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The Wisconsin Historical Society , considered one of the nation's finest historical institutions, is a State of Wisconsin government agency as well as a mission-driven entrepreneurial organization. The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active and diversified state historical societies in the nation. As both a state agency and a private membership organization, its mission is to help people connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories. At its core, WHS believes that increasing the public's knowledge of history has profound societal, cultural, and economic benefit. Its library, archives and collections, historic sites and museums, historic preservation office, and extensive educational programs and community outreach are focused on our vision to enrich and transform lives through unparalleled access to history. WHS is committed to being a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization because we truly believe this is the most effective way to attract, engage, and retain the best talent and the most meaningful way to support our mission. Position Summary The Digital Asset Manager is responsible for supporting the management and evolving use of a new digital asset management system (DAMS) at WHS. This position will champion the DAMS, build awareness and ensure delivery of value to the organization through development of agency-wide standards and procedures. The role provides leadership and collaborates with multiple cross-functional teams in administration of the digital asset management program. The Digital Asset Manager is responsible for coordinating the transition of WHS’s digital assets from existing systems and maintaining the DAMS post transition. This includes, but is not limited to, migration planning and prioritization, metadata configuration, assignment of roles and permissions, user onboarding, access controls, collection building, and user training. The position is responsible for ensuring that all digital assets have clear standards, are managed properly, and integrate with other applications through sustainable workflows. The position will enable each team interfacing with the DAMS to operate independently and autonomously by leveraging established best practices, documentation, internal support, and for the DAMS we establish to bring intellectual control, transparency, and access to high value digital content for a variety of internal and external uses. Qualifications Please make sure to describe the following qualifications within your resume and/or letter of qualifications in order to be considered for this position. Minimally qualified candidates will have experience in all of the following: Extensive experience with digital asset management or media asset management. Working knowledge of object, library and archival content management systems, metadata, and strategies for managing born digital content. Experience with data governance, standards, and process development. Successful experience coordinating large collaborative projects with multiple partners. Experience in teaching and training staff and giving presentations on digital asset management to partners. In addition to minimum qualifications, a well-qualified candidate will additionally have experience in one of the following areas: Experience with OrangeDAM. Experience with large scale systems migrations. Experience with batch scripting and/or use of command line processing. Experience with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence applications for enhancing description of digital assets. Deadline to Apply Applications are due at 11:59 PM on March 3, 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr Digital Library Federation

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