Assistant Director of Leadership Giving

About the role

Global Arts Live seeks a strategic and relationship-driven Assistant Director of Leadership Giving to help drive campaign and leadership giving efforts during a transformative period of organizational growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead and advance leadership and campaign giving efforts, managing donor relationships and campaign strategies that drive philanthropic growth.
• Partner with the Director of Advancement to lead the campaign's individual giving strategy by driving fundraising priorities and identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding leadership and campaign donors to achieve campaign goals and strengthen the organization's long-term major gift pipeline.
• Support the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts of the CEO, Director of Artistic Programming, and Director of Advancement through coordination of their portfolios, prospect strategies, briefing materials, follow-up communications, and donor engagement planning.
• Help transition campaign supporters into long-term philanthropic relationships and a growing major gifts program following the completion of the campaign.
• Oversee leadership giving and campaign prospecting efforts, utilizing research, data analysis, and donor engagement strategies to strengthen fundraising outcomes.
• Produce campaign fundraising materials and communications, including pitch decks, donor presentations, case materials, solicitation materials, and stewardship communications.
• Collaborate with leadership and program staff to develop compelling donor-centered messaging that communicates the impact and vision of Global Arts Live and The Platform.
• Supervise and mentor the Development Operations & Campaign Coordinator, providing guidance on prospect management, reporting, data preparation, gift processing, and campaign administration.
• Aid in the overall management and effectiveness of the advancement department, helping establish systems, processes, and workflows that support fundraising success.
• Manage campaign reporting, donor pipeline analysis, and development of donor pyramids and fundraising projections.
• Collaborate with the Global Arts Live team, contributing ideas, energy, and time to organizational health, growth, and team initiatives.
• Contribute to advancing the organization’s goals in equity, diversity, inclusion, and access.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive fundraising experience, including frontline fundraising, leadership giving, and campaign fundraising.
• Demonstrated success managing donor portfolios and moving prospects through the full cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship cycle.
• Experience developing and implementing fundraising strategies, with the ability to balance relationship-based fundraising and operational leadership responsibilities.
• Strong prospect research, pipeline management, and donor qualification skills.
• Experience supervising staff or providing project leadership within a fundraising environment.
• Proficiency with CRM systems and fundraising databases, including the ability to leverage data to support strategy, reporting, and operational effectiveness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing donor-facing materials, proposals, presentations, and fundraising communications.
• Entrepreneurial and proactive approach to fundraising, with demonstrated initiative, persistence, sound judgment, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic and evolving environment.
• Strong interpersonal presence and relationship-building abilities; authentic, articulate, and comfortable serving as a front-facing ambassador for the organization.
• Strategic thinker with exceptional organizational abilities and a track record of managing complex projects, competing priorities, and ambitious goals.
• Genuine connection to and enthusiasm for the performing arts, with the ability to communicate the mission and programs compellingly.