Director of Publications, Employment | ASAE

"The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is seeking a Director of Publications to manage the strategic direction and day-to-day business management of AMIA’s portfolio of publications which includes peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.  The Director will ensure that AMIA’s publication strategy is coordinated in its approach to future opportunities and aligns with the AMIA strategic plan.  The individual will manage AMIA’s new open access journal, working with stakeholders to ensure the launch is coordinated with AMIA’s existing publications.  The Director will help champion the needs of the portfolio including proposing and implementing future plans and ensuring that actions are properly resourced, aligned with general membership strategies, and balanced with the other priorities and directions of the AMIA Board of Directors. The Director will report to the Executive Vice President and COO.

Key Responsibilities:

• Launch AMIA’s new open access journal working closely with AMIA leaders, publisher and editor and ensure that the new journal’s strategic goals are in line with the broader goals of AMIA
• Implement policies, processes, workflows and liaise with other departments and the publisher to ensure that functional tasks, such as technology, marketing, advertising sales, supplements, production, and finance, are undertaken correctly and efficiently
• Manage committee and volunteer group tasked with publication related activities
• Understand changes taking place within the scientific publishing community to anticipate and develop business priorities (with regard to market opportunities and threats) by proposing developments and action plans to ensure that AMIA’s journals and scientific publications remain relevant and profitable;
• Work with the JAMIA editors and publisher to take advantage of opportunities to better leverage JAMIA’s existing content and keep JAMIA the premier publication in the field and consider publication partnerships that create a portfolio of publications that appeal to additional AMIA members and to those who may become members
• Curate existing AMIA content to maximize value to AMIA members and others and experiment with new approaches to delivering scientific content to members
• Create and administer program budgets and set, monitor, and report on key performance indicators"