Key Accountabilities:**Role Purpose :** * The Digital Asset is the critical knowledge owner for the collection’s visual assets and supporting software. * Organizes and manages the collection, distribution, and archiving of the museum’s diverse digital assets. * Responsible for all digital asset management system (DAMS) operations, including organizing, cataloguing, preserving, and managing all digital media and associated metadata necessary to support the collection, exhibitions, and programming. * They provide all staff with access to images and media and develop long\-range plans for efficient and sustainable digital asset archiving procedures. * Major responsibilities include developing and drafting workflow procedures, creating a metadata taxonomy framework, uploading and tagging assets, managing and troubleshooting imports, sorting and uploading of backlog assets into CMS, updating metadata, and general system maintenance. * Also responsible for training existing staff in the new workflows, using the equipment and DAM standards. **Duties and Responsibilities:** * Support in recruiting photographers, assessment, training, and supervising his/her work. * Serves as the General Collection’s lead for cooperation with other museum digital asset managers and stakeholders requiring GC support. * DAM Developer Creates, defines, and documents policies, procedures, and workflows for storing and delivering digital assets and associated metadata supporting the DAM system infrastructure. * Maintains the integration between the collections management system (CMS) and the DAM system. * Trains, supervises, and manages the uploading of assets to the DAM system, including developing and updating embedded metadata. * Develops and implements metadata schemas – input descriptive metadata to add value to digital assets and improve search results including controlled vocabularies. * In collaboration with the head of collection manages User Access – Creates user accounts with variable security and access rights – Defines user roles and responsibilities within the CMS/DAM system. * Defines requirements/criteria for all end assets to be approved and communicates to all internal staff. * Communicate with relevant stakeholders to ensure the CMS/DAMS functions properly, updates are applied and tested, and new functionalities are tested and implemented. * Leads efforts to locate and transfer high\-value digital assets from museum staff, internal servers, and local hard drives to the DAM system. * Train and educate museum staff on proper CMS/DAM system usage and best practices. Promote use of the DAM system and provides technical support. * Leads efforts to evaluate, integrate and test with other technologies to deliver better access to digital assets. * Maintains current awareness of digital technology and trends, especially within the museum profession. * Consults the Acquisitions section and Legal department on content usage and licensing rights needed. * Develop processes and procures copyrights for the general collection. * Dedicates time to innovation and quality improvement by identifying new ways to achieve goals, keeping current with trends, and applying new concepts and solutions accordingly. * Establishes DAM system metrics and reports. * Investigates, proposes and implements a strategy to preserve digital assets. * Participation in online digital resources such as the Online Collections Project and Google Art Project and Microsoft platforms. * Plans and participation in the assessment. * Participate in conferences and symposia. * Provide quality control for all metadata to assure accuracy and consistency across the collection. This includes the development and management of metadata tools, controlled vocabularies and other metadata standardization solutions. * Works on bringing existing assets up to appropriate standards, including reorganizing file directories and metadata cleanup projects. * Perform quality control on assets. * Ensure compliance with records management and retention policies, laws, and regulations. Qualifications/Requirements:* Advance knowledge in object handling · Background in photography; preferable background in videography, visual arts, photo/prop styling. * Knowledge of studio equipment including DSLR Cameras, lighting equipment \&other photography accessories. * Comprehensive knowledge, fluency and demonstrated professional experience with the latest version of Adobe Photoshop \& Lightroom. * Excellence in digital image editing and enhancement skills, including but not limited to: outlining and masking, retouching, and colour correction. * Creativity to stage unique photo compositions with available props and backdrops for various seasonal themes. * Ability to take direction \& be receptive to constructive feedback. * Productivity\-focused and able to meet tight deadlines. * Flexible in accommodating last minute additions to schedules and changes in direction. * Very good attention to detail. * Strong work ethic and the ability to work in a fast\-paced environment; · Strong computer and software skills essential, preferably within PC environment (Office 36\). * Bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent years of experience. * 12 years experienced