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The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with Pratt Institute in the search for a Major Gifts Officer.

The Major Gifts Officer will manage a portfolio of 120 to 150 major gift prospects and work collaboratively within Institutional Advancement and across Pratt faculty, staff, and the Board of Trustees to secure gifts that advance the strategic goals of the Institute. The Major Gifts Officer will monitor prospect contacts to ensure positive and purposeful prospect and donor relations while recommending and assisting with the building and maintaining of relationships across campus.

Pratt Institute is a top-ranked college with opportunities in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies that provides the creative leaders of tomorrow the knowledge and experience to make a better world. What began as a radical experiment to expand access to creative careers is now a community of 5,137 undergraduate and graduate students working across 48 programs with 1,200 dedicated faculty. The Institute’s impact expands beyond its 25-acre residential campus in Brooklyn to cutting-edge facilities throughout the borough, a landmark building and public gallery in Manhattan, as well as an extension campus, PrattMWP College of Art and Design in Utica, New York.

Since its founding in 1887, Pratt has prioritized diversity and inclusion—welcoming students from all walks of life while developing and sustaining pathways to more equitable workplaces and careers. Pratt provides a collaborative, interdisciplinary research and inquiry-based education that prepares students for success in creative fields and professional practice, with the goal of contributing to a fairer and more sustainable world. With a long-held commitment to the communities of New York, Pratt partners locally through the Pratt Center for Community Development to work for a more just city. The Institute also offers a variety of programs for local pre-college and continuing education students in the Center for Art, Design, and Community Engagement K-12 and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. The value of a Pratt education is evident in its graduates’ diverse and thriving careers, where their designs, art, work, and environments have reimagined our world. In over 75 countries across the globe, Pratt’s 61,000 alumni are advancing the creative economy and making a positive impact.

The Major Gifts Officer will

• complete a minimum of 120 qualified contacts per year;

• participate in all aspects of the gift cycle, working both with prospect management and independently to initiate contacts with potential donors;

• develop appropriate cultivation and solicitation strategies to move prospects in an appropriate and timely fashion toward solicitation and closure;

• work closely with Institutional Advancement staff to ensure coordination among programs and initiatives across campus;

• record and document all personal prospect contacts and outcomes in the Raiser’s Edge database;

• actively participate in prospect review meetings and in the identification of major gifts prospects;

• assist with the preparation of briefing materials and strategies for the President and Interim Vice President;

• participate in ongoing professional development activities to maintain and enhance skills and abilities in fundraising;

• manage sensitive information and adhere to confidentiality policies regarding the privacy of database information;

• conduct work in a manner that is ethical and sensitive to the needs of donors, development staff members, and Pratt Institute; and

• travel locally, domestically, and potentially internationally for fundraising purposes.