San Francisco, California, United States
Program Manager
Interactive Designer
Washington, D.C., United States
AAPOS Advocacy Manager
Program Manager
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
The Program Manager will have strategic and operational responsibilities for the Academy’s Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring program and execution of its mission. This position will coordinate with key stakeholders and partner organizations to oversee programmatic and administrative aspects of the program.
Responsibilities:
- Program Operations: Serve as the primary staff for the management and day-to-day operations of the Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring program. Key responsibilities include: 1) develop and implement the program operational plan for long-term sustainability of the program’s initiatives; 2) organize the use of Academy staff for execution of program plans; 3) identify, develop and maintain relationships with organization and institutional partners; 4) develop the annual plan and budget; 5) provide a high level of service to foster strong relationships with student participants, physician leaders, ophthalmologist mentors, school diversity officers and other stakeholders; and 6) refine program design and activities based on evaluation findings.
- Program & Event Planning: Serve as the lead for event planning and management of program events. Organize and lead collaboration with program staff team and volunteers to produce the Student Engagement Weekend program, in-person and virtual educational webinars and recruitment/informational sessions.
- Data Management: Manage and ensure accurate data collection and analyses for internal and external reporting purposes. Assist with the development of a program evaluation framework to assess the strengths of the program and identify areas for improvement. Provide logistical and administrative support for mentor and mentee surveys. Coordinate program participant records and generate analytics on program-related data in the Academy’s Personify member database.
- Communications: Plan and implement program outreach and communications from online presence to exhibiting at student conferences. Identify social media and event opportunities to increase program visibility and enhance engagement with prospective and accepted program students and ophthalmologist volunteers. Coordinate the maintenance of the program web section on aao.org.
- DEI Programs: Provide administrative support to the Academy’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Skills and Experience:
- 5 years of volunteer management and/or program management experience
- Knowledge of project management methodologies (project scope development, planning, execution, monitoring and tracking)
- Strong project management skills, including management of complex projects, timeline development, resource planning, issues identification and resolution
- Experience with customer relationship management (CRM) systems such as Personify
- Demonstrated experience in building relationships with people of various backgrounds and working with cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical skills and experience with budget development and management
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Travel required to the Academy’s Annual Meeting
- Bachelor’s degree
To apply, send your resume to jobs@aao.org.
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Interactive Designer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
The American Academy of Ophthalmology is looking for an interactive Designer. This position will play significant role in the development of interactive multimedia and web design solutions required to meet the educational and marketing needs of the organization, with emphasis on continual education and eLearning-related digital products and learning content.
This position’s responsibilities include partnering with subject matter experts (volunteer physicians) and other key stakeholders to create detailed, engaging eLearning content and resources, through innovative, interactive digital experiences. The job requires the ability to translate specialized medical subject matter into instructional content, through a process of storyboarding, web and usability design, and development of animations and multimedia.
This position must understand the production of multimedia, web publication, and interactive elements using illustrations, 2D-graphics, videos, and animations, and be prepared to collaborate with a wide range of internal and external partners. The job requires significant skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, multimedia processing and tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, InDesign), Microsoft Office 365, audio & video editing (Final Cut Pro and/or Premiere), and eLearning authoring tools (Articulate Storyline, Captivate).
Responsibilities:
Interactive Design / Learning Development:
- Design interactive and learning activities for including animations, medical simulators, interactive learning modules, ebook activities, and online courses.
- Communicate with volunteer physicians during all stages of development using storyboards, wireframes, and prototypes.
- Develop learning modules or activities from beginning to end using object-oriented programming languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Digital Movie Production:
- Edit video and audio as assigned.
Quality Assurance/Technical Support:
- Assure quality of products before launch and release.
- Provide technical support to department staff with content management system and products.
Other:
- Support emerging technology projects or any new funded project as assigned by manager.
- Remain current with technology, tools, trends, and software/platform advances.
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts, Interactive Design or related field.
- 3+ years of Illustration/animation and interactive multimedia development.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience producing E-learning courses.
- 2+ years of web services and web applications.
- Professional written and verbal skills.
- Working knowledge of basic front-end languages: HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, XML.
- Strong interactive design portfolio.
- Travel to/from Annual Meeting, approximately 5-7 days/annual; other travel is possible, as required.
Preferred Requirements:
- Learner-centered design.
- Instructional/information design.
- Object-oriented programming.
- Illustration/animation/motion graphics skills.
- Storyboarding/wireframing.
- Video/audio editing skills.
- Knowledge of learning management systems.
- Knowledge of project management principles.
- Ability to design quality interactive and web products using Illustrator, Photoshop, Animate, Dreamweaver, and other Adobe tools.
- Ability to develop learning materials from start to finish using JavaScript, HTML, CSS and other programming languages.
- Ability to quickly pick up new technologies and related interactive media tools.
- Ability to work with standards and specifications for learning content delivery.
- Ability to design web pages and interfaces.
- Ability to create advanced storyboards, mockups and wireframes.
- Ability to utilize content management systems.
- Produce content in reusable learning objects.
- Knowledge of web services and mobile technologies.
- Ability to develop content suitable for mobile platforms or mobile application development.
- Analyze usability issues.
- Assess technical approaches to meet stated educational needs.
- Ability to create visual representations and storyboards to resolve instructional issues.
- Ability to identify or suggest alternatives to the medium for delivery of content .
- Visual design skills for web-based products and content.
- Ability to develop storyboards and wireframes.
- Ability to communicate new models of production and delivery to technical and editorial staff as well as physician subject matter experts.
- Ability to understand and create hierarchies of information.
- Ability to understand learning modalities and determine appropriate medium for delivery of content.
- Understanding of the latest technology and design trends, including game design theory.
- Previous experience with medical content or in healthcare industries highly desired.
- Eligible to work remote (with manager approval), up to 3 days per week.
To apply, send your resume to jobs@aao.org.
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AAPOS Advocacy Manager
Location: Washington, D.C., United States
Working closely with the American Academy of Ophthalmology DC office and the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) Executive Vice President (and the AAPOS Board) this position develops, implements, and manages advocacy efforts on a daily basis to meet AAPOS identified top priorities at the federal and state level. The manager will proactively identify opportunities for AAPOS to “weigh-in” and advance priorities at the federal level which includes improving reimbursement for the pediatric subspecialty’s services, and increasing funding/support opportunities for the specialty. At the state, this includes promoting vision screening for children, educating policymakers and health plans on the limitations of vision therapy. This position works closely with the Academy’s VP of Governmental Affairs and Health Policy, Federal Affairs, and State Governmental Affairs departments to maximize AAPOS input and success. This position is also responsible for providing reports to AAPOS leadership, articles for AAPOS publications; drafting comment letters; and providing testimony for AAPOS leaders to present at both the federal and state level.
Responsibilities:
- In conjunction with senior AAO staff and AAPOS leaders, develop Academy positions and strategy to advance the interests of AAPOS; and serve as lead liaison between the Academy and AAPOS.
- Identify opportunities to promote and advocate AAPOS at the federal and state level.
- Develops effective working relationships with members of Congress and their staffs, federal agency officials, industry stakeholders and lobbies Congress and federal agency officials and other relevant organizations to advance the legislative and regulatory priorities of AAPOS.
- Analyzes potential changes in federal laws/regulations to assess impacts on pediatric ophthalmology. Working with senior Academy federal affairs staff, and AAPOS leadership develops legislative and regulatory responses, including policy materials, presentations and legislative testimony.
- Works with Academy state affairs staff developing strategy regarding crossover state/federal issues (i.e., Medicare and Medicaid payment, workforce funding).
- Manages AAPOS-led coalitions where appropriate and represents the Academy in coalitions with other physician organizations and other outside organizations on issues of mutual interest and importance (attends meetings, join in lobbying efforts).
- Staffs AAPOS advocacy and cross-organizational work with the Academy, assisting in development of Academy policy statements for Board’s approval.
- Drafts articles and other member communication materials for AAPOS, works with grassroots staff on advocacy initiatives and responds to requests for information from AAPOS members, government representatives and other organizations.
Requirements:
- Expertise on regulatory agencies and process at the state and federal levels.
- Understanding of the Federal and state legislative process.
- Understanding of eye care delivery and interest in children’s vision issues.
- Understanding of Academy leadership and committee functions and processes.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and change focus as new priorities arise.
- Capacity to handle multiple projects simultaneously and complete them in timely manner.
- Proficient Internet research skills and familiarity with government and outside organizations web sites.
- Proficient in the use of MS Office applications.
To apply, send your resume to jobs@aao.org.
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