Digital Asset Management Specialist (GCC Africa - Remote)

TransUnion; Remote; ZAR 450 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A global data analytics firm is seeking a Digital Asset Management expert to lead the governance and optimization of digital assets. This remote role involves administering the DAM system, ensuring compliance with brand standards, and collaborating across teams. Applicants should have at least 3 years of experience in a similar role and proficiency in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). Strong organizational and communication skills are essential, along with a solid understanding of asset management workflows and digital rights management.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience managing a DAM system, preferably AEM.
• Proficiency in AEM, especially in asset management.
• Strong understanding of digital asset workflows.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain the DAM system.
• Develop and enforce metadata schemas.
• Ensure compliance with brand and accessibility standards.

Skills

Metadata schema design

Asset management

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

Workfront

Jira

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

What You’ll Bring

TransUnion is seeking a Digital Asset Management (DAM) expert to lead the organization governance and optimization of digital assets. As part of the Brand & Creative Team and partnering with the Web Team you’ll manage the DAM system developing metadata schemas enforcing governance and ensuring smooth integration with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Sites. This role supports creative workflows drives efficient asset reuse and ensures compliance with brand legal and accessibility standards. You’ll collaborate across teams to align asset management with publishing and digital strategy while proactively addressing governance issues.

Impact You’ll Make: What You’ll Do

Digital Asset Stewardship

• Administer and maintain the DAM system for optimal organization accessibility and performance.
• Develop and enforce metadata schemas, taxonomy tagging and asset lifecycle policies.
• Conduct audits to ensure asset accuracy compliance and relevance.
• Enforce standards and escalate recurring governance issues.
• Evolve metadata structures to meet changing business needs and improve discoverability.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration & AEM Enablement

• Partner with the Web Team to manage asset deployment in AEM Sites.
• Ensure assets are properly tagged, linked and optimized for web use.
• Troubleshoot AEM asset issues and support content authors and developers.
• Align asset workflows with publishing timelines and content strategy.

Creative Team Support

• Collaborate with global marketing and creative teams to ingest and catalog assets.
• Train team members on DAM best practices and governance.
• Facilitate efficient asset retrieval and reuse across campaigns.

Governance & Compliance

• Maintain rights management and usage guidelines for licensed and proprietary content.
• Ensure adherence to brand and accessibility standards.
• Monitor asset usage and governance compliance recommending improvements as needed.

What You’ll Bring

• 3 years of experience managing a DAM system preferably AEM within a creative or marketing environment.
• Proficiency in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) especially in asset management and site integration.
• Strong understanding of metadata schema design taxonomy and digital asset workflows.
• Experience working cross‑functionally with creative marketing and web teams.
• Excellent organizational communication and problem‑solving skills.
• Familiarity with digital rights management accessibility standards and brand governance.
• Experience with AEM Sites and / or AEM Assets module (professional certification highly preferred).
• Knowledge of UX / UI principles and web publishing workflows.
• Familiarity with project management tools (e.g. Workfront Jira) and creative platforms (e.g. Adobe Creative Cloud).
• Basic understanding of HTML / CSS is a plus.

For positions based in South Africa preference will be given to suitably qualified candidates from designated groups in line with the company’s Employment Equity plan and targets.

Should you have not heard from us within 3 weeks from applying please regard your application as unsuccessful.

Please note it is a requirement of the Global Capability Centre Africa that you reside in a home that is fibre ready; and has space for you to be able to work comfortably and confidentially on a day‑to‑day basis for the purpose of your proposed employment. You can be based anywhere in South Africa that has fibre but will not be able to work in a location outside of South Africa.

A Minimum of a 100 Meg Fibre line is required; should you be successful you will need to upgrade your line or install fibre in order to work effectively.

This is a remote position which may require occasional in‑person attendance at work‑related events at the discretion of management.