The Associate Development Officer is a skillful, detail-oriented, frontline fundraiser. Through the Museum’s Membership program and patron groups, the Associate Development Officer (ADO) personally identifies, engages, cultivates, solicits, and stewards a portfolio of individuals to support the mission of the Brooklyn Museum. Reporting to the Development Officer, Individual Giving, the ADO will support the Individual Giving and Major Gifts team in all fundraising needs, with a special focus on the Museum’s six patron groups. We seek a forward-thinking professional who is passionate about the Museum and dedicated to developing ways to better serve our Membership programs and communities.

The Brooklyn Museum seeks a focused and detail-oriented Research Assistant for Textiles for a full-time two-year position to undertake cataloging, research, and reporting related to the Museum’s European and American textile collections. The candidate will work closely with the curators of Decorative Arts and Design to identify collection objects suitable for retention, display, and deaccession; write reports; prepare presentations; and conduct historical and art historical research. The Research Assistant will also aid in compiling possible institutions and auction houses for transfer of deaccessioned works.

A successful candidate must be detail-oriented and a creative thinker, with the ability to multitask. They should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, a demonstrated ability to be well organized, and superlative research skills. The candidate should have extensive coursework in textiles, knowledge of the history of textiles (especially eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European and American textiles), and experience handling textiles.

Since this position is research based, we expect the candidate to be able to conduct research independently and have knowledge of existing scholarly resources. Only applications that include a cover letter will be considered.

The Director of Development Operations is a vital team leader and strategist, an expert in designing and managing systems, and a key member of the Development team who instills best practices in the science of fundraising. They are involved in a wide range of tasks, from daily activities to special long- and short-term projects that advance the functioning of a strong, effective Development department.

The Director of Development Operations liaises with the Finance department and monitors all systems to support Development’s donor management, analytical, and financial tracking functions. This position offers a unique opportunity to help lead the Museum’s strategic direction and shape our fundraising goals through harnessing data and other strategic insights. A core mandate for the Director of Development Operations is to centralize a suite of activity that is currently spread across the Development team and other key departments (acknowledgment letters, gift entries, reports, and data pulls, e.g.).

Success in this role will require an entrepreneurial spirit and eagerness to build on the existing foundation of the department to shape new approaches as the Brooklyn Museum migrates to its first CRM (Tessitura).

The Museum Maintainer / Art Handler for Collections will be part of a team in the Registration and Collections Management department, handling art in the collections and assisting with storage initiatives. The ideal candidate will have experience handling and installing a variety of objects. They will work closely with the Registration and Collections Management and Conservation teams in supporting the Museum’s collection-related activities.

This position is funded for a term of three years (subject to renewal).

The Human Resources Assistant is responsible for a wide range of support activities inside the Brooklyn Museum’s HR department, from maintaining the employee database to posting job ads. An important part of the role is to act as the liaison between HR and employees, ensuring smooth communication and prompt resolution of requests and questions. The assistant also assists in creating policies, processes, and documents.

The Human Resources Payroll Analyst supports regular processing of payments to our staff and makes the process easier and more reliable. The ideal candidate is an experienced payroll professional with a strong analytical capability and a passion for the Brooklyn Museum’s mission.

The Brooklyn Museum seeks a skilled Digital Transformation Lead for a full-time hybrid remote and in-person role based in Brooklyn, NY. You'll be a key member of our growing Engagement team, working with leads across our team and the museum as a whole to manage digital transformation projects with a huge impact on a beloved community arts institution and its future.

Reporting to the Chief Digital Officer and the Director of Customer Relationship Management, you'll run projects to overhaul our website and CRM, leading the installation of project management practices and systems. You’ll be instrumental in creating an excellent experience for visitors, members, and art lovers around the world while also empowering our broader team to create impactful and innovative work.

This is a grant-funded, union position with a term that currently ends July 31, 2024, with a possibility of extension.

This role oversees the Museum’s accounting operations, including the quarterly close process, annual financial reports, annual audit process, ongoing maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls to mitigate risk. This role is unlike that of a typical controller as the Brooklyn Museum Finance team is undergoing a period of transformation, including significant changes to the chart of accounts and system upgrades to support a more automated process. Teams that support the Museum’s critical infrastructure are rapidly evolving ahead of our two hundredth anniversary and as we kick off major capital projects over the next several years. This is a key role to help develop new processes, coach a team of accountants, and have meaningful access to senior leadership. This role will manage a team of senior accountants.

A typical day for this role might include meeting about our chart of accounts with external CRM partner Tessitura, meeting with our external auditors about annual audit timelines, reviewing accounting entries in preparation for quarterly close, attending the weekly Museum directors meeting, and discussing the annual inventory audit with the Director of Merchandising.

The Brooklyn Museum seeks an Assistant Director, Institutional Giving, to join the Museum’s Development department during a period of dynamic growth. This position will work to build the Museum’s institutional giving program ahead of the Museum’s two hundredth anniversary celebration in 2024.

The Development Officer is an externally focused, energetic, polished, and detail-oriented individual who personally identifies, engages, cultivates, solicits, and stewards a portfolio of individuals who support the mission of the Brooklyn Museum with their philanthropy. Working closely with the Director of Individual and Major Gifts and the Senior Development Officer, the Development Officer will help to set the overall strategy and drive achievement of fundraising targets for the Brooklyn Museum’s patron program. The Development Officer manages the Museum’s high-level patron groups, strategizing and fundraising to meet annual goals, build membership, and create dynamic annual programming to engage current and prospective members. The ideal candidate is a results-oriented self-starter with a passionate commitment to the arts and an appreciation of the goals and mission of the Brooklyn Museum.

The Brooklyn Museum seeks a detail-oriented and highly responsible individual to join the Visitor Experience (VE) team as a departmental associate responsible for supporting group tours as well as providing general administrative support. The ideal candidate is a motivated, enthusiastic individual who takes initiative, communicates clearly, works independently, and carries projects through to completion.

Working with the curatorial staff for three collection areas, the Curatorial Assistant for Arts of Africa, Asia, and the Islamic World assists with collection- and exhibition-related projects. The Curatorial Assistant conducts and assists with scholarly research and writing, and supports the administration of collections in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in art history, museum studies, visual culture, anthropology, or a related humanities discipline, or two to three years of experience in a museum or other cultural organization
Highly detail-oriented, organized, and able to prioritize among multiple projects
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Experience with collaborative projects
Background in scholarly research and writing
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and basic office functions (e.g., scanning, filing)
Preferred skills

The Brooklyn Museum is seeking a passionate, trailblazing, and strategic Co-Director of Education, Youth Leadership and Lifelong Learning, to join our team. The ideal candidate has a track record of upholding our ethos of inclusion, diversity, and welcome. They will help us become a truly age-friendly Museum, expanding the reach and impact of our programs focused on youth leadership, emerging professionals, and continuing education for adults of all ages. The Co-Director will design and implement new programs that expand adult learning opportunities and increase our earned revenue potential. They will partner with Development to raise funds for all Education adult and teen programs, including academic tours, paid internships and fellowships, and scholarships for paid programs.

As a highly engaged member of the Conservation team, the Project Objects Conservator will engage in the study and treatment of ancient Egyptian objects in preparation for a traveling exhibit. This is a 1-year term position working in objects conservation and under the direction of the Conservator of Objects

The Museum’s rentals program raises revenue by renting Museum spaces for corporate parties, award ceremonies, galas, weddings, and film and photo shoots. The department also oversees a select number of reduced-rate rentals for community partners and nonprofit groups, including government agencies, local schools, and community organizations.

The Events and Rentals Assistant supports the team by managing administrative tasks for the rentals program, fielding initial inquiries, maintaining accurate financial tracking, building relationships with external event industry contacts, and overseeing event production of community events and graduations.

The Help Desk Manager is a hands-on technical leader who is responsible for delivering an exceptional end-user support experience for Brooklyn Museum staff. This position works with the Director of Technology and various stakeholders throughout the organization to ensure that staff are empowered with the technology tools and training required to help the Museum reach its goals and fulfill its mission. We’re seeking someone with strong technical aptitude and communications skills who can solve complex technical issues while considering the big picture.

The Graphic Designer plays an integral role in the Brooklyn Museum’s Graphic Design Department. The designer is responsible for conceptualizing and designing innovative and compelling design for exhibitions, wayfinding, signage, publications, and print and digital projects, while maintaining and exploring the museum’s visual language in close collaboration with the other members of the design team.

Working in a highly collaborative studio setting, this role works on projects in all stages of the design process to support overall attendance and revenue goals, improve the visitors experience, and expand upon the Museum’s design language across visitor touch points.

The Graphic Design team is part of the Engagement division, a multifaceted team—including staff in digital communications, graphic design, marketing, merchandising, public relations, and visitor experience—responsible for leading the institution’s audience-engagement strategy with a focus on digital initiatives.

The Photographer creates high-resolution digital images of objects in the museum’s permanent collection, libraries, archives, and exhibition installations for the purpose of documentation and in support of publications, marketing and promotion of exhibitions, graphic and exhibition design, merchandising, commercial partnerships, digital audience engagement projects, and external reproduction requests.

The position plays a key role in developing and maintaining technical standards with respect to the museum’s image production, and, in collaboration with the Director of Digital Collections and Services, continually assesses new technology and procedures necessary to create engaging visual assets in alignment with the museum’s goals.

As a highly engaged member of the Conservation team, the Project Objects Conservator, Egyptian Coffin, will engage in the study and treatment of an ancient Egyptian wooden coffin. This is a two-year term position with the Objects Conservation team and the Curator of Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art, under the direction of the Conservator of Objects.

The Finance Analyst assists the Finance team with a variety of budgeting, financial planning, accounting, and administrative tasks. Initial responsibilities include processing business transactions, verifying accuracy of documents, and maintaining financial records. In addition, the analyst will support strategic analysis and critical team functions such as the annual audit, as well as institution-wide initiatives such as the annual budgeting process. The diverse mix of exposure allows this role to gain unparalleled access across the Finance team and other Museum departments. An ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial spirit, bias for action, enthusiasm for continuous learning, and passion for the arts. This is a unique opportunity for an eager and passionate early career candidate to join a leading museum and work alongside a critical team that has high visibility to museum leadership. The successful candidate will be a team player who is eager to learn and hungry for growth.