Digital Asset Coordinator

Vaco Recruiter Services; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

Vaco Recruiter Services is seeking a Digital Asset Coordinator to support organization, tagging, and maintenance of a growing asset library. You will collaborate with marketing and creative teams to ensure assets are searchable and accessible.

The role requires 2+ years in DAM or related fields, strong metadata knowledge, and hands-on Adobe Creative Suite experience. This position offers a structured environment and opportunities to improve asset workflows.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in DAM, content coordination, photography, videography, or related creative fields.
• Experience managing, organizing, and maintaining digital media libraries.
• Familiarity with DAM platforms such as PhotoShelter, Bynder, Brandfolder, Canto, MediaValet, or similar systems.
• Hands‑on experience with Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop and/or Premiere Pro.
• Strong understanding of metadata, asset tagging, and content organization best practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage and organize photo and video assets within the company's DAM platform.
• Upload, categorize, tag, and maintain digital content libraries.
• Ensure metadata, naming conventions, and asset organization standards are followed consistently.
• Maintain accurate records across databases and content management systems.
• Support content creation and marketing initiatives by managing creative assets.
• Assist with photo and video production workflows, including asset selection and organization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure creative content is easily accessible and properly archived.
• Help identify opportunities to improve asset management processes and workflows.

Skills

Digital asset management

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Cross-functional communication

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere)

PhotoShelter

Bynder

Brandfolder

Canto

MediaValet

Job description

About the Opportunity

Our client is seeking a detail-oriented and tech-savvy Digital Asset Coordinator to support the organization, maintenance, and management of their growing library of digital content. This role is ideal for someone who has experience working with photography, videography, digital asset management systems, and creative content teams.

The Digital Asset Coordinator will be responsible for uploading, tagging, organizing, and maintaining photo and video assets while ensuring content is easily searchable and accessible across the organization. This position will work closely with marketing and creative teams to support content creation initiatives and maintain best practices for asset management.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and organize photo and video assets within the company's digital asset management (DAM) platform.
• Upload, categorize, tag, and maintain digital content libraries.
• Ensure metadata, naming conventions, and asset organization standards are followed consistently.
• Maintain accurate records across databases and content management systems.
• Support content creation and marketing initiatives by managing creative assets.
• Assist with photo and video production workflows, including asset selection and organization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure creative content is easily accessible and properly archived.
• Help identify opportunities to improve asset management processes and workflows.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience working with digital asset management, content coordination, photography, videography, or related creative fields.
• Experience managing, organizing, and maintaining digital media libraries.
• Familiarity with DAM platforms such as PhotoShelter, Bynder, Brandfolder, Canto, MediaValet, or similar systems.
• Hands‑on experience with Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop and/or Premiere Pro.
• Strong understanding of metadata, asset tagging, and content organization best practices.
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfortable learning new technologies, databases, and content management systems.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.

Preferred Experience

• Photography or videography experience, including shooting and editing content.
• Experience supporting creative, marketing, publishing, e‑commerce, or media teams.
• Knowledge of Mac OS environments.
• Familiarity with content production workflows and digital media management.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied.