Director of Development, Arts & Culture
Director of Development, Arts & Culture
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Job Description
Arts & Culture is the beating heart of Indiana University. On any given day you can find yourself dancing along at a concert crying at a play counting brushstrokes in an art gallery or digging deep into history in our libraries and archives. To continue elevating this vibrant campus IU Bloomington is seeking a Director of Development with a passion for Arts & Culture.
In this unique role you have the opportunity to work with several campus leaders and will develop and execute a robust and proactive fundraising strategy to increase support for units such as Libraries University Collections IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (IUMAA) Cinema and other aspects of Arts & Culture with the primary focus on Libraries. As Director of Development you will create and lead the strategic direction for a comprehensive and coordinated development program that includes all aspects of fundraising including annual fund corporate and foundation relations planned giving and major and principal gifts (with emphasis on major gift fundraising.)
Being a leader who can curate a culture of philanthropy by building bridges from donors alumni and friends of the University to the IUB campus community is essential. To help you find success in your role youll have the partnership of many teams at IUF (Annual Giving Advancement Marketing Donor Relations Prospect Research & Management and more) as well as faculty staff and students across campus. By building long-term relationships with donors business leaders and other friends of the University youll Bring on Tomorrow creating new opportunities for Arts & Culture at Indiana University for many years to come!
Qualifications :
Education & Experience:
- A bachelors degree is required; CFRE and/or masters degree preferred
- Minimum of 5 years experience in fundraising or relevant experience in complex organization including proven success in major gift development work
- Combination of related education and experience will be considered
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
- Prior experience in a large complex matrixed environment including evidence of effective strategic planning and implementation of action plans
- Experience successfully interacting and collaborating with support staff academic faculty and administrative leaders
- Experience related to all aspects of planning and successfully executing large fundraising campaigns including working with academic leaders and preparing complex gift proposals
- Possess an ability to work comfortably within an academic environment that possesses many competing interests priorities and opinions
- Proven analytical skills proficiency at framing and solving complex problems proficiency in using large databases (e.g. standard fundraising data) for setting goals and identifying opportunities for improvement
- An understanding of the importance of and demonstrated success in promoting diversity equity and inclusion among staff donors and volunteers
- Excellent knowledge of fundraising as well as demonstrated skills in major and planned gift solicitation and experience with major gift prospect management systems
- Exceptional written verbal and interpersonal communication skills (able to tailor communications to multiple audiences such as academic leaders major donors advisory board and university leadership). Precision timeliness clarity and accuracy in written communication are vital
Additional Information :
Applications will be accepted through at least August 10th 2025. A cover letter further highlighting your interest in the role is encouraged. This position is located on the Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) Campus in Bloomington Indiana. It is a mobile role (requires travel to meet with donors/friends of the University with a mix of on-campus and remote work when not traveling). The salary range for this role is $95000- $100000 annually.
The IUF is committed to providing a safe respectful and professional work environment that is free of Discrimination and Harassment. The IUF will not tolerate any form of Discrimination or Harassment based on the Individuals race ethnicity religion color sex age national origin genetic information sexual orientation disability gender identity or expression ancestry marital status protected veteran status pregnancy or any other basis prohibited by law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
