Jonathan DeAngelis is a Digital Asset Management professional in Boston, MA.

Digital Asset Manager
Metadata and Taxonomy Manager
System Administrator and Programmer
Project, Product, and Operations Manger
Graphic and Web Designer
Digital Imaging Technician
Photographer and Artist

An experienced Digital Asset Manager with a demonstrated background across a number of industries, including life sciences, manufacturing, publishing, and museum archiving. With an educational background in photography and design, I have a strong understanding of the asset lifecycle - from creation and cataloging, to end user consumption, and archiving.

Skilled in operations and workflow management, metadata management and quality control, relational database management and design, and system automation and administration. I am passionated about the future of DAM and have completed a Digital Asset Management certificate program with Rutgers School of Communication and Information.

Color Kinetics,
Burlington, MA —
Data and Asset Manager

June 2020 - March 2022

Managed and governed a B2C PIM database (Knack) of customer-facing product data, assets, and metadata for all three Color Kinetics product lines, representing twenty-three+ product lines and their related accessories, controllers, and power sources. Worked closely with a global team of product managers and marcom stakeholders to assure accuracy and value of customer facing data and assets.

Maintained and generated customer-facing specification sheets, product guides, summaries, embedded HTML iframes, and managed downloadable assets (IES, PDF, DWG, etc.) for global brand site, as well as internal / sales use.

Contributed to website CMS / DAM (AEM) management and development; managing, modifying, and creating product pages and components, including SEO, keyboarding, and taxonomy.

Assisted in marketing strategy, generating KPI reports for global site traffic from Adobe / Google Analytics to identify trends and growth indicators.

America's Test Kitchen,
Boston, MA —
DAM Systems Manager

September 2019 - May 2020

Administered two highly-customized, multi-catalog DAM / publishing systems, including the management and development of metadata cataloging and consistency, taxonomy, user permissions, workflows, and archiving policy.

Oversaw version upgrades for both systems on a company wide scale. Monitored and programmed DAM system automation, including the creation of cataloging hot folders, reports, and archive processing.

Implemented a new, more effective archiving strategy, archiving or deleting 150,000 assets at EOY 2019, and identified an additional 97,000 archiving targets for 2020. In conjunction with the IT and Production teams, spearheaded development of DAM-related databases, workflows, and application software, including a relational UID database for cross-departmental use and reference.

Implemented a training program for new and existing users, cultivated cross- departmental conversations, and broadly advocated for DAM best practices and education.

The Digital Ark, Corp.,
Providence, RI —
Director of Operations

December 2017 - September 2019

Managed operations of east coast office, including development of workflow and project management, quality control and metadata processing on large scale projects with file counts upward of 250,000, database and application development and maintenance, and server maintenance.

Acted as digital imaging technician in mass digitization operations compliant with FADGI standards, including loose, bound, reflective, photographic, oversized archival materials ranging in condition and age.