Data Librarian
Job Title: Data Librarian Client Location: Remote (must reside in PST time zone) Starting: 12/15/2025 Minimum Pay (per hour): 38.71 Maximum Pay (per hour): 40.00 Firm, non-negotiable: No Hours: Full-time Duration: 4 months with possible extension (on W2 with benefits) Job Description: Our luxury retail client's Creative Operations team is seeking a Data Librarian to steward high-volume product and creative metadata across their systems, with a primary focus on Digital Creative libraries, CMS content structures, Airtable, and translation databases. This role owns data integrity, schema/taxonomy management, and library migrations that support publishing and international translation workflows. The position is operational and systems-embedded (not business KPI analytics) and requires daily cross-functional coordination with PMs, digital librarians, linguists, developers, marketing and digital creatives, and external partners. What you bring: • Proactive, self-directed execution • Collaborative cross-functionally across Creative, Dev/IT, and Intl teams • Flexible under changing scopes and mid-course corrections • Precise, process-driven, and documentation-oriented • Must have strong time management & problem-solving skills What you'll do: • Collect, map, cleanse, normalize, reconcile, and migrate data to keep databases accurate and consistent. • Execute high-volume data operations (imports/exports, audits, comparisons, exception handling) and validate outputs through rigorous QA. • Build, maintain, document, and improve operational workflows that support data management and publishing processes; identify gaps, propose fixes, and implement repeatable solutions. Provide cross-functional workflow training to colleagues with varying levels of experience in data management. • Manage translation data operations: maintain product and non-product translation records, priority flags, submissions intake, and ongoing updates; ensure completeness and correctness of translation databases. • Maintain and improve Translation Memory/Term Base structures and translation style guides; implement updates systematically. • Execute translation deliverables for digital and print outputs • Coordinate daily/weekly cross-functional working sessions; track decisions, manage follow-ups, and communicate requirements, risks, and release impacts. Requirements: • Advanced Excel proficiency; able to manipulate and validate large datasets • Intermediate-to-advanced SQL proficiency; able to author multi-join queries for exports, audits, and reconciliation. • Demonstrated experience with metadata stewardship, controlled vocabularies, tagging, and schema management. • Hands-on experience operating in system-embedded roles (CMS, Airtable, DAM//PLM environments). • Proven data QA mindset with high accuracy and attention to detail. • Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate technical data issues into actions for PMs, developers, librarians, and international partners. • Ability to manage multiple parallel work streams and shifting priorities under deadline. Preferred Requirements: • Python for automation and data transformations. • Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Contentful, or other CMS system. • Experience with Airtable admin/builds, data migrations, and governance. • Experience with CAT tool management. • Background in digital librarianship, information science About Aquent Talent: Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits! Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive. Apply tot his job