Digital Asset Management Assistant in Edinburgh

Full-time and Fixed Term (to 31 March 2027)

About the role

How do you make a world-class art collection easier to discover, share and use?

Do you have experience using a Digital Asset Management system with excellent data management skills? Do you have a strong eye for detail and a good understanding of copyright, image permissions, and GDPR? If you’re interested in helping one of the UK’s leading art collections make the most of its digital assets, we’d love to hear from you.

As our Digital Asset Management Assistant, you’ll be instrumental in managing and improving the data and processes behind our collection of images, videos, and other digital assets. You’ll make sure our digital assets are meticulously organised, accurately described and easily accessible, while helping to develop the systems and processes that enable them to be used and shared effectively. This is a hands-on role where accuracy really matters, and where your work will help improve the quality, consistency, and accessibility of our digital collections.

You’ll need to be confident working with Digital Asset Management and Collections Management systems, managing and processing data, and working carefully with metadata. You’ll also bring a practical understanding of copyright, and images permissions, with the ability to research rights, identify potential issues and support copyright clearance.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across the National Galleries of Scotland, including project teams and collections colleagues, so strong communication and organisational skills are just as important as your technical knowledge. You’ll be comfortable managing competing priorities, working independently when needed and contributing collaboratively to shared projects.

If you enjoy bringing order to complex information, solving problems and finding ways to improve how things work, this is an opportunity to use your digital asset management, data and copyright skills in a cultural heritage environment – helping more people connect with Scotland’s national collection.

The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon on Monday, 12 October 2026.

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