Project MUSE Job Announcement: Director, Project MUSE

[Melanie Schaffner <melanie@muse.jhu.edu>]

Project MUSE currently has the following position available.
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TITLE: Director, Project MUSE
LOCATION: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD

Position description:

The Johns Hopkins University Press seeks a highly organized
individual with exceptional leadership and communications skills
to direct Project MUSE (http://muse.jhu.edu). Project MUSE is a
renowned online database of more than 300 journals in the
humanities and social sciences from 60 not-for-profit publishers,
sold to academic libraries through institutional site licenses.

The Director, who will report to the Director of The Johns
Hopkins University Press, will lead a staff of approximately 25
responsible for all operations of Project MUSE, including sales
and marketing, publishing technologies, user services, and
business administration. The Director will also work with the
Muse Advisory Board, a 10-member group of licensor publishers and
librarians.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Director will constantly review and refresh the shared vision
of Project MUSE among its diverse constituencies in scholarly
publishing - scholars, librarians, and publishers. He/she will
lead the design, development, and implementation of a strategic
plan to achieve objectives identified. The Director will lead
product development activities and functionality improvement
plans, and proactively seek new revenue opportunities and cost
control initiatives. He/she will work collaboratively with the
Muse Advisory Board of publishers and librarians, and will
develop and maintain long-term relationships with publishers.
He/she will also create and negotiate institutional site licenses
and content licenses, and represent Project MUSE to the scholarly
community.

Work Experience / Abilities Required:

- Sincere interest in and commitment to creating sustainable
models of scholarly communication for publishers and librarians.

- At least 10 years' experience managing complex products with
diverse constituencies. Experience in online database publishing
for the academic library market preferred.

- Ability to drive revenue through the development of long-term
relationships with customers. Significant experience in contract
development and negotiation.

- Professional and diplomatic communication skills, verbal and
written. Experience in a partnership development or
customer-relationship sales position.

- Excellent business and analytical skills. At least five years'
experience managing a business with a significant-sized staff and
a budget above $5 million. Master's Degree in Business
Administration and/or Library Science preferred.

The Johns Hopkins University Press is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer.

For more information about the position announcement go to
http://jobs.jhu.edu/, select "Search Jobs@JHU," and search "24906" as
the Requisition Number. If you are interested in applying for this
position, please email David Kornacker at dkornacker@bertdavis.com or
Sally Dougan at sdougan@bertdavis.com.
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