Fellowship Creative Economy Data Program

WIPO Headquarters, 34, chemin des Colombettes, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland (GE020)

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING APPLICATION DEADLINE: please note that the deadline for applications is indicated in local time as per the time zone of the applicant’s location.

1. Organizational context

(a) Organizational Setting

Fellowships aim to provide fellows with experience to strengthen their knowledge and professional competence, which they can apply in their professional field once they have completed their fellowship with WIPO. Fellowships are awarded for specific activities, which provide the fellows training, within the approved workplan of the employing office.

The fellowship is located in the Creative Economy Data Program, in the Office of the Deputy Director General of the Copyright, Creative Economy and IP Governance Sector. The program aims to improve how data on the creative economy – and the intangible assets created therein- are collected, analyzed and used for policymaking. It assesses how value chains and business models of the creative economy are affected by new technologies such as, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), broadband and mobile access, streaming and digital platforms, and content provenance tools, including their effects on how creative works are produced, distributed, monetized and measured. With this, the Program supports Member States in building national capacity to measure the economic, social and cultural impact of the creative industries, and to use these measures for development purposes.

The Fellow will contribute to WIPO's work in supporting governments, enterprises, professional and business associations, communities and individuals to use intellectual property as a tool for growth and sustainable development.

The Fellow will contribute to WIPO’s work in supporting governments, enterprises, communities and individuals to use intellectual property as a tool for growth and sustainable development. The Fellow work with colleagues across WIPO, in particular the Department for Economics and Data Analytics, the Regional and National Development Sector, and the IP and Frontier Technologies Division. They may also be in contact with creators, IP and copyright offices, national statistical offices, ministries, international organizations and data providers.

(b) Reporting Lines

The Fellows shall work under the supervision of the Director of the Creative Economy Data Program in the Office of the Deputy Director General, Copyright, Creative Economy and IP Governance Sector.

2. Duties and responsibilities

The Fellow will be required to perform the following principal duties:

(i) Collect, process, audit and analyze creative economy data at global, regional and national level, while ensuring data quality, including:

a. reviewing national and regional creative industries data concepts, classifications and data sets;

b. collecting data from national and international sources, including official statistics and public databases, as well as alternative and non-traditional data from online platforms, digital marketplaces, social media and others;

c. assessing new data sources and identifying strengths, weaknesses and gaps in existing data to support evidence-based policymaking;

d. designing and testing techniques to retrieve non-statistical and unstructured data (e.g., web scraping, APIs, text mining);

e. identifying bottlenecks in data collection and analysis, and liaising with data suppliers to improve data on the creative industries;

f. data entry and documentation in required formats.

(ii) Conduct economic research to support the development of the CEDM methodology, including updating existing indicators, developing new metrics, and capturing the effect of digital trends, AI, and technologies on creative economy data.

(iii) Build and maintain data visualizations, dashboards and data tools and public-facing publications.

(iv) Provide substantive input to reports, guides and other publications, including the analysis of country’s results and their use for policy.

(v) Support training and capacity building for Member States on creative economy data.

(vi) Support dissemination activities, including data visualizations, talking points, briefing documents, and content for social media and the WIPO website.

(vii) Support the day-to-day project management of the program, including correspondence, the preparation and organization of meetings on different platforms, logistical arrangements, reports on these events, and follow-up.

(viii) Perform other related duties.

3. Requirements

Education:

Essential: First-level university degree in economics, data science, statistics or a related field.

Desirable:

· Advanced university degree in economics in economics, data science, statistics or a related field.

· PhD in economics, data science or any related field.

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Experience:

Essential: Relevant experience in economic research and be comfortable handling data and managing large and complex datasets.

Desirable:

· Have an interest in artificial intelligence and related innovation data uses.

Languages:

Essential: Excellent (written and spoken) knowledge of English.

Desirable: Knowledge of any other UN official languages would be an advantage.

Specific skills and competencies (Essential)

· Proficiency in using specialized software and programming languages for data science, database management and statistical/econometric analysis (in particular R and/or Python).

· Demonstrated ability to use code hosting platforms such as GitHub and data storage tools, including AWS.

· Experience working with large cross-country datasets and/or development of composite indicators.