Digital Asset Management Specialist

Canon Careers•Melville, NY

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Canon U.S.A. is hiring a Digital Asset Management Specialist in Melville, New York. The role manages and optimizes Canon’s Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Assets platform to ensure digital assets are organized, searchable, compliant, and accessible across global digital channels. The position is full time and hybrid, with office attendance Monday through Wednesday and the option to work from home for the remainder of the week. Schedules and office reporting requirements may change based on business needs. The specialist oversees DAM taxonomy, metadata, asset ingestion, workflows, licensing and compliance, user access, training, and stakeholder support. The role works with creative teams, agency partners, regional business units, AEM Sites Managers, and the IT AEM Administrator to maintain effective governance and asset delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience, plus 3 to 5 years of related experience.
Three to five years of experience managing an enterprise Digital Asset Management system; AEM Assets experience is required.
In-depth knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager (AEM Assets 6.5 or AEM as a Cloud Service).
Deep understanding of metadata standards such as EXIF, IPTC, and XMP, taxonomy building, and faceted search logic.
Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, and asset export specifications.
Basic understanding of web publishing principles, SEO, and CDN delivery through Dynamic Media.
Meticulous attention to detail and strong organization and information-categorization skills.
Strong cross-functional management skills and ability to hold creative and marketing teams accountable to governance policies.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to translate library principles into clear user training.
Legal authorization to work in the United States; the company will not pursue or support visa sponsorship.
Applicants must reside in the United States at the time of hire.

Nice To Haves

A Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree is strongly preferred.
Experience with Adobe Brand Portal or Asset Share Commons.
Familiarity with consumer electronics, photographic equipment, or enterprise hardware product lines.
Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) – AEM Assets Developer or Business Practitioner.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain Canon’s global DAM taxonomy, folder hierarchy, and controlled vocabularies.
Build and manage custom AEM Metadata Schemas and mandatory fields for asset ingestion.
Clean up legacy files, conduct routine audits, resolve overlapping tagging structures, and remove duplicate assets.
Use AEM Smart Tags and balance automated tagging with curated, business-specific metadata.
Oversee asset ingestion from internal creative teams, agency partners, and regional business units.
Enforce file-naming conventions, color profiles, resolution guidelines, and compression standards before publishing.
Configure and maintain asset review, approval, and activation workflows within AEM Assets.
Collaborate with AEM Sites Managers to ensure assets map to web templates and Dynamic Media delivery components.
Manage digital rights management fields, including photographer licensing, talent releases, regional usage limits, and expiration dates.
Configure automated embargo and expiration workflows to unpublish or archive assets when licenses expire.
Manage user roles and Access Control Lists in coordination with the IT AEM Administrator.
Onboard and train internal staff, freelancers, and agency partners on AEM Assets, brand portal usage, and search navigation.
Monitor system usage, produce asset-utilization analytics, and gather feedback to improve the search experience.