Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.

The digital asset manager/archivist is responsible for the organization of digital assets and image library, providing timely response to image requests and inputting searchable image metadata best practices for future image research and retrieval. The digital archivist will organize and integrate all image resources in the Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC) to provide a single, efficient, searchable database to encompass the varied and complex storage areas that currently exist.

This position supports the mission of the OMC as well as the University of Maryland in acting as the central location for curated campus, student, faculty and research imagery that promotes the university brand for internal and external constituencies.

The archivist is responsible for the meticulous implementation and maintenance of the central image database that enables quick response to critical media and stakeholder requests. The increased demand for digital imagery has created multiple and varied archives of photography, artwork, video, logos and other electronic media. The image archivist will serve as the liaison to the OMC and campus partners with accessing and retrieval of suitable, quality images as well as creating and implementing a data system that is easily accessible to all staff.

The image archivist will also contribute daily to the digital content hub, serving as the lead in managing, soliciting, organizing, photo-editing or repackaging content for digital and print platforms to meet the university’s strategic communications goals as well as ensuring high-quality images and content.

Experience:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Must have the ability to walk short distances, and/or drive a vehicle to deliver and pick up materials Able to exert up to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, pull photography equipment.

The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.