Annual Fund and Membership Manager

The John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI) – a world-renowned museum with a mission to generate a creative exchange between artists and the public – seeks an energized, creative, and collaborative fundraising professional to join its development team.

The Annual Fund and Membership Manager is responsible for developing, managing, and executing a comprehensive and integrated membership/annual fund program, including direct mail, email, social media, and phone strategies as well as fundraising events.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Design, implement and manage a hybrid annual fund and membership fundraising program to broaden, retain, and upgrade the member and donor bases, monitoring progress against goals and providing timely reports.
2. Create and implement an integrated donor and member communications and stewardship plan that creates a philanthropic connection by balancing philanthropic messaging with the transactional nature of membership; coordinate messaging with Marketing strategies.
3. Develop, manage, execute, and evaluate fundraising events, such as the biennial gala, including program, invitation list, logistics, and contractors.
4. Monitor and evaluate membership benefits, evolving the benefits strategy.
5. Develop, monitor and adhere to expense budget for membership, events and annual fund.
6. Delegate fulfillment of member benefits, gift entry, and gift acknowledgements to Development Coordinator, supervising timeliness and accuracy.
7. Maintain accurate member/donor and member/donor prospect records and moves management progress in CRM.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Motivated self-starter and collaborative team player
• Detail oriented, with strong time management and organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks, meeting deadlines
• Knowledge of member-based nonprofits and membership fundraising a plus
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations and information with absolute discretion

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 – 8 years of equivalent experience in a related field
  3+ years of relevant experience in membership, annual fundraising, and events.
• Excellent listening, verbal and written communications skills, skilled at integrating donor centric messaging into fundraising materials
• Demonstrated analytical skills, using data to inform planning and decision making
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
• Experience with customer relationship management software (Salesforce, Blackbaud, etc.) is preferred.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently in a stationary position or sitting; use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb, or balance, and smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environments:  

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The position is office/art gallery and grounds based and noise level usually moderate.  May occasionally work inside or outside at events where noise level could be moderate to loud.

Hours of work include daytime hours Monday – Friday and occasionally Saturday and Sunday to meet staffing and/or event needs.

The position works at various locations depending on the schedule.  This position must be able to commute between locations if needed.