Photo Assets Coordinator - Temporary

The Office of Communications protects, enhances and evolves Princeton University’s reputation as one of the world’s great teaching and research institutions. We are seeking a temporary Photo Assets Coordinator to meticulously manage photography assets in our asset management system, Canto, and to deliver files quickly for visual storytelling about Princeton’s teaching, research and service mission, as well as external requests.

The person in this position is responsible for file management (name, metadata, format) and maintaining the systems that collect and organize our visual assets, ensuring they can be easily found and shared for repeated use on Princeton’s channels and by external entities. The Photo Assets Coordinator administers our photo portals and grants users access. They also work closely with the communications team and campus partners on asset ingestion, and on identifying photos for specific initiatives and projects.

This position is temporary and primarily onsite at the Princeton University campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

To apply, submit a resume and cover letter. 

• →File all photo assets, digitizing assets or converting into correct file formats as needed and ingesting photos following defined workflows. These assets include photos taken by our team’s photographers, campus partners, freelance photographers.
• →Review and assign metadata, including checking/adding factual information such as file names, content, copyright and credit information. Add content tags based on a defined tagging structure.
• →Manage the Communications photo library - create new catalogs, register new users, define permissions for users, perform regular review and maintenance of the system and assets.
• →Respond to photo requests, distributing assets to staff, external partners and media outlets on individual basis and for larger projects.
• →Other duties as assigned.

Essential qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
• Essential work experience: 5+ years as an administrator of a digital asset management system, including asset ingestion, metadata tagging, user roles and permissions management, and asset delivery
• Essential skills and proficiencies
  • Meticulous attention to accuracy and details
  • Strong organization and time management skills
  • Able to design and follow efficient workflows and processes, and document those processes, and proactive in seeking workflow improvements
  • Knowledge of how to work with a variety of photo file types
  • Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Adobe Bridge
  • Familiarity with filesharing sites such as Google Drive, Dropbox, SmugMug
  • Collaboration across multidisciplinary teams
• Must be willing to work some nights, weekends and holidays, including during Reunions and Commencement activities May 20-25 

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Canto
• Photography and photo editing skills

Be advised that you will be contacted only if there is further interest in your application. Your candidate dashboard may not display status updates for this requisition.

Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's qualifications, work experience, education/training, key skills, market, collective bargaining agreements as applicable, and organizational considerations when extending an offer. The posted salary range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate for a full-time position; salaries for part-time positions are pro-rated accordingly.

If the salary range on the posted position shows an hourly rate, this is the baseline; the actual hourly rate may be higher, depending on the position and factors listed above.

The University also offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. Please see this link for more information.