, with a number of significant developments, all of them positive, and OpenCorporates is proud to have played a significant part in…