Hybrid Digital Content Archivist: DAM & Archives Lead

M&C Saatchi; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working environment

Medical plans

Dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

M+C Saatchi World Services seeks a Digital Content Archivist to manage, preserve, and govern enterprise multimedia, creative, and communications assets across federal programs. The role spans DAM, metadata, and records management, ensuring assets remain secure, organized, and accessible for mission-critical communications and stakeholder engagement.

You will collaborate with creators, designers, and operations teams to establish sustainable archival processes, improve discoverability, and

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required by government contract.
• Must be able to obtain a U.S. Government Secret or Top Secret security clearance after employment.
• Background screening includes an in-depth review of finances, criminal history, employment history, and drug use.

Responsibilities

• Manage, organize, catalog, and preserve enterprise multimedia, communications, and creative assets.
• Administer digital asset management (DAM) systems and archival repositories, ensuring metadata accuracy and content discoverability.
• Develop and maintain archival structures, collection inventories, finding aids, indexes, and documentation for efficient asset retrieval and governance.
• Implement archival standards, retention schedules, preservation policies, and records management practices.
• Oversee asset lifecycle processes: ingestion, classification, version control, supersession, archival, and disposition.
• Ensure long-term accessibility and integrity of archived materials through preservation workflows and storage management.

Skills

Digital asset management

Metadata governance

Taxonomy development

Content governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Science

Tools

DAM systems

Digital preservation tools

Job description

M+C Saatchi World Services seeks a Digital Content Archivist to manage, preserve, and govern enterprise multimedia, creative, and communications assets across federal programs. The role spans DAM, metadata, and records management, ensuring assets remain secure, organized, and accessible for mission-critical communications and stakeholder engagement.

You will collaborate with creators, designers, and operations teams to establish sustainable archival processes, improve discoverability, and