Core Job Responsibilities

• Facilitate project based ingest of Foundation assets and external partners including the National Archives and external agencies; provide quality control for these operations including metadata and file integrity

• Work with our Content Operations Exhibits and Creative teams to improve and optimize workflows/processes ensuring assets flow smoothly from creation and editing to ingest description publication and display

• Partner with metadata management staff to ensure assets are properly tagged described and archived

• In partnership with the Digital Asset Manager and Digital Products Operations Manager coordinate with and provide support to colleagues across the Foundation and outside partners to help increase use and knowledge of the DAMS CMS and/or integrated systems

• Participate in the planning creation and delivery of training and onboarding sessions for new users to the DAMS

• Augment create and manage DAMS internal and user-facing documentation

• Test integrations with related systems and internal publishing workflows between the DAMS and the Foundations various content management instances

Key Deliverables/Outcomes

• Facilitating DAMS use documentation user satisfaction and lifecycle management of digital assets through inventory ingest cataloging quality control training and user support

• Verifying correct application of metadata for assets (e.g. alternate text) and working with our metadata team to affect corrections where needed

• Understanding DAMS integrations with the CMS and other systems and participating in refining workflows between systems

• Assisting with user workflow design and training for both the CMS and DAMS and other integrated systems

Required Qualifications

• Experience supporting users and workflows of digital asset management systems handling multiple terabytes of data; past experience with Orange Logics OrangeDAM (aka Cortex) a plus

• Demonstrated success coordinating managing or manipulating digital files and metadata in a digital asset management library museum archiving or preservation context; working knowledge of APIs and familiarity with command-line tools a plus

• General understanding of file formats across content types and associated metadata such as documents images audiovisual media brand/marketing materials creative assets artifacts and cultural heritage materials

• General understanding of metadata standards such as IPTC and Dublin Core and their use in descriptive technical and administrative applications; familiarity with rights/reproductions a plus

• Fluency in digital content management tools and other similar systems; past experience with Contentful a plus

• Familiarity with work/project management systems such as Asana or Jira

• Ability to work independently and manage project tasks to align with the teams roadmap and timelines

• Strong communications skills and ability to be flexible and solutions-oriented when navigating ambiguity in a collaborative team environment

The salary range for this role is between $68685 and $85871.

This is a hybrid role based at our Chicago office in Hyde Park.

Foundation Values

The Foundation Values are Courage Empathy Integrity Accountability Community Inclusivity Pragmatism Resilience Imagination and Hope.

Dont check off every box in the requirements listed above Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that marginalized communities - such as women LGBTQ and people of color - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. The Obama Foundation is dedicated to building an inclusive diverse equitable and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to still consider submitting an application. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings!

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