JOB TITLE:	Director of External Affairs

COMPANY:	The New Museum 

Founded in 1977, the New Museum of Contemporary Art is the premier 
contemporary art museum in New York City and among the most important 
internationally. Each year, the Museum presents six to eight major 
exhibitions, and several project room shows, including new media 
exhibitions. The program of dynamic solo exhibitions and landmark group 
shows defines key moments in the development of contemporary art, reflects 
the global nature of art today, and spans a vast array of cultural 
activities and media. 
In 2005, the New Museum began construction of a new home at 235 Bowery at 
Prince Street. This 52,000 square foot facility, designed by the Tokyo-
based firm Sejima + Nishizawa/SANAA, will greatly expand the Museum's 
exhibitions and programs, and will be the first art museum constructed in 
Downtown New York's modern history. On September 18, 2004, the New Museum 
opened a temporary exhibition location at 556 West 22nd Street on the 
ground floor of the Chelsea Art Museum. The new facility is scheduled to 
open in the fall of 2007.
www.newmuseum.org

REPORTS TO:	Primary report to Henry Luce III Director 

EDUCATION:	An undergraduate degree is required.

BASIC FUNCTION:	The Director of External Affairs is a member of the senior 
management team, and responsible for building earned and contributed 
income, increasing public awareness of the New Museum and its mission, and 
ensuring high visibility. Oversees Development and Marketing areas. The 
Director is responsible for formulating strategies and meeting goals for 
developing annual donations and major gifts; membership programs and Art 
Study Tours; and foundation, corporate and government grants. This post 
works closely with the executive leadership and the Board of Trustees to 
develop donor relationships. The public image of the Museum is also managed 
by this post, with the goal of increasing attendance, membership, and 
revenue through press coverage, strategic events, and media sponsorships.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:
·	Initiate and manage donor relationships for New Museum.

·	Work with executive leadership and program officers to plan for and 
meet funding opportunities.

·	Oversee membership programs, strategies, and operations.

·	Oversee timely and quality submission of grant and funding 
proposals, reports, renewals, and acknowledgments.

·	Develop and oversee strategic marketing plans for the Museum in 
general, the move into the new building, its staff as well as the 
individual programs and exhibitions, including limited editions. Track 
audience make-up and reactions, conduct marketing studies and monitor 
response to the web site.

·	Oversee communication campaigns for the Museum and its programs. 
Cultivate contacts with media editors, etc.

·	Oversee re-branding effort and develop and execute creative 
advertising and other forms of external communications to maintain and 
strengthen brand, and increase visibility for the Museum and its programs, 
including community groups, the DCA, and the Visitor’s Bureau of New York.

·	Oversee planning and execution of the New Museum’s annual benefit 
gala and live auction, New Group benefit, exhibition openings and other 
special events.

·	Identify and cultivate corporate sponsors, members, marketing 
directors, and CEO’s to maintain and expand sponsorship programs. Steward 
all media sponsors and implement benefit and recognition programs for media 
sponsors.

·	Keep the Museum abreast of breaking cultural news, changes in the 
field and other noteworthy public information related to the Museum’s 
mission.

·	Oversee, manage, and monitor the revenue and departmental budgets 
in these areas.

·	Direct reports include:  Associate Director of Development & 
Membership, Associate Director of Development, Campaign; Development 
Assistant, Development Associate; Communications Director and Marketing & 
Special Events Coordinator

BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE:	The successful candidate will have at least 
five years of marketing, public relations and/or development experience 
with a cultural organization and/or lifestyle company, knowledge of 
contemporary art and close contacts with the press. Outstanding 
communications, writing, editing and organizational skills are required.

The ideal candidate will possess a high level of energy, a 
commitment to contemporary art and will be a creative thinker. The 
successful candidate will be an extrovert who can solicit individuals, 
institutions and corporations, as well as lead a growing development and 
marketing staff. The ideal candidate will possess the right mix of 
strategy, contacts, and tactics to attract high-level individual donors and 
institutional sponsors.

We strongly prefer a candidate who has had experience managing multiple 
business units (e.g. special events, marketing, development). S/he will be 
capable of handling multiple priorities simultaneously while working under 
tight deadlines.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:	In terms of personal profile, the ideal 
candidate will be highly intelligent, quick, flexible, team-oriented, 
affable, and well rounded. S/he should quickly be viewed by her/his peers 
as reasoned, constructive and driven by the New Museum’s common goals. S/he 
will have comportment to deal with all levels of management within the 
organization.

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and will 
be able to quickly develop appropriate relationships with the press, Museum 
members, sponsors, and senior management. S/he will have strong negotiating 
skills, as well as superior verbal and written communication skills. S/he 
will have an entrepreneurial spirit and the demonstrated ability to think-
out–of-the box to achieve revenue goals. The incumbent will come well 
trained in best practices from a respected company and with versatility to 
be effective in a fluid environment with demonstrated ability to sort 
through multiple priorities with multiple constituents.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate leadership, high personal standards, 
and professional ethics. S/he must be a team player and have strong lateral 
management skills.

TO APPLY: 	Please send your cover letter and resume by MARCH 31 to the 
attention of Lisa Phillips, Henry Luce III Director.

New Museum of Contemporary Art, 210 11th Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 
10001
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Fax: 212-431-5328

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