Membership & Donor Engagement Lead at NYC Art Space

Canyon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Generous paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Canyon seeks a full-time Associate Director of Membership & Individual Giving to lead the launch and growth of its membership program and donor initiatives. Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, you will build strategies, manage systems, and coordinate events to cultivate a new community of supporters in NYC.

With a focus on membership sales, donor stewardship, and engaging communications, you will work with the executive team and partners to deliver high-impact fundraising campaigns and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a similar fundraising position.
• Experience running membership programs, donor groups, and producing special events.
• Knowledge of significant funders, leaders in philanthropy, social, and cultural circles in NYC.
• Comfortable engaging with people, cultivating relationships, and facilitating solicitations.
• Proficient in donor CRM systems, communications software, and ideally Adobe Creative Cloud or graphic design software preferred.
• Experience with gift processing, member/donor benefit fulfillment, and communications.
• Possess sound judgement, diplomacy, hospitality, and discretion in donor relations.
• Proactive, creative, positive, and resourceful problem solver and communicator who takes initiative and anticipates needs in advance.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Excellent verbal, written and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement, launch, and manage Canyon's membership program and related events, benefits, and stewardship programs
• Work closely with the Chief Advancement Officer to develop and execute strategies for annual appeals, campaigns, and individual giving programs
• Identify, cultivate, and solicit new members and donors, focusing on general membership
• Conduct prospect research, wealth screenings, and run reports of donor and prospect portfolios for team meetings, actions, and solicitations
• Act as rockstar CRM lead for advancement, tracking donors, prospects, and contacts
• Manage the gift processing, acknowledgment, and tracking process, and track department expenses and budgets, providing regular reports
• Liaise with and support Visitor Services team with membership sales and benefit comprehension
• Develop written communications and marketing materials for membership and advancement outreach, including annual appeal, mailings, solicitations, acknowledgments, events, proposals, and annual reports
• Collaborate with Associate Director of Digital Strategy on asset production, formatting, content, and list segmentation for member newsletters and social media
• Manage advancement's calendar of events, including membership events, donor stewardship and prospect cultivation events, the annual gala, and exhibition openings and program receptions
• Support the CAO in coordinating all fundraising event logistics and manage the budget, expense and income tracking for each event
• Manage member, donor, and VIP lists for all Canyon special events, external member or partner events, and organize cultivation events with Canyon's programmatic partners
• Coordinate and liaise with photographer for advancement special events; receive, archive, and share photography files with Communications team
• Book meetings, tours, and travel
• Lead member and prospect tours
• Support presentation and meeting preparation
• Work events that may take place outside of working hours

Skills

Fundraising

Membership programs

Donor relations

Event planning

Prospect research

Communications

CRM leadership

Hospitality

Detail oriented

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

HubSpot

Salesforce

iWave

Instrumentl

Mailchimp

zkipster

Google Workspace

Slack

Asana

Job description

Canyon seeks a full-time Associate Director of Membership & Individual Giving to lead the launch and growth of its membership program and donor initiatives. Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, you will build strategies, manage systems, and coordinate events to cultivate a new community of supporters in NYC.

With a focus on membership sales, donor stewardship, and engaging communications, you will work with the executive team and partners to deliver high-impact fundraising campaigns and