Blair Spotswood Hollis

Director of Development at Boston Ballet
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(386) 825-5501
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Performing Arts
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Director of Development
      • Jun 2021 - Present

      Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Adjunct Faculty
      • Aug 2016 - Present

      Greater Boston Area Professor for graduate courses in the Arts Administration Master’s Program, including Internship I & II, Arts and the Community, and The Art World, as well as an undergraduate Modern Art History course.

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Head of Institutional Relations
      • Sep 2020 - Jun 2021

      Leading corporate, foundation, and government giving for the Museum with a $5M+ annual goal.

    • Head of Corporate Partnerships
      • Aug 2019 - Sep 2020

      Greater Boston Area

    • Corporate Relations Manager
      • Feb 2017 - Aug 2019

      Greater Boston Area Responsible for developing and leading the MFA’s corporate fundraising strategy, encompassing both the Corporate Sponsorship and Corporate Membership programs. Direct relationship management of 100+ corporate partnerships.

    • Development Officer, Corporate Relations
      • May 2016 - Feb 2017

      Greater Boston Area Responsible for managing the Corporate Membership Program with a goal of $1M+ annually; cultivating, soliciting, upgrading and stewarding corporate members; building funding opportunities that include both membership and sponsorship, especially for exhibitions; and overseeing the day-to-day administration of the Corporate Membership Program.

    • Development Associate, Leadership Gifts & Institutional Relations
      • Sep 2015 - May 2016

      Greater Boston Area High-level support for two key program areas within Development, spanning work with individual, corporate, foundation and government donors. Responsibilities include managing the day-to-day administration of the Corporate Membership Program, the coordination of the Leadership Gifts solicitation roadmap and data analysis, and the drafting of correspondence to individuals from the Director and Deputy Director.

    • Assistant Manager, Information Center
      • Dec 2012 - Sep 2015

      Greater Boston Area Supervisory support for the delivery of best-in-class customer service both in the Visitor Center and throughout the Museum. This includes managing a diverse community of more than 250 volunteers, the college students who make up the Ambassador Program as well as Teen Visitor Aids and staff volunteers. Responsible for handling the logistics of the Ambassador Program including the interviewing and hiring process, budgeting, payroll management, scheduling, training, and enrichment planning… Show more Supervisory support for the delivery of best-in-class customer service both in the Visitor Center and throughout the Museum. This includes managing a diverse community of more than 250 volunteers, the college students who make up the Ambassador Program as well as Teen Visitor Aids and staff volunteers. Responsible for handling the logistics of the Ambassador Program including the interviewing and hiring process, budgeting, payroll management, scheduling, training, and enrichment planning. Day-to-day responsibilities include preparing the Museum for opening, shift briefings for volunteers, maintenance of digital tools such as the Visitor Center Home Page, managing literature inventory and print schedules, and the recruiting, hiring, and training of new volunteers.

    • Contemporary Art Intern
      • Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

      Greater Boston Area Curatorial internship in Contemporary Art and MFA Programs; assist curators with upcoming exhibitions, including preliminary research and artist correspondences; work with object files; help facilitate video and performance art programs held at the Museum; coordinate volunteers for programs.

    • Member and Visitor Services Representative
      • Apr 2011 - Dec 2012

      Provide optimal and personalized customer service to all visitors and members in person and on the phone; maintain a working knowledge of the museum collections and special exhibitions; accurately and quickly process transactions for a variety of different ticketing and membership scenarios; assist with ticketing for public programs; organize and brief groups on museum policies; train newly hired representatives throughout the museum.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Graduate Assistant
      • Jan 2014 - May 2015

      Boston, MA Graduate Assistant for Daniel Ranalli, Artist and Director of the Arts Administration Graduate Program at BU.

    • United Kingdom
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Oct 2010 - Dec 2010

      London, United Kingdom Assist in developing the archives for the Gothic Ivories Project available at http://www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk/; maintain the Artesia database; organize and record scanned image mounts from the Conway library collection; research objects in various, multilingual archives.

    • Intern
      • May 2008 - Aug 2008

      Greater New York City Area Organize the electronic Rolodex and ArtBase inventory; maintain the archives of the gallery’s artists; assemble promotional packets of artists’ available works and press for the gallery’s international clientele; deliver and collect materials when necessary.

    • Intern
      • May 2008 - Aug 2008

      Greater New York City Area Construct catalogues for Deitch to present to international galleries; scan and preserve incoming media and press for the electronic archives; create new organizational systems for the press and video archives; act as the gallery attendant.

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Education Intern (Youth Insights)
      • Sep 2006 - Aug 2007

      Greater New York City Area Develop and lead discussion-based tours for visiting school and outreach groups; write and record multimedia tours; assist in Saturday Family Activity days; participate in an outreach program in collaboration with the Altria Gallery for children; assist Oliver Herring in his studio on video and photography work.

Education

  • Harvard Extension School
    Graduate Certificate Coursework, Marketing
    2019 -
  • Boston University
    Master’s Degree, Arts Administration
  • Boston University
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History of Art and Architecture
  • Carnegie Mellon University
    Undergraduate Coursework, Fine and Studio Arts

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