
Digital Asset Management Intern
Smile Train
internship
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $20 per hour
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Support the migration of photo and video assets from a legacy system to a new digital asset management (DAM) platform
- Develop, apply, and maintain consistent metadata and tagging standards to improve asset searchability and long-term preservation
- Assist in designing workflows for new assets
- Collaborate with photography and video production teams to manage the timely cataloging, archiving, retrieval, and delivery of media assets
- Respond to internal photo and video requests, helping staff identify assets that align with campaign goals, brand guidelines, and programmatic needs
- Conduct regular catalog audits to ensure metadata accuracy, completeness, and adherence to organizational standards.
- Use DAM analytics and download reports to identify high-value assets and opportunities to improve organization and usability.
- Document workflows and best practices to support long-term system adoption and knowledge sharing across global teams.
- Handle sensitive and confidential media and information with professionalism and discretion.
- Provide general support for additional content management and asset organization needs as required.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Experience with digital archiving or organizing large collections of digital files
- Working knowledge of photography and video formats, file types, and best practices for media use across multiple platforms and channels
- Strong understanding of metadata and its role in organizing and retrieving digital assets
- Interest in nonprofit communications, storytelling, or mission-driven marketing.
- Experience working with a digital asset management (DAM) system and familiarity with DAM best practices.
- Experience documenting workflows, processes, or user guides.
- Experience applying metadata, tagging, and taxonomy structures to digital content.
- Understanding of taxonomy, controlled vocabularies, or digital library systems.
- Experience migrating assets from legacy systems or catalogs into new platforms.
- Fluency in Spanish, French, Arabic, Tagalog, and/or Portuguese is a plus.
- Experience using Adobe Creative Cloud tools such as Photoshop and/or Premiere Pro is a plus.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
digital archivingmetadatataggingtaxonomydigital asset management (DAM)photography formatsvideo formatsfile typesworkflow documentationasset migration
Soft Skills
collaborationorganizationattention to detailprofessionalismdiscretioncommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycreativitystorytelling