Metadata & Digital Assets Coordinator

Andrews-Mcmeel-Universal-Inc; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Andrews-Mcmeel-Universal-Inc in Kansas City, MO is seeking a Metadata Coordinator to support metadata and digital-asset workflows under the Senior Manager, Editorial Operations. The role enters and maintains metadata in Title Management, prepares assets, and helps keep reviews and deliveries on schedule.

You will work closely with editors, sales, and marketing to ensure consumer-facing content and assets are accurate and delivered on time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, English, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Enter and maintain metadata in Title Management to established standards — sales handles, descriptions, key selling points, keywords, and related fields — working from editor inputs.
• Support the internal metadata review cycle: schedule reviews, track status, and follow up to keep titles moving.
• Prepare approved metadata for delivery to distribution partners (Simon & Schuster, Hardie Grant, Flame Tree) and deliver on the schedule set by the Senior Manager.
• Route metadata approvals to editors and confirm sign-off before release.
• Help coordinate the logistics of quarterly launch meetings.
• Flag data gaps, inconsistencies, or delivery risks to the Senior Manager for resolution.
• Upload final cover and sample interior images for books and calendars to Title Management.
• Create and upload search-inside-the-book files.
• Receive and fulfill image requests from sales and marketing.
• Prepare images for catalogs (e.g., rounded corners, spirals, combined spreads) and create basic 3D product assets for websites.
• Purchase and download stock images for the design team, maintaining records and invoice approvals.
• Maintain, organize, update, and archive the publishing group’s digital asset library.
• Track and deliver sales conference materials; take minutes at weekly jacket-review meetings.

Skills

Excellent organizational skills

Time-management

Detail-oriented

Editorial eye

Interpersonal skills

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, English, or equivalent experience

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop

InDesign

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Apple computers

Job description

Andrews-Mcmeel-Universal-Inc in Kansas City, MO is seeking a Metadata Coordinator to support metadata and digital-asset workflows under the Senior Manager, Editorial Operations. The role enters and maintains metadata in Title Management, prepares assets, and helps keep reviews and deliveries on schedule.

You will work closely with editors, sales, and marketing to ensure consumer-facing content and assets are accurate and delivered on time.