About this role
Job SummaryThe National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. 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. Our renowned collection includes over 160,000 works of art, from the ancient world to today. Admission to the West and East Buildings, Sculpture Garden, special exhibitions, and public programs is always free.
QualificationsSpecialized Experience Statement: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the GS-09 level in the Federal service or private sector, performing digital asset management work within a digital asset management system (DAMS). Qualifying experience must demonstrate responsibility for digital asset workflows including creating, uploading, organizing, tagging, and delivering digital assets; applying metadata using institutional standards and controlled vocabularies; responding to internal and external asset requests; troubleshooting issues; and supporting DAMS users and infrastructure. OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related OPM Qualifications Standard: Associated Group standard: Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions Other Relevant Eligibility Criteria: None You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Major DutiesThe Digital Content Strategy and Experience Division 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. The Digital Asset Specialist will help to ensure the museum's digital asset collections are organized, accessible, and ready to support a wide range of projects across the institution. Working as part of a collaborative team, this role assists with the processing and management of digital assets, supports staff using the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, and contributes to the ongoing development of DAM workflows and infrastructure through optimization and automation to meet evolving institutional needs. 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 workflowsRequirementsQualification 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. This position is being advertised under Merit procedures under this announcement NGA-26-152-MP: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/871962600 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.