Digital Asset Management (DAM) Consultant

Huda Beauty; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beauty brand is seeking an experienced Digital Asset Management (DAM) Manager Consultant to develop and implement a new DAM system. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in Digital Asset Management, particularly within consumer brands, and expertise in platforms like Acquia. This role includes auditing assets, creating governance documentation, and collaborating with various teams to ensure seamless adoption of the new system. The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract located in Dubai, UAE.

Benefits

Monthly 'Self Love Days'

Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

Employee discounts on all products

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Digital Asset Management or related field.
• Proven track record of implementing DAM systems for consumer brands.
• Strong understanding of metadata and content workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end setup and implementation of the new DAM system.
• Develop scalable metadata schema and taxonomy.
• Audit existing assets and define migration strategy.

Skills

Digital Asset Management expertise

Creative Operations

Strong organizational skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Tools

Acquia

Adobe CC

Job description

Who We Are: At Huda Beauty, our Vision is to lead in creating a democratized beauty industry where power is given back to people to define, create, and enjoy beauty for themselves! Launched by award-winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brands. As a company, we are fueled by purpose and not profit, this allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. A lot has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on business excellence and our unwavering passion for kindness!

Summary: Huda Beauty is seeking an experienced Digital Asset Management (DAM) Manager Consultant to lead the setup, configuration, and successful internal adoption of a new DAM system. This role will be responsible for translating our creative, product, marketing, and e-commerce workflows into a scalable DAM structure that supports global teams and ensures seamless asset storage, governance, retrieval, and distribution. The ideal consultant has proven experience implementing DAM platforms (Acquia or similar), understands creative operations for beauty or lifestyle brands, and can guide cross-functional teams through best practices, taxonomy design, and long-term governance.

Please note that this role is a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end setup and implementation of the new DAM system (Acquia) for Huda Beauty.
• Develop a scalable metadata schema, taxonomy, and folder structure tailored to our creative and marketing workflow.
• Audit all existing Huda Beauty assets (photo, video, 3D/CGI, packaging, ecommerce, social, campaign) and define migration strategy.
• Establish governance rules, naming conventions, tagging standards, version control processes and user permissions.
• Collaborate with Creative, Social, Product Development, E-Com, PR, Marketing, and Legal teams to understand asset needs and ensure the system supports all use cases.
• Manage the integration of the DAM with existing tools (e.g., project management, cloud servers, e-commerce platforms, Adobe CC).
• Create documentation including workflows, user guides, and governance manuals.
• Deliver internal onboarding, training sessions, and team workshops to ensure smooth adoption.
• Ensure the DAM is scalable and future-proof for new content types, product categories, and campaign volumes.
• Support Quality Assurance during testing phases and provide recommendations for optimization.
• Provide continued advisory during the transition period and handover.
• Develop standardized naming conventions and file governance documentation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Digital Asset Management, Creative Operations, or related field.
• Proven track record of implementing or-architecting DAM systems for consumer brands (beauty/fashion/luxury preferred).
• Strong understanding of metadata, taxonomy frameworks, rights management, and content lifecycle workflows.
• Expertise with major DAM platforms (e.g. Acquia or equivalent).
• Familiarity with creative production pipelines (photo/video shoots, post-production, retouching, CGI, campaign rollout).
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams and managing change within creative organizations.
• Strong organizational, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to analyse and optimize complex asset ecosystems.
• Understanding of beauty industry campaign workflows.
• Experience working with high-volume e-commerce and social content pipelines.
• Knowledge of API integrations basic technical requirements for connecting tools.
• Ability to train non-technical teams and drive adoption.

Benefits

• Monthly “Self Love Days” – at company discretion
• Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products

Huda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and upholding an equal employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire stellar individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical conditions, disability, or veteran status. If you need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.