Associate Manager of Friends Group, American Wing - New York, United States - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Verified Company

New York, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

About the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.

Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects.

We are committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as the audiences we engage.

Our staff members are art lovers who are passionate about working toward a common goal:
creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world.

At The Met, every staff member - from security officers to researchers to scientists and beyond - lives by our core values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration, excellence, and integrity.

Respect:
Engage one another with collegiality, empathy, and kindness, always.

Inclusivity:
Ensure that all are and feel welcome and valued.

Collaboration:
Reach across boundaries to exchange ideas and work together toward our shared mission.

Excellence:
Lead the cultural world in quality and expertise—and inspire curiosity and creativity.

Integrity:
Hold ourselves to the highest moral standards, admit when we fall short, and then evolve.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT:

Founded in 1924, the American Wing is the only western collecting area of The Met's seventeen curatorial departments to regularly blend so-called fine and decorative art in our more than 75 galleries.

With a collection of roughly 20,000 works by African American, Asian American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American makers, ranging primarily from the mid

17th to early20th century, the American Wing represents one of the largest and most comprehensive holdings of North American artistic expression in the world. These collections include paintings, sculpture, drawings, furniture, têxtiles, regalia, ceramics, basketry, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, as well as historic interiors and architectural fragments, produced by highly trained and selftaught artists, both identified and unrecorded—comprising an expansively defined American art housed within a global museum.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

You will be responsible for managing the administrative functions associated with the American Wing's two support groups—Friends of the American Wing (a group of 92 paying members) and the William Cullen Bryant Fellows (a group of 52 paying members)—the American Wing Visiting Committee (advisory board); American Art donors; and departmental special events including, but not limited to, event programming, exhibition openings, and external communications.

You will work in close collaboration with the Curator in Charge and Senior Manager and serve as the primary liaison with the Development Office.

You will be responsible for collecting and communicating information between the Curatorial and Development staff, keeping thorough records of donor interactions and support.

With other administrative staff in the American Wing, you will work as a team, providing administrative support and executing the daily tasks necessary for smooth operations of the Department, including general office administration, when needed.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

Organize, manage, and execute the support groups' schedule of events, including approximately four programs each season and an annual gala dinner.
Plan and execute two annual trips
Friends of the American Wing Day Trip and William Cullen Bryant Fellows travel.
Collect and track membership fees, draft renewal and acknowledgement letters; assist in onboarding new supportgroup members.
Serve as the primary point of contact for all Friends and Bryant Fellows; field questions regarding special events and membership.
With Department Head and Senior Manager, plan and execute Visiting Committee meetings, departmental exhibition openings, special programs, luncheons, and other similar events with relevant departments across the Museum.
Serve as a liaison between the curatorial team and Development colleagues, collecting and relaying information regarding donors in a timely fashion.
Work with American Wing staff to plan and coordinate content and production for all membership communication including newsletters, event invitations, and eblasts; design invitations, etc., in InDesign.
Create and maintain donor spreadsheet and social media.
With Associate for Administration, maintain department donor files.
With Associate for Administration, answer/direct incoming telephone calls; receive guests and visitors to the office.
Facilitate private group tours with curators.
Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required, MA in an artrelated field preferred. 4 years of administrative and/or specialevents experience in a museum or simi