Digital Asset Management Team Leader

Oxford University Press; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions up to 12%

Loans and savings via Salary Finance

Travel to work schemes

Local discounts

25 days holiday + holidays

35-hour working week

Flexible working patterns

Job summary

Oxford University Press is seeking a Digital Asset Management Team Leader to supervise DAM services and a team of Digital Asset Specialists. You will ensure efficient DAM workflows, governance, and data quality across creation, classification, storage, and disposal, aligning with policy and compliance.

You will partner with the Head of Asset Management on policy implementation, system changes, and risk/continuity insights, while supporting a hybrid work model with 2 days in the Oxford office and

Qualifications

• Experience leading a DAM team.
• Experience managing digital asset management workflows in publishing/content-heavy environments.
• Experience working with asset management systems and learning new systems/features (Atlas).
• Ability to design policies, processes and governance documents.
• Experience working with data and creating process workflow documentation (Visio).
• Experience using Excel and data tools (Power BI, SQL).
• Experience delivering change initiatives and projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operational delivery of DAM services across the Press.
• Manage and develop a team of Digital Asset Specialists, ensuring quality and reliability.
• Govern digital assets and metadata across lifecycle per policy and governance.
• Collaborate with Head of Asset Management on policy, governance, and system changes.
• Balance workload and monitor performance to maintain stable operations.

Skills

Leadership

DAM workflows

Technology collaboration

Asset management systems

Governance documents

Data workflow documentation

Excel & data tools

Change initiatives

Tools

Atlas

Power BI

SQL

Visio

Excel

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.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

About You

• 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).
• 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.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

Queries

Please contact [e-mail] with any queries relating to this role.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.

In the region of £45,000 dependent on skills and experience