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Posted: November 16, 2010

McNay Art Museum

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Type: Full Time, 3-5 years Experience

Required Degree: BA/BS/Undergraduate

Description:
McNay Art Museum seeks a Development Officer, Membership and Annual Fund, to build and sustain awareness and support of the McNay Art Museum by broadening the museum's membership and annual base of support in order to achieve annual revenue goals. The Development Officer will develop an annual membership marketing plan to acquire and retain museum members and to meet annual revenue goals for the membership program.

Market the membership and annual giving programs through direct mail, onsite sales, public relations, and personal solicitation and work collaboratively with the museum's Public and Media Relations Manager.

Develop and implement separate strategies for annual giving, corporate membership, upper level membership and general membership in order to meet the budget needs of the museum.

Prepare and monitor the budget for membership and annual giving while providing high quality and cost-efficient communications and benefits.

Implement an annual calendar of interesting programs to encourage and promote involvement of the membership and collaborate with staff and volunteers to produce successful activities.

Coordinate all activities of the corporate membership campaign; serve as primary liaison with its leadership and see to the scheduling of meetings, prospect research, mailings, minutes, tracking and accurate reporting of donations.

Supervise the Membership Coordinator to insure all gifts are acknowledged in a timely manner and that the donor database and gift reports are accurate and up-to-date.

Keep abreast of current trends, demographic changes, population shifts in order to articulate and implement strategies to assist the museum in adapting to changing forces.

Stay abreast of industry developments and best practices in membership, annual giving, stewardship and communications. Maintain knowledge of customer service
"best practices" and work collaboratively with all museum staff to coordinate the best possible member services throughout the organization.

Maintain absolute confidentiality, and a friendly, cooperative relationship with Board, staff, volunteers, members, and all our supporters.

Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree. At least three year's experience in a leadership position in non-profit development work or related field in which customer service, accuracy, timeliness, strong organizational ability and database management are key. Excellent writing and speaking ability and strong interpersonal skills necessary. Must be capable of developing and implementing marketing plans. Blackbaud Raiser's Edge experience desired.

Must be flexible as to work hours; evening and/or weekend duty frequently necessary.

Application Instructions:
Please send resume and letter of interest to: