Digital Asset Manager
| Posting date: | 30 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,978 to £44,336 per year |
| Additional salary information: | 9 month contract |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | London, London, SW7 2DD |
| Company: | Science Museum Group |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | SMG03210_1748600127 |
Summary
Do you have experience of working with digital assets, files, and related metadata? Are you interested in supporting the care of digital corporate records for the world's leading group of science museums?
About us
As the world's leading group of science museums, the Science Museum Group (SMG) has an unparalleled collection spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine, with extensive digital and audiovisual content across our world-class collections and corporate records.
About the role
It is an exciting time at SMG as we generate significant new digital content. To support the care of our growing digital corporate records and collections we are looking for a Digital Asset Manager to help us plan for further Digital Asset Management solutions, on a fixed-term basis for 9 months.
You will be working on scoping and contributing to a business case and implementation plan for digital storage and access and dealing with enquiries for the digital corporate content. This is a Group-wide role and can be based any of our sites in London, Bradford, Manchester, York or Wroughton.
About you
As a Digital Asset Manager, you will bring experience of managing digital assets, associated files, and related metadata. Bringing experience with digital assets gained in a collections, asset management, records management or similar role within a digital environment, you will have an understanding of information management and/or records management principles and practice. Good collaborative skills with the ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues across the whole organisation will be essential.
Don't feel you meet all the criteria? We welcome you to apply even if your experience doesn't match directly. With your transferable skills, you could be the right candidate for this, or other opportunities that we have.
Applying
View the Vacancy Information Pack listed under 'Attachments' on the vacancy listing on our website for more details about the role and the application process or click 'Apply Online' to submit an application.
What we offer
Working with a world-leading museum group that offers access to truly unique environments and collections, you'll benefit from the perks listed below, as well as full support for life events such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.
- Meaningful work. We're a mission-led organisation where the work you do supports us in Inspiring Futures.
- Career growth. We offer enhanced support with personal and professional development.
- Work/life balance. We offer 27 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, along with flexible policies which support you and your home life.
- Health & Dental Insurance. Extra peace of mind, from day one.
- All our colleagues can access an employee assistance programme, access to the Unmind app, and other wellbeing support.
- Colleague networks. Our colleague-led networks are an informal forum for colleagues to come together to discuss topics of shared interest and lived experience. They create a space for people to exchange ideas, discuss best practice, socialise and build a sense of community.
- Enhanced contributory pension. To support you in saving for the future.
- Interest-free loans. When you need a little extra cash for life events or home improvements.
- Great discounts. Free entry to exhibitions, discounts in our shops, cafes, and access to other museums in the NMDC network.
Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to develop a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to Inspire Futures.