Ranked 12th Best Employer in the UK by the Financial Times, Cancer Research UK is looking for a standout leader to join our Creative Operations team as a Digital Asset Manager on an 18 month Fixed Term Contract. Are you ready to make a difference? We are looking for a creative content and technology focused individual that will lead on the operational management and strategic optimisation of CRUK's digital asset management (DAM)/content repository system. You will play a pivotal role in seeking opportunities to drive asset management efficiencies, collaborating closely with Creative Operations, Content Excellence and Technology teams to improve the value of CRUK's DAM system and its related technology and process dependencies. This is an exciting period of digital transformation within Cancer Research UK so the priority focus will be the implementation of new functionality in the DAM as well as optimising asset and system foundations to enable technology and processes to scale and deliver the right content in the best ways for our audiences. What will I be doing?

• Own the operational management and administration of CRUK's organisational-wide digital asset management (DAM) system
• Be the central point of contact for teams around digital asset related enquiries
• Upload, audit and archive digital assets in the DAM system
• Lead and develop asset governance, compliance guidance and related cross-functional digital asset processes
• Collaborate with the Taxonomy Manager to align and optimise taxonomy structures across various technology platforms and ensure best practice taxonomy and tagging guidelines are followed when uploading assets
• Play a strategic role in scoping, driving and implementing the right tooling and ongoing wider processes around digital asset management
• Drive the implementation and ongoing development of the DAM system's transformation and integration with key owned channels, Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.
  
  Significant experience of organising and managing brand and digital creative assets (e.g. photography, video, logos, infographics), using a digital asset management (DAM) software system or similar type of creative/content library
• In-depth knowledge of asset tagging, categorisation and taxonomy principles and best practices around asset management, governance and reporting
• Sound expertise in asset licensing and managing compliance and asset usage rights and permissions, spanning photography, video, audio and brand
• Strong technology skills and experience of owning the administration, configuration and optimisation of tools and systems within a creative and content environment
• Solid awareness of different creative artwork formats across print and digital and how these fit into/work within digital asset and technology ecosystems
• Experience of shaping and delivering tooling and process optimisations in complex and large business environments
• Experience of supporting business operations, transformations and process improvement
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism Human: Act to have a positive impact on people Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.