Digital Asset Specialist

National Gallery of Art•Washington, DC

About The Position

The Digital Asset Specialist works in the National Gallery of Art’s Digital Content Strategy and Experience Office, which brings the museum’s art, stories, and mission to life online to expand access, deepen engagement, and build emotional connection. The position manages digital assets for museum staff and collaborators, applying institutional standards for cataloging, metadata, image quality, and delivery. The specialist ingests, catalogs, and distributes digital images and audiovisual files; performs descriptive cataloging and keyword tagging; and discovers and delivers assets to internal and external requesters. The role also supports users, troubleshoots issues, tests system integrations and updates, and contributes to improving and automating workflows as the museum’s digital asset management needs evolve.

Requirements

At least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in responsibility to the GS-09 level, managing digital assets using an official Digital Asset Management (DAM) system; experience must include creating, uploading, organizing, describing, finding, and delivering digital images and audiovisual files; applying identifiers, descriptions, technical details, rights information, and keywords using industry standards and controlled vocabularies; reviewing image quality, formatting and naming files, and cropping, rotating, or retouching images to established standards; and training and assisting DAM users and helping test, troubleshoot, improve, and automate system processes.
Alternatively, a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or a related LL.M.
Must be a United States citizen.
Must pass a pre-employment background investigation and be suitable for federal employment.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Qualification and eligibility requirements must be met by the announcement closing date.
Application resume must document qualifying experience, dates (month/year to month/year), and hours worked or volunteered per week.

Responsibilities

Ingest, catalog, and distribute digital assets for access by museum staff and collaborators.
Apply administrative, descriptive, structural, and technical metadata according to institutional standards.
Perform original descriptive cataloging and keyword tagging of digital assets.
Find and deliver digital assets to internal and external requesters.
Contribute to developing and applying workflows that address evolving digital asset management needs.
Train and support staff using digital asset management systems.
Troubleshoot and resolve routine issues.
Participate in testing system integrations, upgrades, and patches.
Review and process incoming digital assets according to high-quality digital imaging standards.
Perform pre-cataloging quality assurance, formatting, and file naming.
Update image media through retouching, cropping, and rotation.
Contribute to developing and executing automated workflows.