DAMS and Website Officer

TipTopJob; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent arts organization in Leeds seeks a DAMS and Website Officer to enhance its online collections and manage digital assets. The role involves creating engaging website content and ensuring the digital asset management system is effectively maintained. Ideal candidates will have experience with collections databases, excellent writing skills, and a passion for modern sculpture. This is a fixed-term role offering full-time or part-time options, along with some flexibility for homeworking.

Benefits

Support for development and career goals

Homeworking proportion considered

Time off for family emergencies and compassionate leave

Free access to confidential assistance and counseling

Company sick pay after 6 months

Qualifications

• Experience with collections databases or digital asset management systems.
• Experience working with website content management systems, preferably WordPress.
• Excellent writing and proofreading skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a major digital collections project.
• Create and edit engaging online content.
• Establish and maintain the digital asset management system.

Skills

Collections databases experience

Digital asset management systems knowledge

Content management systems proficiency

Excellent writing and proofreading skills

Attention to detail

Microsoft Office knowledge

Adobe Photoshop competence

Education

Degree in art, museum, or digital technology

Tools

TMS Collections/Media Studio

WordPress

Job description

Job Title: DAMS and Website Officer

Location: Henry Moore Institute, Leeds City Centre, LS1 3AH

Salary: GBP26,500 : GBP30,000 p.a. FTE (GBP21,200 : 24,000 p.a. for 4 days/week)

Job type: Full time (35 hours/week) or Part time (28 hours/week)

Fixed Term: January 2026 : April 2027 (16 months)

Start Date: January 2026

The Henry Moore Foundation was founded by the artist in 1977 to encourage public appreciation of the visual arts and is the largest artist:endowed grant:giving foundation in Europe. We hold the principal collection of artworks by Moore, some 20,000 objects, including monumental bronzes, carvings, works on paper and tapestries. Works from the collection are displayed at the artist:home in the tranquil hamlet of Perry Green as well as touring in national and international exhibitions.

The Role

This is a fixed-term position funded through Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Programme, to work specifically on an exciting new project to update and improve the Henry Moore Foundation’s online collection offer.

You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to a major digital collections project at a leading arts organisation, working within a supportive and collaborative team. You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering engaging online content, while also helping to establish and maintain our new digital asset management system (DAMS). Our ideal candidate will bring proven experience in managing digital assets, associated files and metadata, ideally within a collections, DAMS, or records management environment. Alongside this, you’ll have the skills and confidence to create and edit engaging website content that enhances access to our collections and projects.

Highly organised and detail:oriented, you’ll understand the principles of information and records management and enjoy applying them in a creative setting. You’ll be comfortable working collaboratively across diverse teams, building strong relationships to ensure consistency and accuracy in how our digital materials are presented and maintained.

An interest in sculpture : particularly the work of Henry Moore : will help you connect with the material and contribute meaningfully to sharing his legacy with audiences online.

While based in Leeds, the role may require occasional travel to our site in Hertfordshire. Travel and accommodation will be provided by the Foundation in these instances. Some home working will be considered.

The Candidate

• Experience with collections databases or digital asset management systems, preferably TMS Collections / Media Studio
• Experience working with website content management systems, preferably WordPress
• Excellent writing and proofreading skills
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to follow house style guidelines
• A degree or equivalent level of study in an art, museum or digital technology subject
• An interest in modern sculpture and the work of Henry Moore
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office software : Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel
• Competent in the use of Adobe Photoshop
• Ability to work effectively within a team as well as independently

Additionally, we expect all employees at HMS and G to share and work to our core values:

• Generous and Inclusive: work together, share across teams, nurture relationships and enable others
• Respect and Value: be ethical, respect differences, listen to others and acknowledge effort
• Visionary and Creative: forward thinking, enthusiastic, keep learning, inspire and engage others

Benefits

• We support you on your development at work and your career goals
• If appropriate for the job role, a proportion of homeworking may be considered
• Time off for family emergencies (unpaid) and compassionate leave (paid)
• Free access to our 24:hour confidential personal assistance and counselling scheme
• Company sick pay (includes SSP) on the completion of 6 months service
• Vouchers for a free