Digital Asset Manager - Freelance

HKS, Inc.•Dallas, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This is an opportunity for a highly organized and detail-oriented Digital Asset Manager to contribute in a critical role of shaping how HKS manages and delivers its visual content across practices including healthcare, hospitality, venues, and the built environment. In this freelance position, you’ll bring structure and clarity to a growing library of images, video, and digital files—ensuring every asset is thoughtfully curated, properly formatted, and easy to discover. You’ll apply a strong visual sensibility to select the most compelling imagery and footage, while also managing the technical side of asset preparation, including file conversion to precise specifications. Through meticulous tagging, metadata management, and system organization, you’ll enable teams across the firm to quickly find and use the right content. Your work will directly support storytelling efforts across brand and comms by ensuring that the highest-quality, most relevant assets are always accessible and ready for use.

Requirements

Prior, proven experience as a digital asset manager
Ability to identify a clear “best of” assets for leaders to review
Responsibility and ability to share regular updates on progress
Efficiency and effectiveness in organizing as well as batching assets for upload
Ability to think through tagging based on prior searches and proactively elevate new tags
Deep care about the quality of the work and the success of the team
40 hours a week, working in the HKS Dallas office
Ability to sit in the production area, using an HKS-provided computer and software
Ability to work closely with the production team daily
Availability for regular check-ins to review selects, sizing of assets for upload, and tagging
Impeccable organization
Ability to manage multiple projects and media from a variety of sources
In-depth understanding of video and image formats and when appropriate to use each
An understanding of legal issues around visual assets and how they apply to a variety of use cases
Ability to develop, schedule, and conduct DAM user training and guidance
Understanding of Adobe video and photography editing software

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Open Asset

Responsibilities

Process, upload and tag media into digital asset library
Work with sector leads, designers and media team to refine and streamline asset workflow and cataloging
Work with media team to ensure asset standards and categorizations are clear
Influence taxonomy based on usage needs
Monitor system performance and make asset management recommendations

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