Job Opening Title:
Digital Asset Manager
Name of Employer:
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Job Site Location (City AND State):
New York, New York
Application Deadline:
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Years of experience required:
2-3 years of digital asset management experience, preferably in the performing arts
Salary Range:
65,000 – 70,000
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply:
ABOUT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER
The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy.
We believe jazz is a metaphor for Democracy. Because jazz is improvisational, it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Because jazz is swinging, it dedicates that freedom to finding and maintaining common ground with others. Because jazz is rooted in the blues, it inspires us to face adversity with persistent optimism.
Jazz is one of America’s most profound and enduring cultural contributions, inseparable from the story of this country, its history, its struggles, its democratic ideals, and its continuing evolution. We are stewards of that legacy. The three pillars of our work—performance, education, and advocacy—are one mission expressed three ways, each reinforcing and requiring the other two. You cannot perform without honoring the history that gives the music meaning. You cannot educate without the conviction that what you are teaching deserves to outlast you. You cannot advocate without the lived experience of the art itself. We look for people who feel that wholeness in full, across all three pillars.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Jazz at Lincoln Center seeks a detail-oriented Digital Asset Manager, who is responsible for the day-to-day gathering, ingesting, preserving and distributing of digital media assets for Jazz at Lincoln Center. The Digital Asset Manager organizes, stores, and maintains the organization’s growing library of digital audio and video recordings, photos and other multimedia materials, supporting both media and archival preservation teams. The Manager will report to the Director of Music Library and Archives and will collaborate with departments across the organization to maintain a comprehensive digital asset management (DAM) system and successfully carry out duties.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Acquisition and Ingest
Digitally archive singular recordings from JALC tours and performances, education programs, and other miscellaneous Jazz at Lincoln Center events. Ingest materials into DAM and archive systems. Track inventory and recording metadata in database.
Coordinate transfers from JALC Recording Studio and video capture machines—season recordings & logs.
Work with JALC Photo and Video Editors to acquire materials and facilitate ingest of photo and video materials into DAM and archive system.
Maintain media acquisition and ingest logs and update tracking documents as acquired.
Organization and Preservation
Label and organize files according to determined naming conventions.
Back up all acquired audio and video files – both low and/or high res—according to determined archive plans.
Organize and maintain current and past season recordings, recording logs, and track sheets.
Maintain holdings from produced Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio Shows (Murray Street, SiriusXM/Effanel, Jazz Night in America, Delta Radio, etc.).
Requests and Distribution
Facilitate master recording transfers to audio engineers for Blue Engine release work or licensing requests as directed.
Fulfill audio and video file requests as requested for internal or external use according to approved protocols. Maintain logs.
Make audio and video clips for internal and external requests.
Assist with radio show requests, RHARS transfers, Archive transfers, and usage tracking of commercial CD library.
Workflows, Training, and Standards
Coordinate with internal Technology team and external vendors to maintain effective workflows across digital asset management, storage, and backup systems.
Update and maintain workflows and departmental guidelines for self-ingest.
Develop procedures and training materials that support consistent asset management practices/use across departments.
Stay current on evolving industry standards, best practices, and technologies in digital asset management. Evaluate and recommend processes that strengthen the organization’s ability to preserve, organize, discover, and access its digital assets.
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED
2-3 years of digital asset management experience, preferably in the performing arts
Working knowledge of photo and video formats and basic editing skills.
Strong organizational, communication and collaboration skills in service of effective cross-team partnerships, consultation, training and support
High level of motivation, ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Ability to juggle multiple tasks and work to a deadline.
PREFERRED
Working knowledge of Pro Tools digital recording software and the transfer process
Experience using Orange Logic DAM
Knowledge of jazz music and the artists and professionals in the jazz business.
WORKING AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER
The music is present here, literally and philosophically, and the people who thrive are the ones who feel that and lean into it. They are Fans, Advocates, Musicians, and Educators who know that you cannot shape what comes next without first honoring what came before — who ask why something is the way it is before they presume to know what it should become. They find their own work more meaningful because of its proximity to something larger, and they understand that excellence in any role, regardless of function, is connected to what happens on stage and in classrooms and communities around the world. The passion that runs through this organization can be felt on your first day, and it is the thing people miss most when they leave.
We are a live-events organization, and our schedule reflects that energy: we expect full presence when the work and the art call for it. Within that, we strive to create real flexibility for our people. Flex Mondays give staff the freedom to work from wherever suits them best, and Tuesday through Friday our teams come together in person, with the understanding that the work and the art will sometimes ask for more. We trust our people to know the difference, and we build around that trust.
Benefits reflect the same investment in our people: comprehensive health, retirement, and a seat inside the life of this organization. Staff have access to the breadth of JALC programming—from live performances to access at Dizzy’s Club to world-class jazz education through Swing University and beyond—because we believe the people who do this work deserve to experience it, not just support it.
HOW TO APPLY
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Jazz at Lincoln Center is an equal opportunity employer that affords equal opportunities to all applicants, employees, contractors, and other covered persons, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Jazz at Lincoln Center is committed to creating an inclusive, open, and respectful culture that reflects and embraces diversity.