[Hiring] Digital Asset Manager @Humane World for Animals: Apply

Role Description

Humane World for Animals, a global leader in animal advocacy and protection, is seeking a Digital Asset Manager to lead the strategy, governance, and day-to-day management of our global digital asset management system. This role serves as the organization’s subject matter expert in digital asset and rights management, partnering across departments to support fundraising, advocacy, brand, and other strategic priorities.

• Responsible for the front-end and back-end design and administration of the organization’s digital asset management system.
• Accountable for the proper organization, discovery, and preservation of creative assets throughout their full lifecycle.
• Increases the organization’s digital asset management capabilities by:
  • Streamlining operations
  • Optimizing user workflows
  • Upholding governance and metadata standards
  • Maintaining best practices for digital asset management
• Develops, implements, and maintains a comprehensive strategy to ensure the continual enhancement of our digital asset management system.
• Owns the relationship with the system’s developer and leads all updates, customizations, migration, and integration initiatives.
• Manages and holds accountable external vendors and implementation partners.
• Drives the system roadmap, requirements, testing, and releases.
• Manages the implementation and testing of AI tools aimed at improving search functionality and compliance within the system.
• Serves as the staff point-of-contact for the digital asset management system, providing training and support across the organization.
• Provides technical support services for all internal and external facing properties.
• Accountable for rights, risk, and compliance workflows.
• Ensures that rights and usage information is accurate and current.
• Oversees proper tracking and management of contracts and licensing agreements, working closely with OGC and other staff.
• Oversees the proper metadata tagging of content from various file formats and auditing automated and user-entered metadata.
• Ensures that all available assets are in alignment with brand standards.
• Manages the Digital Asset Specialist in assisting with the running of the organization’s digital asset management system.
• Oversees the Digital Asset Specialist in the creation and distribution of external photo and video library and press portal accounts.
• Oversees the Digital Asset Specialist in photo and video research and stock purchasing for All Animals, Humane Pro, humaneworld.org, and all affiliate websites.
• Develops and executes strategies to improve the user experience for diverse staff around the globe.
• Sets and reports on system KPIs.
• Regularly performs system audits and runs reports to track usage metrics to identify areas for improvement.
• Partners with cross-functional stakeholders across Creative, Digital Marketing, Comms, IT, and OGC.
• Ensures the system meets the needs of the larger organization.
• Makes sure interfaces and processes meet accessibility expectations for internal and external users.
• Applies advanced knowledge and techniques to ensure the organization is following best practices related to digital asset management.
• Manages the distribution of the organization’s imagery to a wide variety of external sources.
• Works closely with the Media Relations and Digital Marketing teams to research, curate, and provide our best assets to the organization’s press portals and marketing channels.
• Performs other duties or responsibilities, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in library and information science or related field or equivalent work experience required.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of work experience as a Digital Asset Manager, or similar position required.
• Three to five (3-5) years of prior experience in people management.
• Three to five (3-5) years of experience independently managing the relationship and communication with an enterprise digital asset management system vendor.
• Demonstrated experience with Aprimo or other enterprise digital asset management system.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise digital asset management systems.
• Proficient in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), and familiarity with Markdown or basic HTML.
• Expert understanding of taxonomy, metadata, rights management, and copyright.
• Clear understanding of brand standards and management.
• Keen eye for the selection of imagery that is in line with our organizational goals and brand standards.
• Demonstrated ability to manage large, complex projects or processes with limited oversight.
• Understanding of current trends in AI, and familiarity with content authenticity metadata.
• Excellent creative thinking skills with the ability to continuously innovate.
• Understanding of integration tradeoffs, data model design, risk management, change management, and stakeholder negotiation.
• Understanding of creative operations and workflow management and design.
• Expert knowledge of the current trends in digital asset management.
• Experience working in a Macintosh environment with excellent technical knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office.
• Comfortable learning new tools and workflows.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with frequent deadlines.
• Ability to multitask and be flexible with regard to workload and assignments.
• Ability to exercise judgment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Attention to detail and commitment to excellence.
• Ability to work both independently and as an effective team member.
• Strong interest in animal protection issues preferred.

Requirements

• This is a full-time remote position based in the United States.
• Candidates must be able to accommodate Eastern Time hours, as needed.

Benefits

• The general salary range for this full-time position is $80,000 – 115,000.
• Salary offers will be commensurate with experience, qualifications, skills, training, and education.

Company Description

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, marital or parental status or protected veteran status. EOE