Proposal for UVic RFP 463
One governed home for every university image, video and file.
QuickHands proposes a configurable Digital Asset Management platform for University Communications and Marketing — migration, metadata, rights, galleries and CDN delivery, hosted in Canada.
The complete DAM is proposed for delivery and has not yet been deployed as an enterprise production product. Each capability is subject to UVic acceptance before go-live.
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Open the guided demo
A seven-step walkthrough of the proposed DAM on fictional sample assets. Then try the live workspace, with real uploads and the AI assistant, by creating an account.
The guided demo is demonstration mode with sample data; the live workspace stores real data.
Search & facets
Find assets by keyword, department, rights and status.
Metadata & rights
See how copyright, licence and expiry follow each file.
Approval workflow
Walk through review, approve and audit trail.
Galleries & CDN links
Expiring external shares and stable delivery URLs.
AI OCR
Read text inside images in the live workspace.
AI assistant
Ask in plain language to find, tag and file assets.
~172,000
existing assets to migrate
4.5–5 TB
existing content with XMP
10 TB+
storage at launch
50
named user accounts
UVic project requirements and delivery targets from RFP 463 — not existing production metrics.
Why a DAM
What the platform solves for UCAM
172,000 assets across photography, RAW, video and design files need structure, governance and reliable delivery.
Find the right asset in seconds
Keyword, metadata, department, date and rights search across the full migrated collection.
Know what you may use
Copyright, licence, permitted use and rights-expiry travel with every asset and drive access.
Publish once, link forever
Approved assets get stable CDN URLs that survive new versions — paste them into Cascade CMS or WordPress.
Share safely beyond campus
External galleries with expiry and download controls, without spending named seats.
Appendix E coverage
42 functional requirements, eight capability areas
Every requirement is committed as configurable by QuickHands and verified through UVic acceptance testing.
Asset Management & Storage
5 requirements
ViewMetadata & Cataloguing
5 requirements
ViewSearch & Retrieval
4 requirements
ViewDistribution & Sharing
4 requirements
ViewRights & Governance
8 requirements
ViewCDN & Digital Delivery
8 requirements
ViewSecurity & Compliance
6 requirements
ViewReporting & Analytics
3 requirements
ViewHow it works
From camera card to campus website
Ingest
Contributors upload RAW, video and documents; embedded metadata is captured.
Describe
Editors add tags, department and rights fields against an approved schema.
Approve
Content managers review, approve, reject or archive with a full audit trail.
Deliver
Approved assets publish to a stable CDN URL or a shared external gallery.
Delivery team
The people accountable for UVic's delivery
Hessam Mohammadi
Technical Lead & Project Delivery Lead
Leads technical direction and delivery for the UVic engagement, coordinating architecture decisions, requirements and stakeholder communication.
LinkedInAli Avani
Backend & Cloud Architecture Lead
Responsible for the services behind the DAM: APIs, data design, infrastructure integration and access controls.
LinkedInAmir Aghaei
Application & Portal Development Lead
Responsible for the applications people use every day: the DAM workspace, search, galleries and administrative dashboards.
LinkedInOur software engineering & digital platform experience
Experience building practical digital platforms, applied to enterprise asset management.
These are examples of application engineering and workflow delivery — not prior DAM deployments. We do not claim a previous higher-education DAM implementation.
Continental Prime Accounting
Related partyCustomers sign in, complete questions and upload documents for professional review. Transferable to DAM: structured intake, separation of customer and staff tasks, handling sensitive records.
Canada Prime Jobs
Related partyDistinct pathways for job seekers, employers and internal staff. Transferable to DAM: role-based access, searchable records and audience-specific journeys.
Behravan
Digital client journeys developed by the QuickHands team. Transferable to DAM: customer-facing application design and product coordination.
QuickHands
Vancouver services platform connecting clients with Taskers. Transferable to DAM: user workflows, role-based coordination and operational application design.
Continental Prime Accounting and Canada Prime Jobs are under related ownership or control and are presented as related-party delivery experience.
See it working, step by step.
A seven-step evaluator walkthrough using fictional sample assets — no login needed.