Digital Asset Management Team Leader

Oup Uk - Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension contributions up to 12%

Loans and savings schemes

Travel to work schemes

Local discounts

Flexible working

Job summary

OUP UK in Oxford is seeking a DAM Team Leader to oversee day-to-day DAM services across the Press. You will lead a team of Digital Asset Specialists, ensure efficient DAM workflows, and govern assets and metadata throughout their lifecycle.

The role collaborates with the Head of Asset Management to implement governance and system changes and to drive improvements. The ideal candidate has strong leadership, DAM workflow experience in publishing, and proficiency with data tools like Excel, Power

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing a team.
• Proven DAM workflows experience in publishing or content-heavy environments.
• Experience with asset management systems and learning new systems/features.
• Ability to design policies and governance documents.
• Experience documenting workflows (Visio) and data processes.
• Proficient with Excel and data tools (Power BI, SQL).
• Strong stakeholder collaboration and communication.
• Experience delivering projects or change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery of DAM services across the Press.
• Manage a team of Digital Asset Specialists and workload.
• Ensure quality, standards, and service reliability of DAM processes.
• Govern assets and metadata lifecycle from creation to disposal.
• Implement policies and governance with feedback on risks and improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

DAM workflows

Stakeholder management

Policy design

Process documentation

Data analysis

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Atlas

DAM system

Visio

Job description

The Digital Asset Management (DAM) Team Leader is responsible for the day-to-day operational delivery of digital asset management services across the Press. The role leads and manages a team of Digital Asset Specialists, ensuring consistent, efficient execution of DAM processes, standards, and workflows. It is accountable for team performance, workload management, process adherence, quality control, and service reliability, ensuring stakeholders receive effective and timely DAM support. The role also ensures that digital assets and associated metadata are governed throughout their lifecycle, from creation and classification through to storage, retrieval, retention, and appropriate disposal, in line with organisational policies, regulatory requirements, and best practice in information governance. Working closely with the Head of Asset Management, the role implements agreed policies, governance frameworks and system changes, feeding back operational insights, risks and improvement opportunities while maintaining stable business operations.

• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing a team.
• Proven experience managing digital asset management workflows within a publishing or content-heavy environment.
• Proven experience working with technology teams.
• Proven experience working with asset management systems and learning new systems/features (such as Atlas and DAM).
• Demonstrated ability to design policies, processes and governance documents.
• Experience working with data and creating process workflow documentation (using Visio).
• Experience with Excel and other data management tools (such as Power BI and SQL).
• Strong collaboration skills
• Effective communication skills, building positive stakeholder relationships.
• Experience in successful projects or change initiatives.
  We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts. This role comes with a discretionary annual payment.