Digital Asset Management Intern - NHL

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**Position:**Digital Asset Management Intern

**Department:**Information Technology

**Reporting To:**Manager, Digital Assets

Timeline:            October – June

Our Purpose:

We are building a championship organization that serves our fans, community and business partners through world class sports and entertainment. We believe that Winning Matters, our Fans come first, with risk comes reward, great teams can achieve unimaginable results, honoring the Pacific Northwest is our duty and driving the business is our responsibility. 

Since the team was awarded in 2018 through to our first puck drop in 2021, the Kraken brand has become one of the most recognized and beloved in the NHL. Playing at Climate Pledge Arena, the most sustainable arena in the world, we want to provide a memorable experience every night and make fans for life. Our joint foundation, One Roof Foundation aims to advance equity and sustainability by increasing opportunities to thrive for our most vulnerable young people and communities.

Our Vision:

To inspire a passion for learning and empower future leaders in a safe environment where they are valued for their individuality and diverse capabilities.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hiring:

The Seattle Kraken aspire to write a new playbook in sports and entertainment that includes everyone. In alignment with this vision, if you don’t meet every job requirement listed—or if you haven’t played ice hockey before or are still learning about the sport—we still encourage you to apply. We understand you may bring other relevant experiences and expertise to help us become the highest performance organization we can be. One of our core values is ‘Make Us Better’ and we recognize diversity, equity and inclusion as a critical business strategy.

If you’d like to request an accommodation in the application or interview process, please let us know by emailing: [email protected].

Position Summary:

The Seattle Kraken Digital Asset Management (DAM) team oversees a rapidly growing media library of more than 300,000 photos, videos, and audio clips. This collection includes live game footage, event coverage, produced content, broadcast segments, photography, and radio. The DAM Intern will support the team by uploading, organizing, and tagging media within the Seattle Kraken Digital Asset Management system ensuring assets are secure, searchable, and readily available for future use.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Manager, Digital Assets and internal creative teams to help ingest, catalog, and organize game day content and specialty shoot footage
• Effectively and properly apply metadata tags to content in a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, ensuring assets are searchable and retrievable.
• Develop strong knowledge of the Kraken media archive to help team members locate content. Assist in fulfilling content distribution requests from internal teams and external media.
• Assist the Manager, Digital Assets in performing quality assurance tasks to validate the accuracy and completeness of asset metadata.

Qualifications:

• Relevant coursework or experience in Digital/Media Asset Management, archives, library science or computer information systems
• Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Familiarity with a wide variety of file types (documents, video, audio and photo)
• Experience using Adobe Premiere Pro
• NHL or hockey terminology knowledge a plus
• A high degree of personal integrity and consistently put the interests of the organization first
• Must be a fierce communicator and cross-organizational collaborator

Compensation & Perks:

• In accordance with Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunity Act, the pay range for the position is $21-$22/hr. Actual base pay will depend on the employee’s experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.
• Company-paid Orca card.
• Company-wide recognition platform.
• Corporate office located at the Kraken Community Iceplex in Northgate; within walking distance of the Northgate Light Rail Station and Northgate Transit Center; free parking.

Working Conditions:

• This role is based on-site in our Seattle office and requires work to be performed in person. However, we do value flexibility as the business will allow, and offer occasional opportunities to work from home.
• Minimal Travel (<10% travel): May be required to travel. Trips may require air travel and/or overnight stay away from home for one or more nights.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule inclusive of weekends, nights and holidays required
• Frequent bending, lifting 15-20 pounds, sitting, exposure to multiple external elements, extensive walking through the building including inclines and stairs.

Seattle Hockey Partners, LLC and Seattle Arena Company, LLC are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate on basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

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