Senior Manager, Corporate Development

ABOUT THE LUCAS MUSEUM OF NARRATIVE ART Opening in September 2026, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is dedicated to illustrated storytelling.  Founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the museum’s collection features works by artists including Norman Rockwell, Kadir Nelson, Jessie Willcox Smith, N. C. Wyeth, Beatrix Potter, Judith F. Baca, Frida Kahlo, and Maxfield Parrish; as well as comic art legends such as Winsor McCay, Jack Kirby, Frank Frazetta, Alison Bechdel, Chris Ware, and R. Crumb; and photographers Gordon Parks, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Dorothea Lange. The Museum also houses the Lucas Archives, containing models, props, concept art, and costumes from Lucas’s filmmaking career.

Designed by Ma Yansong of MAD with a landscape by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA, the Museum is in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, on an 11-acre campus that includes new green space and a 300,000-square-foot building with galleries, two theaters, a library, restaurant, café, retail store, and community spaces.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Manager, Corporate Development is a critical part of the museum's Revenue & Engagement function. Reporting to the Director of Institutional Development, the position involves identifying, nurturing, and securing corporate revenue streams to support the museum's mission. The Senior Manager will strategically lead initiatives, manage a pipeline, develop proposals, and coordinate stewardship efforts. This role will help build the engine for how we engage the business community, launching our inaugural corporate membership and sponsorship programs from the ground up. This isn’t just about fundraising; it’s about creating deeply integrated experiences, curating group tours and high-impact campaigns, that make the museum an essential partner for companies and their employees. This position serves as both a primary external ambassador to the business community and an internal architect, responsible for building the operational systems, benefit delivery, and reporting frameworks that will define our corporate program.