Digital Asset Specialist

Altis; North Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Altis in North Vancouver is seeking a Digital Asset Specialist to organize, manage, and preserve photo and video assets across creative and production teams. You will streamline workflows, handle asset requests, and ensure content is accessible to the right people at the right time.

Hybrid work with flexible on-site requirements; this role emphasizes metadata tagging, licensing oversight, and collaboration with editors, designers, and operations to improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing digital assets and media libraries.
• Strong understanding of photo/video production and proxy workflows.
• Familiarity with metadata standards and long-term asset preservation.
• Experienced with Adobe Creative Cloud (Bridge, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder).
• DAM experience is an asset.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration.
• Relevant degree or equivalent practical experience in media fields.

Responsibilities

• Support production and post-production workflows, backups, logging, and preparation.
• Manage asset requests and prepare proxy, high-resolution, and delivery-ready files.
• Maintain digital asset libraries with metadata tagging, naming conventions, taxonomy, and organization.
• Monitor asset usage rights, licensing, and archival requirements.
• Collaborate with creative, technical, and operational teams to ensure accessible media.
• Identify opportunities to improve asset tracking, automation, discovery, and workflow efficiency.

Skills

Digital assets

Asset management

Post-production

Metadata standards

Communication skills

Detail oriented

Team collaboration

Education

Media production degree

Tools

Adobe Bridge

Lightroom

Premiere Pro

Media Encoder

Job description

Location: North Vancouver, BC (Hybrid, flexible on-site requirements ranging from 0 to 4 days per week)

Language: Strong written and spoken English communication skills

Duration: Contract until end of 2027

Background Check: Yes, completion of a successful background check is required.

About the Opportunity

Are you passionate about keeping creative content organized, accessible, and ready to make an impact? We're looking for a Digital Asset Specialist to join a collaborative team within a leading organization in the outdoor apparel and lifestyle industry. You'll play an important role in supporting the management, distribution, and preservation of photo and video assets used by teams across the organization.

Working closely with creative, production, and post-production professionals, you'll help streamline workflows, manage asset requests, and ensure content reaches the right people at the right time. This is an opportunity to combine your technical knowledge with your organizational strengths while helping a growing team work more efficiently.

What’s In It for You

• Join a creative, collaborative environment where your contributions make a meaningful difference.
• Enjoy flexible hybrid work arrangements and a team that values adaptability and work-life balance.
• Gain exposure to diverse creative projects while strengthening your digital asset management and post-production expertise.
• Help shape and improve processes that support teams across the organization.

Your Responsibilities

• You'll support production and post-production workflows, including file backups, media organization, logging, and preparation.
• You'll manage incoming asset requests and prepare proxy, high-resolution, and delivery-ready files for distribution.
• You'll maintain digital asset libraries, ensuring consistent metadata tagging, naming conventions, taxonomy, and file organization.
• You'll monitor asset integrity, usage rights, licensing restrictions, and archival requirements.
• You'll collaborate with creative, technical, and operational teams to ensure media is accessible and delivered efficiently.
• You'll identify opportunities to improve asset tracking, automation, discoverability, and overall workflow efficiency.

Skills and Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing digital assets, media libraries, creative content repositories, or production and post-production workflows.
• Strong understanding of photo and video production, media management, file formats, codecs, aspect ratios, and proxy workflows.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud, including Bridge, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, and Media Encoder, with Adobe Bridge and DAM experience considered assets.
• Knowledge of metadata standards, file organization, digital archives, and long-term asset preservation.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across creative and business teams.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities independently.
• A relevant degree, diploma, or equivalent practical experience in media production, post-production, information management, or a related field.