The Visitor Experience (VX) Specialist provides welcoming and informative first contact with visitors/members, immediately upon arrival and throughout their stay. The role engages with visitors at the front desk, The CJM Shop, and throughout the gallery, with admission, purchases, and share a strong understanding of the current exhibitions. You are a dependable individual with strong interpersonal and communications skills. Shifts are scheduled by the VX Manager on an as-needed basis, meaning you may be contacted when opportunities are available and may accept/decline the hours based on their availability. The as-needed status does not obligate The CJM to offer hours or obligate the VX Specialist to accept hours offered. Work hours for this position will be variable. The Museum expects an interest in and commitment to the mission and core values of The CJM, including its beliefs in anti-racism, diversity, equity, access, and inclusion.
SF Bay Area
Development Associate
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco (also known as Chinese Culture Center or CCC) is seeking an Development Associate, an energetic and passionate individual committed to supporting the arts and the underserved.
The Development Associate plays a vital role in supporting fundraising efforts and ensuring the financial sustainability of CCC. This position works closely with the Executive Director, Deputy Director and other team members to implement fundraising strategies, manage donor relationships, contribute to corporate strategy development, and support the overall success of the organization’s development initiatives.The Development Associate is responsible for supporting the planning, organizing, and implementation of CCC’s key fundraising initiatives including Contemporaries program, annual gala, VIP and special events. This position reports to the Executive Director.
Key Responsibilities
Donor Relationship Management:
- Assist in cultivating and maintaining positive relationships with individual donors and members, corporate sponsors, foundations, and government agencies.
- Support donor stewardship activities, including acknowledgment letters, thank-you calls, and personalized communications.
Donor Database Management:
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date donor records in the organization’s donor database.
- Input donor information, track interactions and gifts, and generate reports as needed.
- Regularly review data for accuracy and integrity.
Fundraising Events Support:
- Collaborate with the programs team to plan, coordinate, and execute fundraising events, including annual gala, donor and VIP events with exhibitions, programs and other donor appreciation activities.
- Assist in invitations, event production, guest registration, and on-site event support.
Communications and Marketing:
- Lead in the development of fundraising materials, including sponsorship packets, appeal letters, brochures, and newsletters.
- Collaborate with the communications team to ensure consistent messaging across various platforms.
- Assist in maintaining the organization’s social media presence related to development activities.
Corporate Strategy Support:
- Assist the Executive Director in researching and identifying opportunities for corporate partnerships and sponsorships, and supporting with follow through.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of corporate fundraising strategies aligned with the organization’s goals and values.
Donor and Member Communications:
- Lead on drafting personalized communications to donors and members, including acknowledgment letters, updates, and impact reports.
- Ensure timely and accurate delivery of communications to maintain positive donor relationships.
Research and Prospect Identification:
- Conduct research to identify potential individual, corporate, and foundation prospects for fundraising purposes.
- Provide comprehensive background information and donor profiles to support cultivation strategies.
Data Analysis and Reporting:
- Assist in analyzing fundraising data and generating regular reports to evaluate campaign progress, donor trends, and overall fundraising performance.
- Identify areas for improvement and make recommendations based on data insights.
Financial Administration:
- Collaborate with the administration team to reconcile donations, assist in budget monitoring, and support financial reporting related to development activities.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures.Grant Research and Writing:
- Conduct research to identify potential grant opportunities aligned with the organization’s mission and programs as needed.
- Assist in writing persuasive grant proposals, applications, and letters of inquiry, ensuring compliance with guidelines and deadlines
Collaboration and Support:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including the executive team, board members, volunteers, and other staff members, to support development efforts.
- Provide general administrative support as needed.
Executive Director Support:
- Assist the Executive Director in organizing and coordinating Board of Directors meetings and events.
- Compile meeting agendas and prepare support materials.
- Ensure timely distribution of meeting materials to Board members.
- Coordinate meeting logistics, including room setup.
- Provide administrative support to the Executive Director as needed.
- Other tasks and duties as assigned
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (such as nonprofit management, arts administration, or communications). Relevant coursework or prior experience in fundraising is preferred.
- Minimum 2 years in development or membership position in nonprofit setting
- Demonstrated passion for and knowledge of art and culture.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with attention to detail and ability to tailor messages and styles to different audiences.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
- Proficiency in using donor databases and fundraising software. Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce) is a plus.
- Strong research skills, with the ability to gather and synthesize information effectively.
- Basic understanding of fundraising techniques and best practices.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with design software is desirable.
- Collaborative team player with the ability to work independently when needed.
- Professionalism, integrity, and a commitment to maintaining donor confidentiality.
- Enthusiasm for learning and willingness to take on new challenges.
This is a regular full-time, non-exempt in person position. This position requires working from the San Francisco Chinatown office. Salary for this position is $52,000-$68,000 depending on experience.
Competitive compensation and benefits (include health insurance, 401K retirement plan with employer matching, paid time off and holidays), invitations to Bay Area arts and community events. Position is open until filled.
To Apply:
Submit letter of interest and resume to raeanne@cccsf.us. Candidates invited to the interview process will need to provide 3 references. Interested applicants are encouraged to visit How I Keep Looking Up at CCC Visual Art Center and 41 Ross to learn more about CCC.
School Programs Manager
POSITION TITLE: School Programs Manager
DEPARTMENT: Education and Civic Engagement
SUPERVISOR: Senior Education Manager
STATUS: Regular, Full-time, Exempt
PAY RATE: $64,480.00/annual
Position Summary
The School Programs Manager serves a vital role in The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) overseeing all K–12 school and teacher programs. The CJM’s educational programs are grounded in teaching inclusion through arts and culture, with a focus on student and teacher wellbeing. School programs include connections to Jewish stories as a tool to open conversation around diversity and identity. The School Programs Manager fosters strong relationships with school leaders, teachers, community organizations, and CJM colleagues to create and implement innovative arts-infused education programs and outreach. The School Programs Manager also shapes tour approach, leads tour training, and develops resources and touring materials.
This position is both a leadership role and a direct service position, which includes both the creation and management of educational programs and direct facilitation working with youth and adult groups. Programs are supported through regular collaboration with education team members, and with many of the programs and processes already in place. The successful individual in this role will possess excellent interpersonal skills, strong education vision, and distinction in shaping processes and program structure.
For all positions, The Museum expects an interest in and commitment to the mission and core values of The CJM, including its beliefs in anti-racism, diversity, equity, access, and inclusion.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Develop and implement educational programming that drives active participation in The CJM’s activities centered on teaching inclusion through arts and culture. Conceptualize and implement annual plans for school audiences including tours centered on San Francisco history, the art and stories of Ezra Jack Keats, select exhibition-driven focused tours, and Holocaust education.
- Lead school tour development, iterate tour strategies to center student voice and reach program goals, and organize resources for participating groups.
- Prepare adaptable tours to be articulated for students in collaboration with other staff leading tours. Train and supervise part-time educators on leading tours. Lead (virtual and in-person) guided tours of exhibitions, totaling approximately four–six tours weekly.
- Create and manage educational partnership initiatives including managing the award-winning annual citywide Ezra Jack Keats bookmaking project (with partners in SFUSD and SFPL) and other school program collaborations with schools, districts, and libraries and other educational non-profits.
- Create, manage, and lead arts-based professional development workshops for educators and lead strategy for the development of teacher resource guides and other curriculum-related materials.
- Oversee regular communications and conduct regular outreach to community and school groups for Museum group visits and partnership on initiatives. Extend and expand network of tour visitors through coordinated outreach initiatives with set goals, with a focus on connecting with broad community audiences.
- Develop and manage program evaluation and reporting.
- Work closely with colleagues across The Museum on implementation of programs, including sharing schedule needs with Security, Operations, and Visitor Experience and sharing program information with Development, Curatorial, and Exhibitions.
- Respond to inquiries (phone and email) and manage communications for all school tours including scheduling visits for each group, connecting groups with CJM resources, and sharing surveys. Schedule tours utilizing The CJM’s scheduling software in Microsoft Teams and assign educator.
- Contribute to ongoing documentation and reporting for school programs and tours, including aggregating and analyzing tour statistics for ongoing reporting.
- Manage program budget.
- Represent The CJM in community and professional organizations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree. Graduate degree in related field desirable, or relevant work experience including formal or informal teaching.
- At least five years’ experience in museum education or related educational field.
- Experience in direct-service teaching youth.
- Interest in and dedication to the mission and core values of The CJM, including its commitment to anti-bias education, diversity, equity, access, and inclusion.
- Experience in staff leadership, including of educators or administrators.
- Comfort with museum-based pedagogy, teaching with visual art, and Jewish culture and history preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to communicate across age and cultural backgrounds.
- Ability to envision and work independently to organize the management of multiple projects and meet deadlines.
- Experienced and effective public speaker with proficiency in sharing high-level impact of a program.
- A joy and passion for student learning.
- Exceptional organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Suite.
Physical Requirements
- Moderate standing
- Occasional lifting, carrying, bending, pushing, and pulling
- Ability to lift up to twenty-five pounds
Other
- Flexibility to work some evenings and weekends. Approximately two Sundays per month. When working on a Sunday, another workday will be scheduled as a day off for the week.
- Capable of responding to public emergency situations (i.e.: building evacuation procedures).
The Contemporary Jewish Museum is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry, age, marital or domestic partner status, sex, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, The CJM will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Early Childhood Dance Teaching Artists
Are you passionate about creativity? Do you thrive in a collaborative, grassroots environment where everyone pulls together to create equitable change? Do you value details, organization and clear communication? If you seek to apply your skills in service of social justice through the art of dance, Luna Dance Institute might be the place for you!
Luna seeks to hire two experienced Dance Teaching Artists to teach in our early childhood programs. In-person teaching will take place in Oakland and Berkeley early learning centers. Two positions are offered: a 50% teaching position, and a 75% position that is right for a dance artist who is interested in working closely in collaboration with classroom teachers and instructional aides in a coaching capacity.
Compensation is commensurate with experience based on a full-time equivalency of $58-62,000. The 75% position comes with full benefits and partial benefits are available for the 50% position.
Deadline to apply: June 5
Luna is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek to expand our capacity to serve by hiring faculty from previously underrepresented communities and diverse backgrounds.
https://lunadanceinstitute.org/who-we-are/opportunities/#1676008999636-6df079b1-206d
Social Media and Community Manager
Haines + FOR-SITE are jointly seeking a talented, Bay Area-based Social Media and Community Manager to elevate both organizations.
Haines (haines.com) is a vital San Francisco art gallery known for its compelling exhibitions and roster of international artists. FOR-SITE (for-site.org) is a nonprofit organization acclaimed for its large-scale, public art projects with artists such as Ai Weiwei and Andy Goldsworthy. Though they operate independently—with separate social media accounts, audiences, and hashtags—both Haines and FOR-SITE were founded by Cheryl Haines with the belief that contemporary art can change the conversation and transform culture.
The Social Media and Community Manager is an hourly-based, contract position requiring 15-20 hours / week, paying $30-$35 / hr, depending on experience. The hours are split between Haines and FOR-SITE. Work can be done remotely, but the Social Media and Community Manager is expected to attend and capture Bay Area events and programs when relevant for social media purposes. Responsibilities include:
- Posting and monitoring social media platforms: The Social Media and Community Manager is responsible for consistent posting, monitoring, and engaging with all social platforms (Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter), using native social platforms and using third-party listening and scheduling dashboards.
- Growing the community by driving engagement: Identifying influential followers and encouraging their engagement to grow Haines Gallery’s and FOR-SITE’s profiles on all active social platforms. This could include activities with active community members, an ambassador program, or incentivizing posts by creating social media sharing kits and asking key participants to post about campaigns.
- Producing content for posts: The Social Media and Community Manager is expected to produce social content using third party tools such as Canva and should be adept at scheduling content and social listening using Hootsuite or other scheduling tools.
- Social media listening: The Social Media and Community Manager is expected to listen across channels and platforms, using a third-party listening dashboard to curate external content that they will share on the Haines and FOR-SITE profiles. This should include participation in relevant outside communities (groups and lists), as well as the social media accounts of partners and aligned organizations.
- Strategizing content and executing campaigns: To drive engagement and build an active community of followers, Social Media and Community Manager is responsible for ideating and executing social campaigns that align with Haines Gallery and FOR-SITE’s larger marketing and fundraising strategies and are aligned with the current exhibitions and projects. The Social Media and Community Manager will identify user-generated content via social listening and reshare it, as well as creating live events on social channels to boost engagement and create evergreen content to share (for example, video snippets from FB Live interviews) as needed.
- Insights: The Social Media and Community Manager is responsible for analyzing insights and reporting analytics, trends, and making strategic recommendations to Executive Leadership.
Experience in managing community and social media presence in the visual arts space is preferred. Experience implementing Instagram shops is a plus.
Please send resume, cover letter, and work samples to info@for-site.org by May 26, 2023. No phone inquiries. Selected candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview.
Museum Director – San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
Organization
The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles (Museum) is the first museum in the United States to focus exclusively on quilts and textiles as an art form and stands proudly in the worlds of both art and craft. The mission of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is to preserve, celebrate, and promote knowledge about quilts and textiles, their creation, their beauty, and their relationship to human culture and expression.
Founded in 1977 and incorporated in 1991 as a 501c3, the Museum’s California-focused permanent collection comprises more than 1,400 objects, including historic and contemporary quilts, world textiles, and wearable art. The Museum has cultivated an environment that allows it to present makers both as finely skilled artisans and as professional contemporary artists who reflect on and display social matters within their work. Many of its exhibitions highlight the connection between fiber arts and current cultural, political, and environmental issues, such as Guns: Loaded Conversations,” (2018) an exploration of U.S. gun rights, violence, and history; and the upcoming Queer Threads, (2023) featuring contemporary works by U.S. LGBTQIA textile artists. Museum exhibitions, representing both local and world textile pieces and historic and contemporary art works, appeal to the diversity of Bay Area residents and tourists.
The Museum is an anchor cultural institution in San Jose’s downtown South of Market Area (SoFA). Prior to pandemic closures, the Museum hosted 18 to 20 exhibitions annually, along with related workshops, lectures, panels, performances, docent-led tours, and other events. The Museum has historically welcomed 12,000 local, national, and international visitors and has served 500 K-12 students and their families annually. Admission is free to the public on SoFA First Fridays and the Museum typically attracts more than 300 visitors in an evening.
The Museum is committed to providing a welcoming environment for all and strives to create an inclusive educational, cultural, and artistic space through on-going practice and reflection in the following areas:
Exhibitions & Interpretation
- Represent a diverse range of perspectives within the textile medium. Exhibitions and interpretive materials are intended to highlight, empower, and celebrate the creative work of textile artists both local and global.
Collections Stewardship
- Preserve historic and contemporary textiles and increase the Museum’s cultural resources to reflect diversity in the field of fiber arts.
Education & Community Outreach
- Offer educational programs that invite all learners to join creative dialogues that promote cultural respect and mutual understanding. Through outreach programs, the Museum seeks to provide access and participatory opportunities for everyone in the community.
Visitor Experience
- Have a positive, welcoming, and inclusive experience for the Museum visitors, both in person and virtually. The Museum is dedicated to assisting all communities and is working to continually improve physical, financial, and cultural accessibility.
Governance & Support Organizations
- Advance the Museum’s mission of sharing and celebrating the art and culture of textiles and support staff endeavors to increase diverse representation in programs and exhibitions through specific Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) initiatives.
Work Environment
- Build and maintain a culture that provides professional development and ongoing reflection on eliminating bias and inequity. The Museum supports hiring and collaborating with a diversity of staff, artists, educators, and administrators who are demographically representative of the communities the Museum serves.
Development & Institutional Giving
- Recognize, discuss, and rectify the ways in which fundraising upholds systems of power. Board members, donors, and members are current and potential allies who will support programs that focus on diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion, and are partnering with funders who prioritize and uphold these values.
At a critical juncture for renewal and growth, the Museum’s Board of Directors has set goals to expand and diversify programming, membership, and community connections with an enhanced commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Museum’s board and staff leadership teams actively participated in the American Alliance of Museum’s Facing Change Initiative to diversify museum boards and leadership, amplifying the Museum’s commitment to building an inclusive culture that more closely reflects the San Jose community.
The Museum’s operating budget for 2021-22 was approximately $750,000 and is led by a Board of Directors, Chaired by Melissa Leventon. The Museum is a proud partner, and receives support from, donors, members and sponsors including San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs, SVCreates, Veggielution, School of Arts and Culture/Mexican Heritage Plaza, Applied Materials, The David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Cal Humanities, Heritage Bank, California Natural Resources Agency, and The Alberta S. Kimball – Mary L. Anhaltzer Foundation.
Community
Populated by more than a million residents, San Jose is the third largest city in California, the 10th largest city in the United States, and the county seat of Santa Clara County—the most affluent county in California. It is a vibrant city at the south end of the San Francisco Bay and is considered the “Capital of Silicon Valley.”. Silicon Valley is an iconic hub of innovation, creativity, and technology—home to thousands of tech start-up companies and headquarters to many of the largest high-tech companies in the world, such as Apple, Google, Applied Materials, Intel, and Zoom.
With a Mediterranean climate and more than 300 days of sunshine each year, outdoor activities are a local favorite. San Jose features 193 regional and city parks and gardens, including 60 miles of trails for hiking, biking, and walking. In addition, San Jose’s vibrant dining scene offers a kaleidoscope of authentic global flavors with more than 250 dining and entertainment options.
Diversity is the most frequently mentioned element of San Jose’s culture, both as a demographic fact and as a long-held civic commitment. Two-thirds of San Jose’s residents are either foreign-born or have foreign-born parents, representing 176 of the 194 nations in the world. More than half of the adults living in Silicon Valley hold a college degree.
San Jose State University is part of the California State University system and offers intellectual, artistic, and commercial opportunities to its 30,000 students and the broader community. In 2020, San Jose State was named the most transformative college in the United States by Money magazine. Other nearby educational institutions include Santa Clara University, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley.
Sources: census.gov; sanjose.org; sanjoseca.gov/home; sjsw.edu
Position Summary
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Museum Director will lead the Museum through an exciting period of growth and stabilization. With board and staff, the Director will rebuild the visitor experience and programs by creating deeper and authentic connections with former and new community, school, and corporate partners. The Director will maximize new revenue streams while stewarding existing supporters of the Museum. The Director will oversee the local, national, and international reputation of the Museum and champion its mission, building trust and positive relationships with its diverse constituencies.
Roles and Responsibilities
Leadership
- Work with the board and management staff to develop strategies for achieving mission goals and financial viability.
- Maintain and utilize a working knowledge of significant developments and trends in the field (examples: museum education approaches, fashion design, and the environment).
- Build respect and increase the visibility of the organization among its constituencies.
- Establishes ambitious goals and initiates, maintains, and adapts programs to a high degree of excellence and impact.
- Serve as an effective spokesperson, representing the organization well to its constituencies, including clients/members/patrons, other nonprofits, government agencies, elected officials, funders, and the public.
Financial Sustainability
- Work with the staff, finance committee, and the board to prepare budgets, monitor progress, and initiate changes (to operations and/or to budgets), as appropriate.
- Assure adequate control and accounting of all funds, including maintaining sound financial practices.
- Retains official records and documents and complies with federal state and local regulations (examples: Form 990, payroll withholding).
- Develop realistic, ambitious plans for acquiring funds and involve others in fundraising and earned income generation. Establish positive relationships with individual donors and institutional funders, such as foundations, government agencies, corporations, etc.
Community Engagement
- Cultivate a welcoming space for all visitors across race, age, ethnicity, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, political affiliation, religion, geography, and culture.
- Develop an active presence in the community, building positive connections and authentic relationships, and identifying opportunities for new initiatives and partnerships that support museum attendance and participation.
- Represent the Museum in person and through public talks and communication, actively seeking opportunities to engage with the broader community and participating in events that inspire and cultivate increased support.
- Engage board members, donors, and members as allies to support programs that focus on diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion, partnering with funders who prioritize and uphold these values.
Planning, Organization, and Operations
- Ensure the development of exhibition programs that are consistent with the organization’s mission, a collection management program that supports the preservation and growth of the permanent collection, and that all programs and activities are developed, executed, modified, and dismantled to maximize mission impact.
- Interview, hire, and manage staff, delegate, and provide performance appraisals on a regular basis in compliance with federal and state employment laws and American Alliance of Museum’s best practices.
- Ensure that the necessary organizational and operational structure, policies, systems controls, and procedures are in place and regularly reviewed for effectiveness.
- Develop and foster an internal culture that maintains the highest standards for customer service, excellence of visitor experience, and fiscal, operational, and organizational integrity.
- Embrace other planning, organization and operations duties as required.
Board of Directors
- With the Board Chair, decides when to involve board members in decisions.
- Provide appropriate leadership to the board and its committees.
- Informs board members in a timely way on the condition of the organization and important factors influencing it.
- Ensures that board committees are appropriately supported.
- Work with the board officers to ensure that the board is an effective body, and that recruitment, involvement, and departures of individual board members are effective.
Traits and Characteristics
The Director will be an assertive, decisive leader driven by experience and practical results which maximize resources and efficiency. An effective communicator, they are receptive to new ideas, concepts, and ways of approaching material. They can systemically analyze information, look at all aspects of a situation, and evaluate the consequences of their decisions.
Other key competencies include:
- Personal Accountability, Decision Making, and Self Starting – The ability to answer for their decisions and actions, to make thorough decisions in a timely manner, and to demonstrate initiative.
- Interpersonal Skills and Influencing Others – The facility to effectively communicate and build rapport with all kinds of people while being capable of affecting others’ actions and decisions.
- Resiliency and Planning – The flexibility to quickly adapt to adversity and to develop courses of action that ensure work is completed effectively.
Qualifications
Qualified candidates must have demonstrated success in a leadership position, ideally in a cultural organization, and maintained a proven track record as an effective fundraiser. A minimum of five years of senior nonprofit management experience is required alongside a demonstrated commitment to community inclusion and social change. Museum leadership experience, an advanced degree in the fine arts or arts education, is a plus.
Compensation and Benefits
The Museum provides a competitive and equitable compensation package, with a salary range between $120,000 and $145,000, commensurate with experience. A comprehensive range of benefits includes paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, health insurance, and the quality of life that the San Jose Area has to offer.
Applications and Inquiries
To submit a cover letter and resume with a summary of demonstrable accomplishments (electronic submissions preferred), please click here or visit artsconsulting.com/employment. For questions or general inquiries about this job opportunity, please contact:
Nan Keeton, Senior Vice President
268 Bush Street, Suite 4100
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel (888) 234.4236 Ext. 203
Email SJMQT@ArtsConsulting.com
The staff and board of San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles are devoted to cultivating a welcoming space for all visitors across race, age, ethnicity, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, political affiliation, religion, geography, or culture.
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is a progressive, equal opportunity employer.
All candidates are encouraged to apply.
