DAM Specialist

The Digital Asset Management (DAM) team is responsible for establishing metadata standards and enterprise taxonomies, cataloging RFAs archival multimedia content, ensuring effective and consistent content tagging during production, and assisting staff in finding materials and using the DAM/MAM system. Working with the DAM manager and across the language services of RFA, BenarNews, and Wainao, the DAM specialist will conduct asset inventories; establish metadata standards; ingest and organize audio, video, images and supporting documentation; and assist colleagues with retrieving digital media assets. Desired Language Focus Areas: Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) Cambodian/Khmer Korean Malay Tamil Uyghur Vietnamese Responsibilities: Assisting the DAM manager in the migration of content to the new MAM and developing training materials for staff. Ingesting media assets into digital systems and applying consistent metadata information for ingested content. Evaluating audio and video for archiving, rights issues and maintaining quality control of archiving operations. Conducting asset inventories for language service units as RFA establishes its new DAM/MAM and other multimedia production systems. Working with the DAM team and language services to establish content delivery workflows, multilingual metadata standards, taxonomy, and controlled vocabularies. Working with language services and technical staff to guide DAM/MAM systems implementation and integrations. Assisting internal users with retrieving digital media assets. Qualifications: Required: Fluency (read/write) in English and at least one of the following languages: Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese), Cambodian/Khmer, Korean, Malay, Tamil, Uyghur, Vietnamese. Bachelors degree with at least 2-3 years of professional library and/or similar experience. Masters degree in Library Science and Information Systems (MLIS) and/or additional training on media management tools and systems strongly preferred. Knowledge of DAM and/or Media Asset Management (MAM) systems and their implementations strongly preferred. Able to work effectively in a multicultural environment. Experience working with non-native English speakers is a plus. Detail-oriented skill set and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Comfort working independently and under deadline pressure. Prior media production and/or journalism experience is a plus. Interest in Asian current events and news is also a plus. Employer: Radio Free Asia (RadioFreeAsia) Location: Washington DC, WA, USA Posted Date: 15/08/2024 Expiry Date: 15/12/2024 Type: Temporary Categories: DAM Manager / User Ref: DN-JB-1956 Added by: DAM News Administrator J-18808-Ljbffr

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