Digital Asset Specialist; Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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Digital Asset Specialist (The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

The Digital Asset Specialist is a key member of the Media Collections team supporting the John

D. Rockefeller Jr. Library. This position is responsible for the organization, stewardship, and accessibility of the Foundation’s digital media assets through the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system. Working closely with the Media Collections Manager and Photographer/Digital Imaging Specialist, the role supports digitization initiatives, metadata standards, and best practices for digital preservation. The Digital Asset Specialist partners with internal and external stakeholders to ensure accurate ingestion, cataloging, and retrieval of digital assets, helping expand access to and long-term preservation of Colonial Williamsburg’s visual and documentary collections.

Main Duties:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Maintain and preserve a wide range of digital media assets within the DAM system, ensuring accurate ingestion, metadata, permissions, and consistent cataloging, keywording, and organization. Monitor asset life cycles to support ongoing relevance, access, and reuse.
• Collaborate with the Media Collections team to develop and maintain metadata standards, taxonomy, controlled vocabulary, and overall DAM strategy, including vision, guiding principles, prioritized use cases, and system roadmap.
• Support internal and external stakeholders in ingesting, tagging, cataloging, and retrieving digital assets within the DAM system. Provide guidance and training to promote efficient, accurate, and consistent system use.
• Plan and support digitization initiatives under the direction of the Media Collections Manager, following established priorities, standards, workflows, and policies for digital production and delivery.
• Partner with the Media Collections Photographer/Digital Imaging Specialist to produce high quality digital imagery of Colonial Williamsburg objects, including basic image correction and manipulation as needed.
• Stay current with professional standards and trends in digital asset management, metadata, copyright and fair use, digital imaging, and digital preservation, applying best practices to ensure quality assurance and long-term stewardship of digital collections.

Must reside in or be ready to relocate to Virginia

This is a non-exempt position, eligible to receive overtime in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This position may be subject to overtime during high peak times, etc. as directed and approved by the supervisor.

• Bachelor’s degree in history, photography, digital media, library science, or any related field.
• 1–3 years of experience working with Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems, including metadata entry, cataloging, and/or digital file organization.

• Master’s degree in history, photography, digital media, library science, or a related field.
• Digital Asset Management certification.
• Ability to produce high quality photographs of programs and events desired but not required.
• Familiarity with digitization standards, file formats, and digital preservation practices.
• Photography skills are a plus.
• Demonstrated proficiency in image editing and color correction; (online portfolio required to illustrate technical and aesthetic capabilities.)
• Expertise in the use of scanning hardware and software, editing, and color correction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including good listening skills, understanding another party's needs, and problem-solving.
• Must have outstanding time management skills, good judgment, and ability to manage multiple tasks/priorities.

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer (up to 8 hours/shift)

Regular/FT; 40 hrs./week (Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM)