“Mind readers wanted.”
This is from an actual Digital Asset Management (DAM) job description posted this year. Really. More on that later in this post.
Several people have asked what are typical DAM job descriptions. Here are some actual DAM job descriptions and knowledge shared by DAM professionals on the job market today.
All this takes people as part of the equation with process and technology.
Your best bets are
What are you looking for when filling the human resources gaps with the people needed to help manage your organization’s digital assets? Well, here are a few DAM job descriptions. There are no hard and fast rules, but rather guidelines. Any of these could be staff or contractual positions.
- Administrator (DBA)
- Business Analyst (BA)
- Consultant
- Either an internal, permanent staff for daily (ongoing) consultation OR an external (temporary), outside perspective looking in with a fresh viewpoint
- Advisor, coach and/or functional role
- Information Architect
- DAM Director/Digital Asset Manager
- Support DAM system and users
- An industry expert in the field
- DAM Specialist/Coordinator
- Organize and upload assets
- Metatag assets
- Archivist
- Librarian
- Organize and upload assets
- Engineer/Developer/Programmer
- Help Desk
- Intern
- Temporary position (more on this in a future blog post)
- Willingness to:
- Learn about DAM
- Work on metadata
- Project Manager
- Taxonomist
- Metatagger (aka “Metator”)
- Analyst
- Archivist
- Assistant
- Database Administrator (DBA)
- Data Entry Specialist*
- Engineer
- Librarian
- IT Specialist
- Marketeer
- Project Manager
- Sales
- Taxonomist
Some of these positions may be combined
IDEAL FOR THESE PROFESSIONALS
- Art and Photo Buyers
- Channel Program Managers
- Corporate Communications
- Creative Services
- Graphic and Packaging Design Services
- IT Program Management
- Licensing and Clearances
- Localization Managers
- Marketing Communications
- Multimedia, Media Archivist
- Photo Librarian
- Sales Support
- Technical Documents Manager
- Web Content Specialists
A large international shipping organization asked me what kind of position they needed to fill for a certain gap in their staff/process they had identified, but were not sure what qualifications they needed to list in a job description. They did not need an engineer, but rather a very computer literate person who can understand the technical information and can get the job done regularly (aka a geek)
While some job positions may use Digital Asset Management (DAM), there is an increase in the need for people who may work full-time on DAM within an organization. We’ll explore several of these positions may do to give you an idea what some organizations have as far as talented resources who do this work.
Clerk, data entry,
Digital Archivist
Today, Job Description should include the high level business needs which this role will be involved with Digital Asset Management.
Digital Asset Management is a business need, not just a technology or another database.
Here is the direct way to get answers you need for potential candidates to fill an “Asset Librarian” position:
“Please include the following questions and answers on the first page of every resume submitted:
1) Have you worked with an Asset Management System, where, how much?
2) How much experience do you have creating Metadata Schema?
3) Do you have any training experience? what type?”
| Administrator |
| Business Analyst |
| Consultant |
| DAM Architect |
| DAM Director/DAM Manager/Digital Asset Manager |
| DAM Specialist/Coordinator |
| Digital Archivist/Librarian |
| Engineer/Developer/Programmer |
| Intern |
| Project Manager |
| Taxonomist/Metatagger (aka Metator) |
