Vice President & Chief Advancement Officer
The Juilliard School
New York, NY
Anticipated Start Date: 12/1/2025
Description
Reporting to the President, the VP will join at a pivotal moment in the school’s history and will have the opportunity to work with an exceptionally dedicated, passionate, and gifted leadership team and an engaged and supportive Board of Trustees.
Responsibilities
This individual will serve as a key advisor on philanthropy and will create and implement strategies to ensure Juilliard’s continued success and expanded impact through increased philanthropic support. The VP oversees a team of 24 including 7 direct reports. This is a role for an entrepreneurial leader who brings a high level of intelligence, expertise, credibility, connectivity, and a true belief in the ability of art to change the world.
Requirements
The Juilliard School’s next Vice President and Chief Development Officer will be an established, senior executive with a track record of successful leadership in both campaigns and increasing unrestricted annual operating funds. They will bring a deep appreciation for the rich history, achievements, and aspirations of Juilliard, and the ability to effectively articulate the President’s vision to a range of different audiences. The VP will be a strategist who is able to translate big-picture vision to tactics and outcomes, and who demonstrates success building and leading a successful development program in a higher education, performing arts, or other relevant not-for-profit setting.
The successful candidate will have an impressive history of achievement with capital campaigns, as well as frontline major gift solicitations. and will have first-hand knowledge of capital/endowment campaign planning and execution. They will show willingness to experiment with new approaches to resource development and will share knowledge of best practices in the development field. The VP will have board relations experience in a major institution and a high-level of relationship management experience to build and sustain key relationships with a wide range of individuals including the President, Trustees, faculty, administrators, parents, alumni, students, and donors. The VP will serve as a highly visible ambassador to the school consistently representing its professionalism and excellence. A genuine passion for and understanding of the transformative power of art and artists and the ability to communicate this to prospects/donors is crucial, as is the ability to engage in meaningful conversation about the importance of the performing arts.
The VP will also be: a trustworthy partner and cross-functional collaborator; have strong executive presence, discretion, and emotional intelligence; knowledgeable about the New York City, national, and ideally, global philanthropic and cultural communities; an excellent communicator and presenter with polished writing and editing skills; well-versed in budget preparation, monitoring, and administration; able and willing to travel and attend evening and weekend events and performances; a bachelor’s degree recipient: an advanced degree is a plus.
Salary Range and Employee Benefits
The compensation range for this role is $425,000-$475,000 commensurate with experience and accomplishments.
How to Apply for this Job
Howe-Lewis International is pleased to assist Juilliard with this exciting search. Please email your resume and letter of interest in confidence to kirk@howe-lewis.com
About the Organization
Founded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. The school’s mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens. Located at Lincoln Center in New York City, Juilliard offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in dance, drama (acting and playwriting), and music (classical, jazz, historical performance, and vocal arts).
More than 800 artists from 42 states and 50 countries and regions are enrolled in Juilliard’s College Division, where they appear in more than 700 annual performances in the school’s five theaters; at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully and David Geffen halls, and Carnegie Hall; as well as at other venues around New York City, the U.S., and the world. The continuum of learning at Juilliard also includes nearly 400 students from elementary through high school enrolled in the Preparatory Division, including its tuition-free Music Advancement Program (MAP), which serves students from diverse backgrounds often underrepresented in the classical music field.
More than 1,200 students are enrolled in Juilliard Extension, the flagship continuing education program taught both in person and remotely by a dedicated faculty of performers, creators, and scholars. Beyond its New York campus, Juilliard is defining new directions in performing arts education for a range of learners and enthusiasts through a global K-12 educational curricula and preparatory and graduate studies at The Tianjin Juilliard School in China. Damian Woetzel is the seventh President of The Juilliard School, where he is championing excellence and prioritizing affordability and access to the highest level of artistic education.
Since beginning his tenure in July 2018, Woetzel has brought on a new generation of artistic leadership, launched initiatives in Creative Enterprise and Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB), created new technology-driven programs including Juilliard LIVE, a Bloomberg-sponsored livestreaming initiative with a dedicated app, expanded national and international touring, opened the school’s first branch campus in Tianjin, China, and achieved numerous fundraising milestones, including funding the newly tuition-free Drama MFA and the Music Advancement Program (MAP), which has also expanded thanks to a $50 million grant. As he moves forward, Woetzel continues to build on Juilliard’s tradition of educational and artistic excellence as he leads a multiyear effort to increase sustainable affordability alongside a dedicated Board of Trustees led by Chair Vincent Mai.
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