Director of Institutional Giving

Museum of the Moving Image seeks a dynamic, detailed-oriented individual with strong organizational skills in order to provide essential support to the Museum's Development Department. The Director of Institutional Giving will increase institutional gifts through the strengthening and expansion of the Museum’s foundation and corporate donor portfolio. This position will be responsible for maintaining and growing the corporate and foundation donor pipeline, cultivating and stewarding current and new funders while assisting in government funding opportunities in service of the Museum and its mission. The Director of Institutional Giving will be an entrepreneurial, strategic and collaborative thinker and make a significant and lasting impact at the institution. This is a full-time exempt position, which reports to the Deputy Director of Development.

Job Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Deputy Director of Development, the Director of Institutional Giving will focus on developing new corporate, foundation, and government support while stewarding the current portfolio. Attracting additional sponsorship for the Museum’s artistic and educational programs and special events will also be an important priority.
• Develop and execute fundraising strategies and activities with a focus on corporate and foundation support as well as new technology innovation
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of current and prospective donors with a goal of increasing funding
• Work with Deputy Director of Development on cultivation strategies for institutional funders, with an emphasis on corporate prospects, foundation contacts and new technology innovation
• Work with Membership Manager to further develop corporate membership program and establish corporate council
• Manage the Grant Writer, supporting the execution of a comprehensive fundraising strategy and annual goal setting
• Manage sponsorship fulfillment and activations in partnership with Director of Public Information and Development and Marketing Manager
• In partnership with the Deputy Director of Development, support organization-wide strategic planning, information sharing, and communications across departments
• Oversee and monitor MoMI’s compliance with funding agreements and sponsorship contracts with an emphasis on sponsor benefits fulfillment
• Develop letters of inquiry, proposals, general correspondence, acknowledgements, and reports for institutional donors
• Collaborate with finance, programming, and other departments across the Museum to develop proposals, budgets and reports to support the Museum’s and its programs
• Use the institution’s messaging to articulate the Museum’s mission and vision to both current and prospective donor communities in a way that represents the organization’s distinctive commitment to making a positive impact
• Other duties may be assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ Degree or above preferred
• Minimum of six (6) years experience in institutional giving
• Demonstrated success in institutional fundraising
• Strong writer with the ability to synthesize complex program concepts into compelling proposals and reports
• Excellent verbal communications skills
• Ability to work in a diverse and fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with DonorSearch and Altru preferred
• Highly organized, great attention to detail
• Professional constituent interaction skills, ability to interact with a diverse constituency, ability to act with discretion around sensitive and constituent information

Please send a cover letter and resume to Developmenthr@movingimage.us. Applications will be considered only if they are submitted to this address.

The Museum is unable to confirm the receipt or provide an update regarding the status of individual applications. No phone calls please.