Digital Asset Management Coordinator

Avispa Technology; New York (NY); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Avispa Technology seeks a Digital Asset Management Coordinator in New York, NY to ingest, validate, and organize media content in our DAM. You will handle full-length programming, marketing materials, images, audio, captions, and related paperwork, following strict ingest procedures and naming conventions.

You will apply metadata and rights information, perform post-ingest QC, and assist with legacy asset migration and new workflow testing.

Qualifications

• 1+ years in digital asset management or media operations.
• Familiarity with file formats, codecs, and captions/subtitles.
• Experience with transfer tools such as Aspera or Signiant.
• Knowledge of metadata best practices and rights information.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ingest assets into the DAM following established procedures.
• Apply technical/ descriptive metadata and rights metadata.
• Perform post-ingest quality control and escalate issues.
• Support migration of legacy assets and testing of workflows.
• Track requests using Smartsheet or Airtable and inform requesters.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Tools

Aspera

Signiant Media Shuttle

Smartsheet

Airtable

OpenText Media Management

DAM systems

Adobe Creative Cloud

Microsoft Office

Mac/PC proficiency

Job description

Digital Asset Management Coordinator PPCJP00000562

• Hourly pay: $30/hr
• Worksite: Leading digital streaming network (New York, NY 10036 - Onsite)
• W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program, PSL
• 40 hours/week, 9 Month Assignment

A leading digital streaming network seeks a Digital Asset Management Coordinator to ingest, validate, and organize media content in its digital asset management (DAM).

Digital Asset Management Coordinator Responsibilities:

• Ingest digital media assets into the DAM system, including full-length programming, marketing materials, images, audio, captions and subtitles, and supporting paperwork, following established ingest procedures and naming conventions, and receive and process deliveries from internal teams and external vendors through tools such as Aspera and Signiant Media Shuttle, confirming they are complete and correctly labeled.
• Apply accurate technical and descriptive metadata, including security policies, codecs, frame rates, audio configurations, and content details that conform to controlled vocabularies, and support the accuracy of rights and restriction metadata, such as embargo, usage rights, and expiration fields, as directed.
• Perform post-ingest quality control on video, image, audio, and paperwork elements to confirm distribution standards and specifications are met, flag or elevate issues, and monitor ingest queues and workflows, troubleshooting failed or stalled ingests and escalating system issues to DAM Operations and Enterprise Technology.
• Support the migration and validation of legacy digital assets and physical media, such as LTO, DVD-R, Digibeta, and HDCamSR, stored on network servers, drives, and other media awaiting ingest, and take part in testing new ingest workflows, automations, and system upgrades.
• Track ingest requests, priorities, and status in tools such as Smartsheet or Airtable, keep requesters informed, assist internal teams with asset uploads, downloads, file sharing, and metadata corrections, onboard and support internal users and external vendors on delivery requirements, maintain process documentation, and recommend improvements for recurring ingest errors or metadata inconsistencies.

Digital Asset Management Coordinator Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience in digital asset management, media operations, post-production, or a related media and entertainment role; internship or entry-level experience will be considered.
• Working knowledge of film, video, audio, and digital file formats, including codecs, frame rates, aspect ratios, audio configurations, and caption and subtitle formats.
• Familiarity with file transfer applications such as Aspera and Signiant Media Shuttle.
• Proficiency on Mac and PC and with Microsoft Office.
• Experience with Smartsheet or Airtable is preferred.
• Experience with OpenText Media Management or another DAM system is preferred.
• Experience with physical media such as LTO, DVD-R, Digibeta, and HDCamSR is preferred.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite is preferred.

Shift:

• 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

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