Campaign Director

The Campaign Director serves as a strategic and operational leader for the Museum’s capital campaign, ensuring alignment across strategy, execution, and communication. This role acts as the central point of coordination for all campaign activities, driving progress toward fundraising goals while maintaining adherence to timelines and priorities.

Working closely with senior leadership, board members, development staff, and volunteers, the Campaign Director oversees campaign operations, supports donor strategy, tracks performance, and equips fundraising teams with the tools and insights needed to succeed.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day campaign operations, advancing fundraising efforts while ensuring alignment with strategic priorities, timelines, and budget goals

• Manage and monitor the donor pipeline, supporting effective prospect development and engagement strategies

• Lead comprehensive donor stewardship efforts by developing and implementing engagement strategies that ensure timely, personalized communication, recognition, and long-term relationship building with campaign donors

• Oversee the creation and delivery of stewardship materials, including impact reports, acknowledgment letters, and donor updates, to effectively communicate outcomes and sustain donor engagement

• Track and manage donor engagement activities within CRM systems, ensuring accurate records of interactions, stewardship touchpoints, and follow-up actions

• Coordinate donor recognition initiatives, events, and naming opportunities to enhance donor experience and reinforce philanthropic investment in the campaign

• Develop high-quality campaign materials, including proposals, donor communications, briefing documents, presentations, and reports for senior leadership and the Board

• Serve as a primary liaison among the CEO, Chief Development Officer, board members, development staff, and campaign volunteers

• Partner with the Senior Director of Development and team members on donor strategy, meeting preparation, and stewardship planning

• Collaborate with the Director of Development Operations to maintain campaign tracking systems, dashboards, and performance metrics

• Coordinate logistics for campaign-related events, donor meetings, and volunteer engagement activities

• Identify and resolve operational challenges, ensuring efficient use of resources and adherence to deadlines

• Support campaign planning, feasibility studies, and post-campaign evaluation efforts

• Perform other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities: No

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required

• 5+ years of experience managing campaigns or complex, cross-functional projects, preferably in the nonprofit or museum sector

• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with the ability to craft clear, persuasive communications for diverse audiences

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with senior leadership and coordinate cross-functional teams

• Strong organizational, project management, and operational skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Experience with donor tracking systems, CRM platforms, and campaign reporting tools

• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

• Passion for museums and cultural organizations

Core Competencies

• Strategic thinker with strong execution and follow-through

• Excellent communicator, able to translate complex strategies into clear, actionable messaging

• Collaborative team player and trusted partner to senior leadership

• Professional presence with the ability to engage effectively with high-level donors and stakeholders

Essential Functions

While performing the duties of this position, the employee will be required regularly to:

• Sit for an extended period while using a computer

• Communicate by telephone

While performing the duties of this position, the employee will occasionally be required to:

• Stand, walk, and climb stairs for extended periods of time during fundraising functions

• Lift/move light boxes up to 20 lbs.

• Set up and take down event furniture

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified applicants and qualified employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.