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 will be responsible for
developing, managing and executing a comprehensive and integrated
membership/annual fund program to broaden, retain and upgrade the
member and donor bases.

Essential Duties and 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,
   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, and 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 will
frequently sit; use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects; and
talk or hear. The employee will also intermittently stand, walk,
climb or balance, and smell to complete this job. The employee
should be able to lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision
abilities when performing this job include close vision, distance
vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust
focus. 

Able to read and interpret documents, write routine correspondence,
speak effectively with others.  Able to add, subtract,
multiply and divide using whole numbers. Able to apply common sense
understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral
instructions. Able to deal with problems involving few concrete
variables in standard situations. 

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 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.