Digital Asset Management Specialist Job Melville New York USA,IT/Tech

About the Role

Canon USA in Melville, NY is currently seeking a Digital Asset Management Specialist (Specialist, Digital Asset Mgt). The Digital Asset Management Specialist will manage and optimize Canon’s Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Assets platform to ensure digital assets are organized, searchable, compliant, and accessible across global digital channels. This position is full time and offers a hybrid work schedule requiring you to be in the office Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and an option to work from home the remainder of the week (unless a specific business need arises requiring in office attendance on other days).

Note that work schedules and office reporting requirements may change from time to time based on business needs.

Your Impact

Taxonomy, Metadata & Governance
- Design, implement, and maintain Canon’s global DAM taxonomy, folder hierarchy, and controlled vocabularies (e.g., product lines like EOS R System, imagePROGRAF, Medical Systems, B2B solutions) - Build and manage custom AEM Metadata Schemas and mandatory field requirements for asset ingestion
- Clean up legacy files, perform routine audits, resolve overlapping tagging structures, and eliminate duplicate assets
- Leverage AEM Smart Tags (AI/ML) and balance automated tagging with curated, business-specific metadata

Workflow & Ingestion Management
- Oversee asset ingestion from internal creative teams, agency partners, and regional business units
- Enforce file-naming conventions, color profiles, resolution guidelines, and compression standards prior to publishing
- Configure and maintain asset review, approval, and activation workflows within AEM Assets
- Collaborate with AEM Sites Managers to ensure assets map cleanly to web templates and dynamic media delivery components

Rights, Licensing & Compliance
- Manage digital rights management (DRM) fields, including photographer licensing, talent release forms, regional usage limits, and expiration dates
- Configure automated embargo and expiration workflows in AEM to unpublish or archive assets when licenses expire

Training, User Access & Stakeholder Support
- Manage user roles and Access Control Lists (ACLs) in coordination with the IT AEM Administrator to ensure proper permissions
- Onboard and train internal staff, freelancers, and agency partners on AEM Assets, brand portal usage, and search navigation
- Monitor system usage, produce analytics on asset utilization, and continuously gather feedback to improve search experience

About You:

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience required, plus 3 to 5 years of related experience
Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS), Information Architecture, Communications, Marketing, or a related field (MLIS strongly preferred)
Experience:

3–5 years of experience managing an enterprise Digital Asset Management (DAM) system (AEM Assets experience required)
Technical Mastery:
In-depth knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager (AEM Assets 6.5 or AEM as a Cloud Service)
Deep understanding of metadata standards (EXIF, IPTC, XMP), taxonomy building, and faceted search logic
Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and asset export specifications
Basic understanding of web publishing principles, SEO, and CDN delivery (Dynamic Media)
Skills:

- Meticulous attention to detail and obsession with order and categorizing information
- Strong cross-functional management skills—ability to hold creative and marketing teams accountable to governance policies
- Excellent communication skills to translate complex library principles into simple user training
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Adobe Brand Portal or Asset…