Manager Assets and Post-Production

Experience the possibilities of our progressive, omnichannel approach to beauty retail. At Ulta Beauty, our Marketing team is applying the latest technologies to personalize the buying experience of true beauty enthusiasts—in ways that surprise and delight. Building love and loyalty, one communication, one experience, one brilliant idea at a time. We represent the perfect blend of strategy and creativity. Of tactics and analytics. To make Ulta Beauty a brand guests will advocate for. Growing share of heart. Delivering with disciplined consistency. Whether your deepest passion is for design or content, strategy or data, or some combination of all things marketing, Ulta Beauty will provide significant latitude to explore your talents and passions, with opportunities to stretch and deepen, to grow and build. Truly, the possibilities are beautiful.

THE IMPACT YOU HAVE 

*This position is hybrid, and we are currently considering only candidates who are local to our headquarters in Bolingbrook, Illinois

The Manager, Assets and Post-Production is responsible for leading a team that manages the processing, retouching, editing, organization, and distribution of photography and video assets across the organization. This role ensures that all assets are accurately processed, properly archived, and easily accessible to cross-functional teams including Print, Digital, Social, Stores, and E-commerce/PDP.

This role combines people leadership, technical expertise, and operational excellence to support a high-volume content production environment. The Manager, Assets and Post-Production will oversee day-to-day asset workflows while continuously improving processes that support efficient asset delivery at scale.

This individual will also play a critical role in the evaluation, onboarding, and implementation of a future Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform, partnering cross-functionally to build scalable asset management solutions that support the evolving needs of the business.

YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH THESE GOAL BY:

• Lead and manage a team that handles asset management, post-production and retouching, providing coaching, development, and performance management.
• Hire and manage relationships with external post-production venders to uphold our brand standards and execute within budget.
• Oversee the end-to-end asset lifecycle including image processing, retouching coordination, file management, metadata tagging, archiving, and distribution across teams.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of photography and video assets to cross-functional partners across Print, Digital, Social, Stores, and E-commerce/PDP.
• Establish and maintain clear asset management processes, standards, and governance to support high-volume content production.
• Partner with Studio Production, Marketing, and Creative teams to ensure asset workflows support production timelines and campaign launches.
• Act as the subject matter expert for digital asset management, including file formats, color workflows, naming conventions, metadata standards, and storage systems.
• Play a key role in the evaluation, implementation, and onboarding of a future DAM platform, helping define requirements, workflows, and adoption across the organization.
• Maintain strong organization and structure across large volumes of assets to ensure searchability, accessibility, and long-term asset integrity.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automate processes, and scale asset management workflows and partner with each channel to evaluate current processes for improvement.
• Communicate clearly and proactively with stakeholders to ensure alignment across teams in a fast-paced studio environment.

THE ESSENTIALS OF SUCCESS 

• 8+ years of experience managing teams in digital asset management and post-production within a studio environment.
• People management experience with demonstrated ability to lead and develop team members.
• Strong understanding of digital imaging workflows, including file processing, retouching pipelines, and color management.
• Hands-on experience working within Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems.
• Preferred experience onboarding a new DAM platform from start to finish.
• Experience managing high volumes of photography and video assets in a fast-paced studio or production environment.
• Strong technical fluency with image processing tools (e.g., Photoshop, Capture One, Adobe Creative Cloud).
• Highly process-driven with a strong organizational and operational mindset.
• Exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to balance hands-on technical work with leadership and strategic process improvement.
• Experience supporting large content ecosystems across multiple channels (digital, social, e-commerce, print, store) preferred.

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At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty’s own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring—hair, skin, brow, and make-up services.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.