We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Asset Manager to oversee and optimize the management of our organization s assets, leading and providing data entry support to both client and internal assets. This role acts as the connective tissue between departments, agency partners, and clients, requiring a solid organization and accuracy. The Senior Asset Manager will have exposure to projects from start to finish, with the opportunity to view raw files through their evolution to the final product. In addition to efficiently managing personnel to address inquiries or requests, the successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing effective asset management strategies and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. This leadership role involves overseeing a team of asset management professionals and fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.

KEY FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop asset management workflows starting from creation through to production and distribution.
• Auditing system performance and builds best practices documentation.
• Librarianship: Acquiring, organizing, and locating, collections of print/digital assets in libraries and servicing to each team with these resources.
• Manage Assets: Review format files, compile and gathering information for each asset (usage rights, approvals, retouches, etc), place on files the correct naming convention, fill a metadata tracker to send the assets on DAM platform, close and/or report any delay with the project or any asset related, etc.
• Metadata verification/creation: Ensure accurate, complete, and consistent metadata for an asset by reviewing and inputting relevant information.
• Asset Naming: Assigning clear and consistent names to digital/printl files for easy identification and organization.
• Taxonomies: Organizing large volumes of information, improving search and retrieval, facilitating knowledge management, and promoting consistency in content organization and navigation.
• Concepts Digital Productions: Knowledge of different concepts of digital (grids, image resolution, color profiles, quality control checks, proofing, digital formats knowledge, PPI and DPI profiles, etc.).
• Concepts Pre-press production: Knowledge of different concepts of printing (grids, image resolution, color profiles, quality control checks, proofing, printing plates knowledge, PPI and DPI profiles, etc.).
• Usage Rights Understanding: Basic knowledge of different types of Usage Rights Releases (model releases, Unlimited Usage release, Full Buyout release, Place Image Usage Right release, etc.).
• HTML: Structure, attributes, styles, links, colors, images, tables, classes, lists.
• Video Formats: Understand formats and review formats (MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI, AVCHD, WEBM, HTML5).
• Image Format: Understand formats and review formats (.ai, .eps, .pdf, .psd, .jpg, .tiff, .png).
• Color Profiles: Understand different color profiles (CMYK - RGB).

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works collaboratively in a team environment with designers, production, and project management to proactively resolve inaccuracies/inconsistencies.
• Manages a team of Asset managers, cross clients, and mentors junior talent.
• Team Task Allocation: Assigning work to team members based on skills and availability, ensuring a balanced workload and efficient collaboration.
• Client protocol and communication: Practices guidelines for interacting with clients in a professional and effective manner to ensure clear, efficient, and satisfactory communication between an organization and its clients.
• Analytic: Ability to go further of what you see at first glance.
• Conflict Management: The ability to recognize and deal with disputes and crucial confrontations in a rational, balanced, and effective way.
• Actively embraces agency vision to create and protect transformational ideas for our clients