Cranbrook Academy of Art is the country’s top-ranked, graduate-only program in architecture, craft, fine art, and design. Students, artists, and designers study and live on a renowned campus with modern workshops and studios, a distinguished art museum with important permanent collections, and over 300 acres of forests, lakes, and streams. Since its first years with Eliel Saarinen as founding President, Cranbrook Academy of Art has blazed a bold trail through art and design and today offers education through a studio practice in one of ten disciplines: Architecture, 2D and 3D Design, Ceramics, Fiber, Metalsmithing, Painting, Photography, Print Media, and Sculpture. Cranbrook Art Museum is an integral partner with the Academy and provides Academy students and the public at large with a direct experience into modern and contemporary art, architecture, and design, and promotes an understanding of their relevance and contribution to society. More information can be found at: www.cranbrookart.edu and http://www.cranbrookart.edu/museum/.

The Director of Development will create and implement a strategic development plan to increase annual fund and membership support, major gift and endowment fundraising, corporate and foundation support, and overall development activity, including alumni engagement, for Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum. The strategic development plan will be created in conjunction with a new strategic plan for the Art Museum and the development of a new art and technology initiative for the Academy and Art Museum, code-named AREA 21. AREA 21 is currently being thought of as a think-tank-incubator-innovation platform for cross disciplinary research and new ideas around the future of art and technology. With the recent hiring of the first-ever Academy graduate as Director of Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum and renewed optimism about the future of the arts in Detroit and Southeast Michigan, it is an exciting time to be a part of the Academy and Art Museum.

Job Requirements
The ideal candidate for this position will provide the following qualifications: at least eight years of professional experience managing successful fundraising teams for nonprofit organizations and institutions; experience working with museums, cultural or educational institutions would be an advantage; demonstrated experience cultivating high-level donors and in developing strategies for cultivating complex donor engagements with Board members and volunteers.

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Contact Person: Andrew Tuskey
Email Address: andrew.tuskey@campbellcompany.com