Director Biomedical Communications

Job Details

The biomedical communications director leads three creative teams (Graphics/Medical Illustration, Photography, Video) and one service team (Center City AV) that comprise our media services division. This position is part of the Academic Commons, and the director attends weekly director-level meetings with the other Academic Commons leaders.

Job Description

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Provide leadership to the staff and manage the department’s budget, including billed services.   
• Responsible for supervising 4.5 direct reports.

• Establish appropriate pricing and billing for services and operating with budget. 

• Support the design of new instructional and conference spaces within the university’s Center City buildings and, on occasion, at satellite teaching locations.

• Works with the facilities and IS&T as needed for classroom/conference room maintenance, connectivity, lighting, and sound for continuously improving the learning environment.

• Serves on the Academic Commons management team working with the Directors to accomplish strategic planning and integrate knowledge services for the University.

• Participate in departmental projects, services and teaching.

• Engage in professional development activities to stay current in the biomedical communications field.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in biomedical communications or related fields.

AND

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 year’s experience supervising multiple staff and leading one or more teams.
• Experience managing a departmental budget.
• Experience with planning and supporting learning spaces and knowledge of AV systems used in educational spaces.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

1015 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.