This course has now ended and is available to purchase on-demand here.


It’s Essential

Getting the choice right and early optimization are keys to success.
It’s all dependent on the knowledge and skills of DAM leaders.
This course is for DAM leaders, aspiring DAM leaders and would-be DAM leaders.

Kate is a metadata specialist at the National Gallery of Art with more than 15 years of experience in digital asset management, metadata strategy, and museum imaging workflows. She leads development of the Gallery’s enterprise metadata schema and collaborates across departments to improve access, organization, and preservation of digital collections. Her work focuses on controlled vocabularies, cataloging standards, rights management, and user-centered DAM system design and support.

Mel has been with ResourceSpace since 2022, working as an in-house Arts & Heritage Specialist to deliver onboarding, training, and consultancy for a wide range of ResourceSpace users. Previously, Mel has worked in archives, data analysis, and digital collections management, collaborating with UK institutions such as Art Fund, Royal Academy of Arts, and The Leach Pottery alongside global clients including Oxfam, IKEA, and Starbucks.

 

Product Information Management (PIM) Masterclass

The focus:

This masterclass equips you with the core principles and practical skills needed to build and manage effective product information systems. Stephan Spijkers brings real-world experience to help you understand what makes PIM systems work and where they typically fail. Exploring data modeling, attribute management, and workflow design through concrete examples. 

 

Covering:

Kristen Zaik Vazquez is a brand and creative operations professional specializing in the intersection of creativity, operational transformation, and scalable growth. With 15+ years of creative production experience across entertainment, media, advertising, and healthcare, she has built and led systems that help creative teams and organizations operate more clearly, collaboratively, and sustainably during periods of rapid change.

Session 1 - The VALUE Framework: Prioritize, Protect Capacity, Prove Impact
Tuesday September 1, 2026
8AM PDT / 11AM EDT / 4PM BST / 5PM CEST

Context

In-house creative teams lose strategic ground one unvetted request at a time. Without a structured system for deciding what deserves their attention, teams end up treating every project as equally urgent - which leads to constant firefighting, mounting burnout, and creative output that never quite connects to business goals. 

DAM Los Angeles 2027 will be held at the Sheraton Grand in Downtown LA


Address: 711 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90017, United States

For a map please click here.

Located in the centre of the Los Angeles downtown financial district, this full-service business and convention hotel is an inviting and contemporary retreat for any lifestyle.