Associate Director, Major Gifts, Arts and Culture

## Associate Director, Major Gifts, Arts and Culture Apply:
Hybrid:
Chicago, IL:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JR35674
** Department
* * ADV Arts 1
** About the Department
** The University of Chicago Advancement team cultivates lifelong connections with more than 220,000 alumni, current students, parents, and friends worldwide, building community through intellectual, professional, and other meaningful experiences on campus, around the world and online. Advancement empowers every division, school, department, and institute to thrive, generating support for esteemed faculty, pioneering researchers, visionary practitioners, and ambitious students.
During the Chicago Minds campaign, Advancement seeks to raise over $1 billion annually. This unprecedented philanthropic effort is designed to stretch the boundaries of what is possible, fueling bold discovery and amplifying the University’s global impact.
Our work is rooted in the belief that meaningful connection and lasting experiences inspire ambassadorship and enduring commitment. We champion a culture of innovation and excellence, inviting every member of our community to participate in a future defined by creativity, intellectual rigor, and shared purpose. Through collaborative partnerships, strategic stewardship, and investment in talent, Advancement is reimagining alumni and donor engagement while ensuring UChicago remains a catalyst of impact for generations to come.
Centrally organized within Advancement, Arts and Culture sits within the Division of Arts and Humanities and advances philanthropic partnerships with key alumni, parents, and friends across the campus’ arts ecosystem, including new and emerging projects and established arts units within the division.
The Division of the Arts and Humanities Development enterprise is a team of four fundraising professionals who work collaboratively to secure annual, major, and principal gift support for divisional priorities and objectives, as set by the Dean and Arts leadership, and foster increased engagement with the division. The team undertakes this work through in-person meetings, carefully curated cultivation and stewardship events, and other forms of donor engagement.
** Job Summary
** As the lead for promoting and fostering relationships for the Arts and Culture units within the division, the Associate Director supports the Arts and Humanities Advancement team and Arts colleagues, and provides peer leadership for the entire team by serving as a key front-line fundraiser. This role supports the study, presentation, and experience of the arts across academic departments and programs in the Division of Arts and Humanities, the College, and the Library;

public-facing arts organizations, including Arts + Public Life, the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, the Logan Center for the Arts, and University of Chicago Presents; and student-facing initiatives, such as the Arts, Science + Culture Initiative and the Arts Labs in the Media Arts, Data, and Design Center, as well as more than 60 student arts organizations.
This position plays a key role in contributing significantly to the overall fundraising strategy, pipeline development, and fundraising activity for the division. The Associate Director also leads results-oriented projects, shapes critical engagement and fundraising events, and demonstrates exceptional resourcefulness, leadership, and service to colleagues in Advancement, the Arts and Culture units, the University, and among prospects. This role manages programs designed to meet University fundraising goals for contributed income.

Serves as strategist of efforts to secure gifts and build relationships with alumni, faculty, administrators and organizations with potential to make gifts. Develops…