HERE Director of Development
- Employer
- HERE Art Center
- Location
- New York, United States
- Salary
- $60,000.00 - $65,000.00
- Closing date
- Jul 14, 2022
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- Position Type
- Fundraising, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Donor Relations, Fundraising Administration, Grant Seeking, Major Gifts, Planned Giving, Special Events, Administrative, Arts Administration
- Fields
- Arts
- Employment Type
- Full Time
From our home in Lower Manhattan, HERE builds an inclusive
community that nurtures artists
of all backgrounds as they disrupt conventional expectations to
create innovative performances
in theatre, dance, music, puppetry, media, and visual art. By
providing these genre-blending
artists with an adaptive, flexible home for developing and
producing their work, we share a
range of perspectives reflective of the complexity of our city.
HERE welcomes curious audiences
to witness groundbreaking performances, responsive to the world in
which we live, at free and
affordable prices.
HERE strives to create an equitable, diverse, and inclusive home
in which all people have fair
access to the resources they need to realize their visions. We
acknowledge structural inequities
that exclude individuals and communities from opportunities based
on race, gender, disability,
sexual orientation, class, age, and geography, and seek to counter
those inequities in our work.
Through mindful actions on sustainability and regenerative
practices, we work toward climate
justice, and a safe, livable planet for present and future
artmakers and audiences.
HERE is seeking to fulfill the role of Director of Development,
starting in late spring. This senior
staff member will report directly to the Founding Artistic
Director, collaborate closely with the
Producing Director and General Manager, interact with the Board of
Directors, and supervise
the Director of Institutional Giving and Manager of Individual
Giving. The position encompasses
five distinct areas: Board relations and planning, Institutional
Giving, Individual Giving
Campaigns and Stewardship, Gala/Event preparations and execution,
and Project-Specific
Fundraising efforts. Successful candidates will have at least five
years of nonprofit and
fundraising experience and a passion for HERE’s mission to nurture
artists as they bring new
work to life.
The responsibilities include:
Board Relations: Schedules and attends
Board and Committee meetings, prepares materials,
and interacts with Board members to keep them engaged and informed
about HERE’s activities
Institutional Giving: Works with the
Director of Institutional Giving to fulfill HERE’s large
portfolio of funding relationships, works with the Founding
Artistic Director to build new
funding relationships or navigate extant ones; participates in
correspondence and advocacy
activities with elected officials
Individual Giving: Works with the
Individual Giving Manager to track progress toward goals;
engages and solicits higher level donors; leads strategy on HERE’s
donor programs; and writes
campaign/appeal materials for HERE’s fundraising campaigns
Gala/Event Execution: Plays a primary role
in planning, promoting, and executing events and in
particular, an annual Gala.
Project specific fundraising: Collaborates
with PROTOTYPE team members and colleagues from
Beth Morrison Projects on efforts associated with PROTOTYPE;
communicates with Dream
Music Puppetry’s producer on appealing to puppetry fans; and meets
and collaborates with all
Resident Artists and their line producers on how to best fundraise
for their specific projects.
In addition, as the chief fundraising officer on the team, this
individual will work with staff and
leadership to develop yearly contributed income goals to create an
accurate and sustainable
budget for the organization and lead weekly fundraising
meetings.
Helpful Skills:
- Self-starter, organized, and highly detail-oriented;
- Strong writing and communication skills;
- Passion for communicating with and engaging others in a cause;
- Ability to ask questions, communicate with various stakeholders, strategize about priorities and needs, and respond to challenges along the way;
- Eager to work independently as well as collaboratively on team projects;
- Familiarity with OvationTix or other donor software;
- Strong skills with Microsoft Office or Google Apps;
- Familiarity with the Community Centric Fundraising principles and a desire to promote antiracism work within a nonprofit organization;
- Knowledge of the New York City Cultural community;
- Desire to be part of a friendly forward-thinking community of staff, artists and supporters.
Salary and Benefits:
- Salary Range: mid 60s
- Unlimited Paid Time Off with a two-week mandatory minimum
- Health and Dental Insurance (with small employee contribution)
- Flexible work-from-home opportunities
- Access to discounts and promotions from various vendors
Anticipated Start Date: May 15, 2022
To apply:
Please follow the link below to complete a short application form
and submit your resume.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvc7SJ3Wxilq6HnAG9_ZkpYGodrGQPlJErHOPonZAIlN2Ljg/viewform
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
Since 1993, HERE has been one of New York’s most prolific producing
organizations, and today,
it stands at the forefront of the city’s presenters of daring new
hybrid art. HERE supports
multidisciplinary work that does not fit into a conventional
programming agenda. Our aesthetic
represents the independent, the innovative, and the experimental:
HERE has developed such acclaimed works as Eve
Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues; Basil
Twist’s Symphonie Fantastique;
Basil Twist and Joey Arias’ Arias with a Twist;
Hazelle Goodman’s On Edge; Young Jean Lee’s
Songs of The Dragons Flying To Heaven; Trey Lyford &
Geoff Sobelle’s all wear bowlers; Faye
Driscoll’s 837 Venice Boulevard; Taylor
Mac’s The Lily’s Revenge and original musical
and dance
works created and directed by HERE Co-Founder and Artistic Director
Kristin Marting.
The New York Times has called HERE “one of the most unusual arts
spaces in New York and
possibly the model for the cutting-edge arts spaces of tomorrow.”
Indeed, HERE has become
successful at creating a new kind of arts enterprise — the
collaborative multi-arts center. In
more than 25 years, we’ve supported over 15,000 artists and
attracted over 1,000,000 arts
patrons. We aim to integrate art into daily life and engage our
community’s needs and interests
on as many different levels as possible in order to ensure our
regular presence in their lives.
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