Manager, Digital Assets

About You

Goop is searching for an experienced and solution-focused Digital Asset Manager to join our Creative department.

About The Role

The Manager, Digital Assets will primarily be responsible for managing all photo/video assets across all verticals used on all Goop owned + operated channels. The work will include organizing all historical imagery, building out/maintaining DAM tools/software, and acting as the point-person for all final creative deliverables across the company. The role also includes external partnership with vendors/agencies and liaising with key stakeholders to ensure optimum efficiency remains top-of-mind. This position reports directly to the Creative team’s Director, Creative Production, but will collaborate closely with Director, Video and other cross-functional team members at all levels and departments within the larger org, including IT, Legal, and Finance.

Responsibilities Include:

• Own all processes pertaining to image usage and tracking for all assets
• Serve as lead project manager for digital asset management system build-out and use, working closely with IT, external vendor(s), and cross-functional team members (includes training/onboarding new users to the DAM system and assist with any questions from existing users)
• Organize/manage entire final asset delivery pipeline from retouching/editing to uploading/distributing, while updating internal system(s) with any status updates as needed
• Track product integration across all content and assist in upload optimization both on YT and O+O
• Create/maintain an archive and tracking system and pull historical images/data to updated tracker, confirming all information (usage rights, etc.) is current and accurate
• Oversee all metadata standards, ensuring all assets are tagged accordingly
• Manage all incoming vendor assets, ensuring images meet quality standards before passing on to retouching
• Provide freelancers with necessary access to upload content for retouching/editing workflow
• Work with all cross-functional teams for any image usage rights requests, making sure all requests are vetted through creative team to ensure proper usage and ensure any images with expiring usage rights are removed
• Partner with Legal team in supplying any needed documentation or communication regarding image usage rights

Qualifications and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in similar function
• Experience with DAM tools, migration, and consolidation (metadata input, organizing large amounts of files, file naming conventions, and database reporting)
• Strong project management and communication skills (experience in working closely with non-technical team members)
• Ability to work efficiently against tight deadlines and lead process improvements and operational implementation/execution
• Highly organized, solution-focused, and a self-starter—can also work in cross-functional situations, ensuring all others teams’ needs and deadlines are met
• Must be comfortable in a front-facing role and representing the company in partnerships with external vendors
• Understanding of, and appreciation for the goop sensibility, brand, aesthetic, and mission.
• Desire to work in a start-up environment and wear many hats with a “do whatever it takes” attitude

About goop 

Gwyneth Paltrow launched goop from her kitchen as a homespun weekly newsletter. It’s grown a lot since then; goop is a lifestyle platform encompassing curated products and content about beauty, wellness, fashion, food and home. Pioneering the contextual commerce platform, goop allows readers to shop with meaning. goop is one of the rare places on the web where food, shopping, and mindfulness collide—where the ever-evolving intent is to make every choice count. We’re all resource-strapped, so goop hopes to surface the very best experiences, recipes, products, and advice.  

With a highly engaged and loyal customer base already in place, the goop platform is rapidly expanding to include branded events, retail stores, pop-ups, a Netflix series, and an ever-growing lineup of goop private label products in addition to multi-branded shopping. The company boasts diverse and rapidly growing revenue streams across ecommerce, ad sales, retail, and experiences.

FAQ

• Compensation: Competitive Market Salary DOE + Equity.
• Benefits: Generous health benefits package, fertility benefits and paid parental leave.
• Perks: “goopcation” paid company summer break, generous goop discounts, special offers with brand partners, access to custom lifestyle resources and events, and a beautiful workspace in Santa Monica.
• Work Philosophy: At goop we believe that creativity, innovation and camaraderie are essential to our business, our culture and our employee’s growth and development. With our Hybrid Work Policy, employees we are committed to promoting collaboration, productivity and employee well-being by maximizing the benefits of both in-person and remote work. With every aspect of this policy, goop is committed to employee health and safety, and will continue to follow all federal, state, and local requirements.
• Type of Hire: This is a full-time, exempt position
• Job Disclosures: No applicant disclosures related to physical requirements or ADA-related considerations are relevant for this role.
• Application Requirements: All applicants will be reviewed through this site’s job application submission. Direct submissions to the People Operations Team members or Hiring Managers will not be reviewed separately.
• Candidate Requirements: Applicants must have US work authorization.