Digital Asset Specialist

We are the nation's art museum, home to a renowned collection of over 160,000 works of art from antiquity to today. Millions of people come through our doors each year—with even more online—making us one of the most visited art museums in the world. Located on the National Mall, admission to the West and East Buildings, Sculpture Garden, special exhibitions, and public programs is always free.

The Digital Content Strategy and Experience Office at the National Gallery of Art brings the art, stories, and mission of the National Gallery of Art to life online, helping to expand access, deepen engagement, and build emotional connection. Duties for this position include: Ingests, catalogs, and distributes digital assets for museum staff and collaborator access Applies administrative, descriptive, structural, and technical metadata to digital assets according to institutional standards. Performs original descriptive cataloging and keyword tagging of digital assets Conducts asset discovery and delivery of digital assets to internal and external requesters Contributes to the development and application of new workflows to accommodate evolving institutional DAM needs Provides training and general user support to staff with questions or issues related to digital asset management Conducts routine troubleshooting to diagnose and resolve issues. Participates in testing to evaluate system integrations, upgrades, and patches Applies high-quality digital imaging standards to review and process incoming digital assets. Perform pre-cataloging duties including quality assurance, formatting, and file naming. Updates existing image media through retouching, cropping, and image rotation Contributes to the development and execution of automated workflows

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on OPM Website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit appropriate documentation prior to the closing date. Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant experience as it relates to this job announcement. Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

This position does not have an education requirement.