Senior Librarian, Digital Asset Management

This role is an individual contributor position leading governance, image taxonomy, and operational excellence for Sprouts’ enterprise Digital Asset Management (DAM) system (Aprimo). The Senior Librarian ensures product and creative assets are structured, accessible, and aligned to business needs across eCommerce and Marketing. This position sits within the Online Merchandising & Catalog team and acts as a critical connector between business stakeholders and the system integrator, driving the evolution of DAM from a legacy repository into a strategic capability.

Responsibilities

• DAM Governance & Strategy
  • Establish, evolve, and enforce DAM governance frameworks, policies, and standards across product and creative assets
  • Define and operationalize metadata schema, taxonomy, and naming conventions aligned to business use cases
  • Partner with Legal and stakeholders to ensure usage rights, licensing, and compliance standards are defined and enforced
  • Develop governance documentation, training materials, and adoption programs to drive enterprise DAM usage and compliance
  • Act as steward of DAM best practices, driving consistency across teams and functions
• Asset Management & Operations
  • Own day-to-day DAM operations, ensuring assets are accurately ingested, tagged, and maintained
  • Oversee application of metadata, keywords, and controlled vocabulary to improve asset discoverability
  • Define and manage asset lifecycle standards, including creation, versioning, archival, retention, and retirement processes
  • Audit assets regularly to ensure adherence to governance standards and data quality expectations; coach when needed
  • Manage user roles, permissions, and access controls across the organization
• Cross-Functional Enablement
  • Partner with the system integrator to define requirements, enhancements, and roadmap priorities
  • Translate business needs into DAM capabilities, integrations, and workflows
  • Support integration with eCommerce systems, PIM, CMS, CRM, and other downstream platforms
  • Build and manage a quarterly DAM roadmap with clear prioritization and measurable outcomes
• Data, Reporting & Optimization
  • Establish KPIs for DAM performance (e.g., asset reuse, search success, metadata completeness)
  • Monitor system usage, adoption, and asset performance; identify opportunities to improve asset reuse, speed-to-market, operational efficiency, and overall DAM effectiveness
• Other related duties as assigned

Requirements

• 5-8+ years in Digital Asset Management, Library Science, Information Science, or related field
• 3+ years developing and managing enterprise metadata schemas, taxonomies, and governance frameworks
• Hands-on experience with enterprise DAM platforms (Aprimo preferred)
• Experience managing both product and creative asset ecosystems
• Experience supporting enterprise marketing, merchandising, eCommerce, and creative organizations
• Experience managing digital rights, licensing, and asset usage compliance

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan to support you or your immediate family’s health
• Vacation accrual plan
• Opportunities for career growth
• 15% discount for you and one other family member on all purchases at Sprouts
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
• Company-paid life insurance
• Contests and appreciation events throughout the year
• Bonus based on company and/or individual performance (eligibility requirements may apply)
• Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental, and vision (eligibility requirements may apply)
• Health Savings Account with company match (eligibility requirements may apply)
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care (eligibility requirements may apply)
• Company-paid short-term disability coverage (eligibility requirements may apply)
• Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers (eligibility requirements may apply)
• Paid holidays
• DailyPay: Access earned wages before payday at no extra cost