Amanda Abbett

• Leads all aspects of Digital Asset Management (DAM) system and photography workflow, and manages entire digital asset lifecycle of photographs from creation to curation (currently over 47,000 assets), distribution and archiving, serving as DSMs lead expert on this activity
• Leads cross-functional teams to define scope, business objectives and required project results for Digital Asset Management system
• Increases engagement by developing and delivering teach-back presentations, and researching and presenting DAM analytics to management
• Troubleshoots technical issues and assists professional and support staff in their use of DAM system
• Assists in scheduling assignments for 3 staff photographers

• Lead research and production for video optimization project, adding contextual videos to most-viewed recipes and slideshows on website
• Edited recipe photos from Southern Living, Cooking Light, All You, Coastal Living, and Sunset magazines

Managed over 400,000 digital assets for magazine; trafficked photography ingestions into asset management system; assisted with web photo content production; created annual master bound volumes for archives.

• Catalogued all photography assets for Southern Living magazine, Special Editions, and Special Interest Publications
• Served on team that re-designed asset management system, reorganized and revitalized data management processes, and provided expertise to determine and develop appropriate data values
• Taught teach-backs to various editorial groups and assisted over 15 staff photographers with their asset ingestions into system, reducing ongoing database user issues

Oversaw hundreds of thousands of digital assets for the magazine; managed interns and assisted in management of departmental staff; assisted Production in image research and delivery.

• Managed and catalogued photography assets for Southern Living magazine, Special Editions, and Special Interest Publications
• Collaborated with technology team to manage and resolve data quality issues and strengthen data management practices
• Streamlined processes and improved productivity of information gathering, categorizing, and implementation, increasing output despite decreased staff due to layoffs
• Assisted in supervising two employees and recruited, trained, and managed rotating interns

• Catalogued new and managed all previously catalogued staff, freelance, and stock film, digital photography, and illustrations for Southern Living magazine, Special Editions, and Special Interest Publications
• Served on key committee responsible for re-engineering technical workflow processes, integrating new technologies and creating first cross-functional database at Southern Progress Corporation
• Researched images in Southern Living photography database for company staff
• Recruited, hired, trained, and managed rotating interns

Catalogued and managed all Travel section photography film and illustrations for Southern Living magazine into a photography database; researched imagery for large corporate staff; assisted in management of large periodical collection.

Researched history and architecture of old home in Alabaster, AL, which included visiting property, speaking with ancestors of original owners of house, searching and inspecting property records, and referencing architectural books for region, for use transport and use at then not-yet-fully developed American Village in Montevallo, AL.

Assisted with maintaining historical archives and collections, records and information management, preservation of permanent records, and performed extensive research of county records and genealogy records and texts for various museum projects.