Chief Development Officer
- Employer
- Milwaukee Art Museum
- Location
- Wisconsin, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- May 25, 2022
The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with Milwaukee
Art Museum in the search for a Chief Development Officer.
Reporting to the Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director, the Chief
Development Officer will develop and implement key fundraising
programs and establish both short- and long-term development plans
that sustain Milwaukee Art Museum's (MAM) growth. The Chief
Development Officer, an innovative and strategic thinker, will make
optimal requests of the existing donor base while guiding the
cultivation of new relationships that will serve as the seeds of
new donors. The Chief Development Officer will serve as the primary
conduit to the Director’s office and to the Board on major gift
related issues, deploying these key organizational leaders in
strategic and well thought out ways to cultivate significant
targeted prospects and to ultimately close leadership gift
opportunities.
The Chief Development Officer will build upon the MAM’s current
success to create and implement strategies that increase and
achieve ambitious fundraising targets, including a programmatic and
endowment campaign, currently in the planning process. The Chief
Development Officer will direct the five program areas of the
Development team: Institutional Giving, Membership, Individual
Giving, Stewardship and Events, and Development Information
Systems, and will work with other Museum departments and with Board
committees to ensure that donor and membership interests are
properly stewarded. This is an opportunity to join a vibrant,
committed, and talented senior leadership team at a pivotal moment
in the Museum’s history.
Since 1888, Milwaukee Art Museum has grown to be an icon for
Milwaukee and a resource for the entire state. The
341,000-square-foot Museum includes permanent collection galleries
in the War Memorial Center (1957) designed by Finnish-American
architect Eero Saarinen, the Kahler Building (1975) by David
Kahler, and the Quadracci Pavilion (2001) created by Spanish
architect Santiago Calatrava. Central to the Museum’s mission is
its role as a premier educational resource, with programs that are
among the largest and most vibrant in the nation, including
classes, tours, and a full calendar of events for all ages.
Milwaukee Art Museum has always collected art for and shared art
with the people of Milwaukee. Over the next phase of the Museum’s
life, it is taking bold steps to further extend its welcome mat,
presenting art as a way for all individuals to better understand
themselves, each other, and the world. MAM is reaching a diverse
audience across Milwaukee and beyond, meeting people where they are
and offering various access points for engagement with the
Museum.
The Museum is activating its iconic campus in multiple ways,
offering experiences that variously meet the personal needs,
desires, and moods of its guests—from reflective and solemn to
interactive and celebratory. Above all, its collection and featured
exhibitions are highlighting cultural and social aspects of the
works on view and play a central role in Museum programming,
allowing visitors to see themselves and their lives in the Museum
and to experience the transformative benefits of art, no matter
their previous experience.
Art transforms and inspires people. Through art, the Milwaukee Art
Museum seeks to reflect, challenge, and bring together the
community, enabling diverse audiences to see and understand
themselves and others on deeper levels, fostering empathy for other
cultures, encouraging dialogue around and respect for differing
perspectives, and establishing a connection to our common humanity,
past to present. In doing so, the Museum allows people to discover
something in themselves which cultivates open-mindedness and
appreciation for one another.
A bachelor's degree is required for this position as is at least
ten years of relevant experience. All applications must be
accompanied by a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters should be
responsive to the mission of Milwaukee Art Museum as well as the
responsibilities and qualifications presented in the
prospectus.
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