Associate Director of ; Development Officer

Department

ESKENAZI SCHOOL OF ART ARCH + (BL-SOAD-IUBLA)

The Associate Director of Advancement designs and implements engagement strategies for the Eskenazi School's network of more than 14,000 alumni around the world. This position also plays a critical role in the school's annual fundraising and stewardship strategies, particularly when it comes to cultivating early-stage donors and donor prospects.

• Responsible for stewardship, event planning and implementation, establishing or expanding relationships with donors and alumni, and coordinating with key partners across the school and university.
• Ensure practices follow Eskenazi School, IU Alumni Association, and IU Foundation objectives and policies, and track the advancement budget as part of the planning process.
• Coordinate with the Senior Director of Development, dean, associate director of employer and alumni engagement, and the Eskenazi School's communication team to deliver consistent, high-volume messaging that connects the Eskenazi School mission to regional and national audiences.
• Collaboration and coordination with the Eskenazi Museum of Art development and communication teams as needed.
• Design, implement, and meet the goals and objectives for engaging the Eskenazi School's network of more than 14,000 alumni around the world; create and assess new systems, methods, policies, and protocols in a constantly changing fundraising and alumni relations environment.
• Make frequent judgement calls regarding event management and details, communicate with donors and alumni with care and tone, and represent the school professionally.
• Build personal relationships while making data‑driven decisions.
• Play a key role in relationship building with alumni and donors by interacting with school leadership, faculty, students, and staff; understand the school's goals and initiatives.
• Serve as the primary liaison on all alumni relations matters for the IU Alumni Association, the IU Foundation, and other partner offices throughout the university.
• Cultivate positive and productive working relationships with various internal and external constituents and interact frequently with alumni leadership.
• Provide leadership and follow‑through for projects while working within budget constraints.
• Introduce students to their alumni community, promote student professional development through alumni connections, and create a culture of philanthropy among alumni, future alumni, and friends of the Eskenazi School.
• Maintain donor relationships through segmented stewardship and solicitation messaging, regular communication and outreach, including thank‑you messages and consistent updates on scholarships and gifts.
• Maintain the Crimson database and Workfront or AlumniQ list pulls and solicitation approvals, and forward prospective and current donor information to the director of development.
• Strategically identify and develop engagement strategies that provide opportunities for alumni and contributors to be meaningfully involved in the school's mission; include board service and programs designed to catalyze personal connections with faculty and students.
• Oversee the design and production of alumni‑related marketing and communication, including online, social media, and web content.
• Collaborate with faculty to facilitate Eskenazi School Alumni Board organization, communication, and activities.
• Foster collaborative relationships with faculty and university advancement partners to expand and diversify the alumni network, including mentors, volunteers, annual donors and advocates for the Eskenazi School.
• Track and assess alumni volunteer engagement as a measure of successful advancement of alumni relationships with the university.
• Develop and manage events to strategically engage Eskenazi School alumni and donors.
• Develop and implement events that engage alumni who have the capacity to make early stage and major gifts. Events may include alumni receptions in major media markets, on‑campus guest speakers, reunions, or anniversary celebrations. Use advancement data to ensure strategic use of resources when planning and implementing events and send…