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 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).