The Art Museum seeks a 9 – 12 month temporary Development Associate in the Art Museum’s development department. The position will initially be 80% effort (M – Th), moving to full-time around the beginning of November. Reporting to the Systems Analyst, the Development Associate is an integral member of the Museum’s development team. This position is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the data, timely processing of gifts, and management of data extraction, including list segmentation and reporting, providing financial analysis, and reporting to help inform strategy and data-driven decision-making. They will also provide excellent customer service via phone and email to current and prospective members. They will assure the fulfillment of membership and donor benefits; update and maintain records to support growing and leveraging relationships. They coordinate with the Museum's business office and the University's Office of Gift Records to process and accurately record all membership, gala, and annual support gifts.
About the Museum:
With a collecting history that extends back to 1755, the Princeton University Art Museum is one of the leading university art museums in the country, with collections that have grown to include more than 115,000 works of art ranging from ancient to contemporary art and spanning the globe. Committed to advancing Princeton’s teaching and research missions, the Art Museum also serves as a gateway to the University for visitors worldwide. As the Museum prepares for a dramatically reconceived new building scheduled to open in early 2025, the Art Museum presents six exhibitions in its two downtown venues (Art on Hulfish and Art@Bainbridge) and is touring three collections exhibitions nationally and internationally. When the new building opens, the Art Museum will initiate their new exhibitions program with nine annual exhibitions onsite and on tour.
To learn more about the Princeton University Art Museum, visit artmuseum.princeton.edu.
The Development Associate provides critical support for the Museum’s robust membership, gala, and annual support programs. This position is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the data, timely processing of gifts, and management of data extraction, including list segmentation and reporting, providing financial analysis, and reporting to help inform strategy and data-driven decision-making. They will also provide excellent customer service via phone and email to current and prospective members. They will assure the fulfillment of membership and donor benefits; update and maintain records to support growing and leveraging relationships. They will coordinate with the Museum's business office and the University's Office of Gift Records to process and accurately record all membership, gala, and annual support gifts.
This position requires technical skill and expertise managing a relationship-based database. Candidates with prior experience in a Blackbaud database (Raisers Edge, Altru) and strong customer services skills. Familiarity with skills such as constituent and batch entry, query, export, and mail merge, as well as experience with membership and events, will be given extra consideration. In addition, strong candidates will have experience creating segmented mailing lists for a variety of appeals as well as with supporting membership programs. Applicants must enjoy working with data and numbers while also having a strong customer service ethic, and have strong verbal and written communication skills, meticulous attention to detail, and strong decision-making and problem-solving skills. A bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of professional administrative experience, preferably in a cultural or other non-profit institution, are preferred.
Preferred Requirements
Experience with paid membership programs and fundraising events, reconciliation of gifts from a development system to a finance system, is highly preferred. Successful candidates will have an appreciation of the work of the Museum, with the ability to manage specific responsibilities while providing support for multiple projects and priorities. They must also be trustworthy and diplomatic, with excellent judgment, customer service, and relationship building skills with a broad range of constituencies.
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