Executive Director

Critical Minded is hiring its first Executive Director to lead strategy and investor/institutional donor relations, work closely with its Governance and Advisory Boards, and manage the initiative’s day-to-day activities — including grantmaking, research, and advocacy — with the support of staff and consultants.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position for 18 months with the possibility of extension based on performance and contingent on additional funding. This role is ideal for someone with strategy, management, fundraising and grantmaking skills who would thrive in a startup environment focused on
racial justice in the arts and culture, criticism, and journalism arenas.

About Critical Minded
Critical Minded is a granting and learning initiative launched in 2017 to build the capacity and visibility of cultural critics of color in the US and to invigorate the critical ecosystem through direct support to publications and individuals, research, advocacy, and convening. It was founded by the Ford Foundation and Nathan Cummings Foundation and is a fiscally sponsored project of Allied Media Projects (AMP). The director will be an employee of AMP and receive benefits through AMP’s benefit plans.

Requirements

Please view the attached PDF file for role qualifications, application instructions, and additional information.