The Digital team works collaboratively across the Museum to create engaging digital content for the web, social media channels, and exhibitions. Digital is also responsible for digital asset management at the Museum.
The Digital Asset Management Project Officer will manage the procurement and implementation of a new Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), to ensure the efficient, secure storage, administration and sharing of the Museum’s digital assets. In this role, you will be responsible for collaborating across the Museum to understand organisational requirements, including workflows, user configurations, and possible system interconnectivity opportunities. You will also lead the development of metadata standards and specifications.
As the Digital Asset Management Project Officer, you will train and support staff to use the new DAMS, ensuring that good digital asset management practices become an everyday part of work at the Museum.
The key duties of the position include:
Under the direction of the Digital Projects Manager, the Digital Asset Management Project Officer will be required to:
- Assess Digital Asset Management systems (DAMS) against the Museum’s organisational needs and lead DAMS procurement activities.
- Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to develop metadata standards, identify user configuration requirements and required workflows, and possible system interconnectivity opportunities.
- Manage relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders to successfully implement a new DAMS at the Museum.
- Facilitate training of Museum staff in the use of the DAMS and develop procedures, system and training documentation.
- Plan and oversee the migration of assets and metadata from an existing DAMS into the new DAMS and assist with the ingestion of backlog legacy archives.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this position at MoAD, applicants must:
- be an Australian Citizen; and
- have a security clearance or be willing to undertake the process to obtain a baseline clearance (after commencement).
- be willing to provide identity documents and undergo an identity pre-employment check through a Document Verification Service, if you are deemed to be the successful candidate.
Notes
This is a non-ongoing opportunity for a period of 12 months, with the possibility of ongoing.
Suitable candidates may be placed in a merit pool from this selection process and the pool may be used to fill similar ongoing or non-ongoing roles. Non-ongoing vacancies filled from a merit pool may be offered as a specified term.