The Assistant Manager, Annual Fund & Development Operations manages donor relations, appeals, data and communications for the Rubin Museum’s Friends of the Rubin annual fund program. Collaborating with the Senior Manager, this role focuses on solidifying and expanding the program from 600+ to 1,000+ donors through strategic solicitations, tailored outreach, cultivation events, and thoughtful stewardship. Serving as the primary point of contact for Friends of the Rubin donors, the Assistant Manager fosters meaningful relationships and ensures a high standard of donor care and data integrity.
Working with a six-person development team (major gifts, institutional philanthropy, and annual fund/development operations), the Assistant Manager is also responsible for processing donations, managing acknowledgments, supporting donor events, and supporting the execution of fundraising campaigns and donor engagement initiatives in collaboration with the development team, and across-departments.
This is a full-time, non-exempt, hybrid position with core working hours from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, with flexibility required for occasional evening or weekend events.
The incumbent reports to the Senior Manager, Annual Fund & Development Operations.
The Resident Scholar in Himalayan Cultures is a member of the Editorial & Digital Content team and a self-starter who contributes ideas and brings subject matter expertise to the development of accessible content for the Rubin’s digital platforms. This key position advises on and creates content that reflects Himalayan cultural practices across time through digital materials (e.g. social media content, Spiral magazine articles, Project Himalayan Art, AWAKEN podcast), trainings, and other public presentations.
This role actively maintains and builds new relationships with Himalayan, Tibetan, and other Inner Asian community organizations; creatives; and scholars locally, nationally, and internationally. The Resident Scholar advises on creatives, speakers, scholars, and authors for publications, collaboration, and expertise-sharing. This highly collaborative role works closely with both the Communications & Marketing and Curatorial teams to develop well-informed, accessible, dynamic, and welcoming content for the Rubin’s audiences.
The Resident Scholar in Himalayan Cultures is a full-time, temporary role through December 31, 2026, with the possibility of extension.
This is a full-time exempt and hybrid eligible position with a workweek schedule of Mondays through Fridays, with core work hours from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM and ability to be flexible based on project needs.
The incumbent reports to the Deputy Executive Director.
Interns receive a $600 monthly stipend from the museum. Academic requirements will be fulfilled by arrangement with the individual college or university.
The Rubin’s internship partners include:
*Studio Institute ARTS Interns are paid through the Studio Institute, and are not eligible for the Rubin stipend.
Rubin interns receive the following benefits:
The Apprentice Museum Educator (AME) program at the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art provides practical skills to university students or recent graduates interested in future careers in the arts, specifically programming and museum education for school and family audiences. The AME will learn to work with a large age-range of visitors during their internship, and will develop the skills to manage an educational space with creativity. We foster critical thinking, leadership skills, curriculum planning, and public speaking.
The Collections Management Intern works closely with the Collections Manager, Registrar, and Department Administrator on several projects including object record updates within the collections database. The Collections Department is currently working on a large-scale file organization and digitization project. This position will be directly involved in this project, digitizing collections documents from historical exhibitions and assisting with ongoing data cleanup projects in the collections database (TMS). Interns will also have the opportunity to manage aspects of the library database (LibraryWorld) and learn about art storage and art handling procedures.
The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art seeks a mature undergraduate, recent graduate, or graduate student to work under the guidance of Rubin curators. The Curatorial Intern will perform research and provide support for curatorial work and upcoming exhibitions that focus predominantly on Himalayan art and material culture.
The Museum will be offering internships through ARTS Intern, a program of Studio Institute. The ARTS Intern program places college undergraduates from diverse cultural backgrounds in paid summer internships at New York City museums. Eligible applicants must show a financial need and must either be New York City residents or enrolled in a college or university within the five boroughs of New York City.
Due to the high volume of applications for internships, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
In the event you are not accepted for an internship, we encourage you to resend your application materials for the following term.
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