Digital Asset Officer

Do you have experience working with digital audiovisual assets and metadata? Are you looking for an opportunity to shape how world-class museums manage and preserve their growing digital content?

About us

The Science Museum Group is home to the world's leading collection in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine. Alongside our physical objects, we are generating an increasing amount of digital and audiovisual content across our museums and projects

With our Inspiring Futures strategy (2022-2030), we are significantly scaling up our digital activity to expand our reach and effect, particularly in line with our commitments to digital, sustainability, and audiences. To support this work, we are now recruiting a Digital Assets Officer to join our Corporate Information team.

This is a Group-wide role that can be based at any SMG site (London, Bradford, Manchester, York, or Wroughton), with some travel required. Hybrid working is available, with at least 40% of your time spent on-site.

About the role

As Digital Assets Officer, you will play a key part in overseeing and organising SMG's growing digital corporate records and audiovisual assets. You will work closely with the Digital Asset Manager (Audiovisual), as well as content creators and guardians across the Group.

Your work will involve surveying both analogue and born-digital audiovisual records, cataloguing assets, and supporting the development of requirements for a Media Asset Management System (MAMS). You will also prepare assets and metadata for ingest, contribute to quality control processes, and raise awareness of good practice in digital preservation.

This is a practical role with the chance to influence how digital assets are managed across SMG, helping us to safeguard our digital legacy for future audiences.

About you

You will bring:

* Experience of working with audiovisual digital assets, including on physical carriers, and their metadata.
* Relevant experience from collections, asset management, records management, or a digital technical role.
* Knowledge of a wide variety of digital file formats.
* A commitment to good practice and standards-based processes.
* An understanding of asset, collections, or records management principles.
* Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on improving processes and metadata.
* Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire good practice across teams.
* A values-driven approach, with self-motivation and the ability to work independently.

It would be great if you also have:

* Experience with DAMS, MAMS, or similar digital asset systems.
* Knowledge of still image, audiovisual, and metadata standards.
* Awareness of digital preservation processes and file format standards.
* Experience in the museum, heritage, broadcast, film, or television sectors.

Applying

View the Vacancy Information Pack under 'Attachments' on the vacancy listing on our website for full details and application guidance, or click 'Apply Online' to submit your application.

What we offer

Working with a world-leading museum group that offers access to truly unique environments and collections, you'll benefit from the perks listed below, as well as full support for life events such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.

* Meaningful work. We're a mission-led organisation where the work you do supports us in Inspiring Futures.
* Career growth. We offer enhanced support with personal and professional development.
* Work/life balance. We offer 27 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, along with flexible policies which support you and your home life.
* Health & Dental Insurance. Extra peace of mind, from day one.
* All our colleagues can access an employee assistance programme, access to the Unmind app, and other wellbeing support.
* Colleague networks. Our colleague-led networks are an informal forum for colleagues to come together to discuss topics of shared interest and lived experience. They create a space for people to exchange ideas, discuss best practice, socialise and build a sense of community.
* Enhanced contributory pension. To support you in saving for the future.
* Interest-free loans. When you need a little extra cash for life events or home improvements.
* Great discounts. Free entry to exhibitions, discounts in our shops, cafes, and access to other museums in the NMDC network.

Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to develop a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to Inspire Futures.

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