Digital Asset Specialist

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association • Los Angeles, CA

16h • $28 - $31

About The Position

The Digital Asset Specialist performs duties that require working knowledge of archives and digital asset management principles to ingest, organize, describe, retrieve, and disseminate born-digital and digitized historical materials in the LA Phil’s collections. The Digital Asset Specialist reports to the Director of Archives and Hollywood Bowl Museum.

Requirements

• At least one academic year of completed study in a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree program or M.A. with concentration in Archival Studies, Digital Curation, Data Science, or equivalent experience.
• Background in musicology preferred, including knowledge of music history and literature.
• At least one year of relevant cataloging or data entry experience, such as creating and updating information in a digital asset management system, digitizing, or applying metadata to digital objects.
• Ability to synthesize and analyze large sets of data.
• Highly proficient with MS Office suite, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to plan, organize, and execute multiple projects and activities with a high degree of initiative and independence, and communicate progress via collaborative tools like Slack, Google Sheets, or SharePoint.
• Advanced research proficiency with demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Video editing experience or audio/visual preservation interests.

Responsibilities

• Perform file analysis, create inventories, form collections, and create metadata for materials in the LA Phil’s Digital Asset Management System (DAMS).
• Identify and evaluate destinations in the DAMS for a wide variety of historical assets under the care of the LA Phil.
• Assist in managing high-volume asset ingest projects, and perform detail-oriented inventory, staging, mapping, tagging, and quality control of asset metadata.
• Ensure database of record accuracy by conducting performance history research and other research as needed.
• Maintain and suggest revisions for best-practice documentation, naming conventions, metadata models, and taxonomies.
• Support ease of system access for internal and external DAMS users by offering feedback and solutions for streamlining procedures to improve user experience.
• Assist with training new users and create training documents and quick guides.
• Perform quality assurance tests for new system enhancements and upgrades.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level