AEM Producer

Must Haves:

• Metadata
• What it is, how it works, why its attached to digital assets
• Need to know international standards used on photograph and video
• IPTC or Dublin Core
• Librarian or Archivist background
• Aptitude and initiative to learn new programs
• Curiosity and eagerness to learn new programs to help us optimize
• Ability to write and read documentation
• Develop user guides customized for our users
• Take the time to read Adobe material, learn the program, absorb existing documentation available to us

Position Description:

Serving as a data asset librarian reporting to the AEM Manager, the AEM Producer will assist in the setup, organization, and asset maintenance of the Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Digital Asset Management DAM platform, consisting of 100,000+ assets. Working with stakeholders in the accurate and consistent execution of metadata entry & tagging of creative production assets for search and workflow automation, the AEM Producer is responsible for ensuring content accuracy and scalability to increase system enablement amongst a variety of user roles and functions. These tasks require a high attention to detail and ability to manage shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment. This role requires experience working with digital assets within a large organization. You will work closely with IT, User Experience, Project Management, Marketing and Content Authors to maintain assets in a state-of-the-art Adobe DAM platform.

Responsibilities:

• Apply consistent, accurate metadata to assets to ensure maximize findability and document rights management
• Assist in the timely upkeep and consistent, accurate application of metadata schemas and enterprise-wide tagging taxonomies to support SEO, 1st party data needs for personalization and automation, and archival policies.
• Monitor quality of information in the DAM to ensure metadata, taxonomy, and rights management information is current, correct, and complete.
• Perform digital asset lifecycle maintenance such as auditing and archiving to ensure health of the DAM.
• Review internal usage analytics, process & procedure to identify operational deficiencies and translate into executable metadata and taxonomy strategy to source and apply SEO keywords for continual optimization of DAM operations.
• Assists in managing enterprise-wide content architecture and automation initiatives, developing an in-depth understanding of the full content lifecycle and stakeholder requirements for success.
• Builds awareness and understanding across functional teams through methods including conducting training sessions and assisting in onboarding and the maintenance of user guides and technical documentation.
• Monitor automated ingestion and assets uploaded by other individuals to ensure established workflows and processes are being followed and are performing successfully.
• Intake stakeholder change requests, help assess value and impact, make changes as necessary, and communicate to appropriate parties.
• Work with internal teams in monitoring and provisioning access for trusted partners via the Adobe Brand Portal.
• Assist in creating governance, process, and training documentation for future continuity in managing assets.
• Provide training and troubleshooting support for content stakeholders and business users, escalate to relevant tech partners as needed.
• Help manage user access and permissions.
• Evidence of good work habits including but not limited to being on time, following workplace policies, arriving prepared for meetings and events, being responsive and following through on all supervisor and staff requests.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or graduate degree (or equivalent work experience) in Library and Information Science, Archives and Records Management, marketing communications, publishing/print production or related field.
• 3-5 years’ experience in digital asset management, content management, taxonomy creation, metadata, data hygiene and maintenance of a large volume of assets and related content or technical experience with library systems, DAM platforms, or other large searchable databases.
• Experience working with taxonomies and knowledge of contemporary metadata standards and schema
• Knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager (or other Adobe products) is a plus, or other digital asset management systems (Cloudinary, Canto, Extensis Portfolio, etc.), content management systems (CMS), and database systems.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, InDesign) and image optimization techniques; familiarity with video production & asset management workflows a plus.
• Strong understanding of SEO best practices and accessibility standards; knowledge of best practices for AI and automated workflows to perform rote tasks a plus.
• Process oriented, ability to think through workflows and team needs.
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision while delivering accurate and on-time delivery of tasks and projects.

Robert Half