diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index f2403634..ce26b89f 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -53,3 +53,5 @@ KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_ID=
 KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_SECRET=
 
 APISIX_SESSION_SECRET_KEY=must_be_at_least_16_chars
+
+MITOL_LEARN_API_URL=https://api.rc.learn.mit.edu/api/v1/
diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 3b08f0f9..d645c0ea 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-"""Project conftest"""
-
 # pylint: disable=wildcard-import, unused-wildcard-import
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+
 import pytest
 
 from fixtures.common import *  # noqa: F403
@@ -8,6 +8,30 @@
 from unified_ecommerce.exceptions import DoNotUseRequestException
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def mock_requests_get():
+    # Mock the response of requests.get
+    with patch("system_meta.tasks.requests.get") as mock_get:
+        # Create a mock response object
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_response.raise_for_status = Mock()  # Mock the raise_for_status method
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {
+            "results": [
+                {
+                    "image": {
+                        "url": "http://example.com/image.jpg",
+                        "alt": "Image alt text",
+                        "description": "Image description",
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+        mock_get.return_value = (
+            mock_response  # Set the mock response to be returned by requests.get
+        )
+        yield mock_get  # This will be the mocked requests.get
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def prevent_requests(mocker, request):  # noqa: PT004
     """Patch requests to error on request by default"""
diff --git a/openapi/specs/v0.yaml b/openapi/specs/v0.yaml
index 810226cb..0038d24c 100644
--- a/openapi/specs/v0.yaml
+++ b/openapi/specs/v0.yaml
@@ -1701,6 +1701,10 @@ components:
           format: decimal
           pattern: ^-?\d{0,5}(?:\.\d{0,2})?$
           description: Price (decimal to two places)
+        image_metadata:
+          nullable: true
+          description: Image metadata including URL, alt text, and description (in
+            JSON).
     PaymentTypeEnum:
       enum:
       - marketing
@@ -1762,6 +1766,10 @@ components:
         deleted_by_cascade:
           type: boolean
           readOnly: true
+        image_metadata:
+          nullable: true
+          description: Image metadata including URL, alt text, and description (in
+            JSON).
       required:
       - deleted_by_cascade
       - description
@@ -1799,6 +1807,10 @@ components:
           format: decimal
           pattern: ^-?\d{0,5}(?:\.\d{0,2})?$
           description: Price (decimal to two places)
+        image_metadata:
+          nullable: true
+          description: Image metadata including URL, alt text, and description (in
+            JSON).
       required:
       - description
       - name
diff --git a/system_meta/factories.py b/system_meta/factories.py
index 47fc451a..bd230902 100644
--- a/system_meta/factories.py
+++ b/system_meta/factories.py
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ class Meta:
     description = Faker("text")
     system = SubFactory(IntegratedSystemFactory)
     system_data = Faker("json")
+    image_metadata = {
+        "image_url": "http://example.com/image.jpg",
+        "alt_text": "Image alt text",
+        "description": "Image description",
+    }
 
 
 class ActiveProductFactory(ProductFactory):
diff --git a/system_meta/management/commands/update_product_image_data.py b/system_meta/management/commands/update_product_image_data.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45f7bdc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system_meta/management/commands/update_product_image_data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from system_meta.models import Product
+from system_meta.tasks import update_products
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """
+    A management command to update image_metadata for all Product objects
+    Example usage: python manage.py update_product_image_data --product_id 1
+    """
+
+    help = "Update image_metadata for all Product objects"
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--product-id",
+            type=int,
+            help="The ID of the product to update",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--sku",
+            type=str,
+            help="The SKU of the product to update",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--name",
+            type=str,
+            help="The name of the product to update",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--system-name",
+            type=str,
+            help="The system name of the product to update",
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):  # noqa: ARG002
+        product_id = kwargs.get("product_id")
+        sku = kwargs.get("sku")
+        name = kwargs.get("name")
+        system_name = kwargs.get("system_name")
+
+        if product_id:
+            products = Product.objects.filter(id=product_id)
+        elif sku:
+            products = Product.objects.filter(sku=sku, system__name=system_name)
+        elif name:
+            products = Product.objects.filter(name=name)
+        else:
+            products = Product.objects.all()
+
+        for product in products:
+            update_products.delay(product.id)
+            self.stdout.write(
+                self.style.SUCCESS(
+                    f"Successfully updated image metadata for product {product.id}"
+                )
+            )
diff --git a/system_meta/migrations/0007_product_image_metadata.py b/system_meta/migrations/0007_product_image_metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd607526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system_meta/migrations/0007_product_image_metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.17 on 2024-12-10 16:10
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("system_meta", "0006_integratedsystemapikey"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="product",
+            name="image_metadata",
+            field=models.JSONField(
+                blank=True,
+                help_text="Image metadata including URL, alt text, and description (in JSON).",
+                null=True,
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/system_meta/models.py b/system_meta/models.py
index 99ff7541..3554e386 100644
--- a/system_meta/models.py
+++ b/system_meta/models.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from safedelete.models import SafeDeleteModel
 from slugify import slugify
 
+from system_meta.tasks import update_products
 from unified_ecommerce.utils import SoftDeleteActiveModel
 
 User = get_user_model()
@@ -77,10 +78,22 @@ class Product(SafeDeleteModel, SoftDeleteActiveModel, TimestampedModel):
         null=True,
         help_text="System-specific data for the product (in JSON).",
     )
+    image_metadata = models.JSONField(
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+        help_text="Image metadata including URL, alt text, and description (in JSON).",
+    )
 
     objects = SafeDeleteManager()
     all_objects = models.Manager()
 
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Retrieve image data from the API
+        created = not self.pk
+        super().save(*args, **kwargs)
+        if created:
+            update_products.delay(self.id)
+
     class Meta:
         """Meta class for Product"""
 
diff --git a/system_meta/serializers.py b/system_meta/serializers.py
index 8aa8dda1..d344cc9e 100644
--- a/system_meta/serializers.py
+++ b/system_meta/serializers.py
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ class Meta:
             "system",
             "price",
             "deleted_by_cascade",
+            "image_metadata",
         ]
diff --git a/system_meta/tasks.py b/system_meta/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2589bbcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system_meta/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import logging
+from typing import Optional
+
+import requests
+from celery import shared_task
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+@shared_task
+def update_products(product_id: Optional[int] = None):
+    """
+    Update all product's image metadata.  If product_id is provided, only update the
+    product with that ID.  Otherwise, update all products.
+    """
+    from .models import Product
+
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    if product_id:
+        products = Product.objects.filter(id=product_id)
+    else:
+        products = Product.objects.all()
+    for product in products:
+        try:
+            response = requests.get(
+                f"{settings.MITOL_LEARN_API_URL}learning_resources/",
+                params={"platform": product.system.slug, "readable_id": product.sku},
+                timeout=10,
+            )
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            results_data = response.json()
+            course_data = results_data.get("results")[0]
+            image_data = course_data.get("image")
+            product.image_metadata = {
+                "image_url": image_data.get("url"),
+                "alt_text": image_data.get("alt"),
+                "description": image_data.get("description"),
+            }
+            product.save()
+        except requests.RequestException:
+            log.exception("Failed to retrieve image data for product %s", product.id)
diff --git a/unified_ecommerce/settings.py b/unified_ecommerce/settings.py
index 5f83bdf3..40bb0914 100644
--- a/unified_ecommerce/settings.py
+++ b/unified_ecommerce/settings.py
@@ -508,6 +508,8 @@
     name="MITOL_UE_PAYMENT_BASKET_CHOOSER", default="/cart/"
 )
 
+MITOL_LEARN_API_URL = get_string(name="MITOL_LEARN_API_URL", default="")
+
 import_settings_modules("mitol.payment_gateway.settings.cybersource")
 
 # Keycloak API settings
diff --git a/unified_ecommerce/settings_celery.py b/unified_ecommerce/settings_celery.py
index 009c2b96..98762f62 100644
--- a/unified_ecommerce/settings_celery.py
+++ b/unified_ecommerce/settings_celery.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Django settings for celery.
 """
 
+from celery.schedules import crontab
+
 from unified_ecommerce.envs import get_bool, get_int, get_string
 
 USE_CELERY = True
@@ -18,7 +20,12 @@
     "CELERY_WORKER_MAX_MEMORY_PER_CHILD", 250_000
 )
 
-CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE = {}
+CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE = {
+    "update-products-daily": {
+        "task": "system_meta.tasks.update_products",
+        "schedule": crontab(hour=0, minute=0),  # Runs every day at midnight
+    },
+}
 
 CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = "json"
 CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER = "json"