Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Author & Digital Asset Management (DAM) Consultant

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior AEM authoring expert, providing guidance on advanced authoring capabilities, best practices, content governance standards, publishing workflows, and operational processes.
• Author, edit, optimize, QA, publish, and maintain enterprise websites using Adobe Experience Manager Sites.
• Translate design mockups into production-ready AEM pages using existing components while ensuring pixel-accurate implementation.
• Ensure all content adheres to established governance standards, accessibility requirements, SEO guidelines, metadata frameworks, tagging structures, and brand requirements prior to publication.
• Perform comprehensive quality assurance to ensure content accuracy, visual consistency, functionality, and cross-device compatibility prior to publication.
• Manage complex content updates across multiple websites and business initiatives while balancing competing priorities and meeting aggressive deadlines.
• Collaborate with UX designers, developers, product owners, marketers, and QA teams to support new features, component enhancements, and content initiatives.
• Owning authoring governance standards, publishing procedures, metadata requirements, tagging standards, content quality controls, and content lifecycle best practices.
• Conduct periodic audits of website content, metadata, tagging, and publishing practices to ensure compliance with established standards.
• Partner with development and QA teams to ensure content readiness for releases, component enhancements, and website launches.
• Support Adobe Experience Manager Digital Asset Management (DAM) best practices, including metadata management, tagging, asset organization, and governance.
• Partner with analytics teams to evaluate content performance and identify opportunities for optimization based on user behavior, search trends, engagement metrics, and business goals.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM Sites).
• Strong experience working with Adobe Experience Manager Digital Asset Management (DAM).
• Deep understanding of enterprise content management, content governance, and digital publishing workflows.
• Strong attention to detail with exceptional proofreading, QA, and content validation skills.
• Experience working from design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, or Sketch.
• Working knowledge of SEO best practices, accessibility standards (WCAG), metadata strategy, content governance, and digital content optimization.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, organizational, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with AEM as a Cloud Service.
• Familiarity with Adobe Experience Cloud products, including Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Launch, or related personalization technologies.
• Experience working with offshore, nearshore, or third-party authoring partners.
• Understanding of headless CMS concepts and Content Fragments.
• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and web technologies to support authoring and troubleshooting.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams using Jira and Confluence.
• Adobe Experience Manager certifications preferred.