Digital Asset Specialist

Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to current federal employees and special hiring authorities under merit procedures. More than one selection may be made from this vacancy announcement.

The Digital Content Strategy and Experience Division brings the art, stories and mission of the National Gallery of Art to life online, helping to expand access, deepen engagement, and build emotional connection. The Digital Asset Specialist will help to ensure the museum’s digital asset collections are organized, accessible, and ready to support a wide range of projects across the institution. Working as part of a collaborative team, this role assists with the processing and management of digital assets, supports staff using the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, and contributes to the ongoing development of DAM workflows and infrastructure through optimization and automation to meet evolving institutional needs. 

Duties for this position include: 

• Ingests, catalogs and distributes digital assets for museum staff and collaborator access. 

•  Applies administrative, descriptive, structural, and technical metadata to digital assets according to institutional standards. Performs original descriptive cataloging and keyword tagging of digital assets 

• Conducts asset discovery and delivery of digital assets to internal and external requesters 

• Contributes to the development and application of new workflows to accommodate evolving institutional DAM needs

• Provides training and general user support to staff with questions or issues related to digital asset management.

• Conducts routine troubleshooting to diagnose and resolve issues. Participates in testing to evaluate system integrations, upgrades, and patches.

• Applies high-quality digital imaging standards to review and process incoming digital assets. Perform pre-cataloging duties including quality assurance, formatting, and file naming. Updates existing image media through retouching, cropping, and image rotation 

•  Contributes to the development and execution of automated workflows 

Conditions of employment

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• See "Other Information" section regarding Selective Service requirements.
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on OPM Website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit appropriate documentation prior to the closing date. Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant experience as it relates to this job announcement. Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.

This position is being advertised under Delegated Examining procedures under this announcement NGA-26-152-DE

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience Statement: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the GS-09 level in the Federal service or private sector, performing digital asset management work within a digital asset management system (DAMS). Qualifying experience must demonstrate responsibility for digital asset workflows including creating, uploading, organizing, tagging, and delivering digital assets; applying metadata using institutional standards and controlled vocabularies; responding to internal and external asset requests; troubleshooting issues; and supporting DAMS users and infrastructure.  

OR 

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree 

OR 

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

OR 

LL.M., if related

OPM Qualifications Standard:

Associated Group standard:  Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions

OPM Qualifications Standard:

Associated Group standard:  Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions

Merit promotion applicants must meet the time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. One year at the GS-09 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-11 level.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: Applicants who are referred to the hiring office for selection consideration may be required to submit writing and/or work samples as part of the interview/selection process. If the hiring office decides to request a writing and/or work sample as part of its selection process, the vacancy contact will reach out to you by email to: (1) inform you of this requirement; and (2) provide further instructions.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses to the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

• Digital Asset Management – Skill in ingesting, cataloging, organizing and distributing digital assets.
• User Support – Ability to provide training and user support to staff.
• Asset Processing and Workflow Automation – Ability to evaluate and process digital media files and use common scripting languages to      automate work.

All qualified non-competitive applicants and all qualified Merit applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration.

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

The National Gallery of Art uses an application tracking system to evaluate the responses you provide in the applicant assessment questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualification requirements of this position. Then, the HR Office and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME) will conduct a quality review of your application and supporting documentation to determine if your qualifications meet the criteria for referral to the selecting official.

• Your resume should include relevant work experience, applicable education and your contact information. For current or previous federal employees, include the pay plan, series and grade.
• Your SF-50 shows a federal position you've held, grade level and duty location. Your SF-50 can support position changes, conversions or separation for employment eligibility.

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your Resume (no more than 2 pages)showing the applicant's name, email address, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties performed to include pay plan, series, and grade level for relevant federal experience. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications.
2. SF-50 Your most recent Promotion, Within Grade Increase (WRI/WGI), or Appointment/Conversion SF-50 - Notification of Personnel Action showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held.

• Do not include the following types of information in your resume:
  • Classified or government sensitive information
  • Social Security Number (SSN)
  • Photos of yourself
  • Personal information, such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc.
  • Encrypted and digitally signed documents

2. Other supporting documents:
   • Cover Letter, optional
   • Most recent Performance Appraisal, optional
   • Veterans Employment Opportunity Act, Veterans Recruitment Appointment, and 30% Disabled Veteran Eligible: DD-214, SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certification of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions within 120 days.
   • Schedule A, Persons with Disabilities Appointment Eligibles: Schedule A letter from a physician, local, state, or federal rehabilitation office citing your eligibility under 5 CFR 213.3102 (u).
   • Certain Military Spouses Eligible under E.O. 13832: Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders; OR verification of the member's 100% disability (VA Letter); and/or verification of the member's death while on active duty (DD-1300 and Death Certificate) AND verification of the marriage to the service member (i.e., a marriage license or other legal documentation verifying marriage).

Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.

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