DAM and Metadata Architect

Software Resources has an immediate job opportunity for a DAM and Metadata Architect with a major corporation in Burbank, CA.

Duration : 6+ month(s)

Pay Rate : $80 -$83 / hr DOE

Looking for 5 or more years of experience.

Must haves :

1) Experience transitioning creative teams.

2) DAM / MAM environment experience. Will set up new tool and provide structure of new tools-migrating systems

3) Provide suggestions on operational efficiency on Marketing and Design asset management systems.

Description :

We are seeking a detail-oriented and technically proficient Metadata Systems Architect to lead the restructuring and modernization of our marketing design asset management systems. This role is critical to ensuring the scalability, discoverability, and operational efficiency of our creative assets across a fast-paced media and entertainment landscape. This is a contract role with a focus on the consolidation, organization, and optimization of our digital marketing assets as we transition our asset management systems and streamline our workflows.

You will play a key role in our transition to new DAM and MAM platforms, consolidating multiple systems into a single, scalable solution. You will help design future-ready systems and workflows, metadata schema, file taxonomy structures, and implement universal asset identifiers to support streamlined asset organization across marketing, creative, production, and distribution teams, collaborating cross-functionally to reduce inefficiencies and duplications across teams. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is process-driven, collaborative, and brings deep experience in DAM / MAM systems and structures.

• Lead the assessment, planning, and redesign of existing digital asset management (DAM) and media asset management (MAM) systems and workflows.
• Develop and implement robust metadata schema, taxonomy, and asset tagging standards for marketing and paid media content.
• Design and document file naming conventions, folder structures, and content hierarchies to optimize asset organization and retrieval.
• Manage the organization, tagging, file naming of static and AV digital marketing assets for source, working, and final delivery.
• Partner with upstream (e.g., Strategy, Paid Media) and downstream (e.g., Ad Ops, Localization, Data reporting) teams to minimize duplication, manual tasks, and asset silos.
• Support the implementation of automation and AI-driven tools to streamline metadata tagging, version management, and quality assurance.

Basic Qualifications :

Required Education :

Bachelors, IT or related field