Sarah Charleton Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Greater Los Angeles Area

I supervise a team of two direct reports and oversee LFLA’s membership program of 3,000 member households, thousands of annual donors, and manage gifts ranging from $50 - $15k and have helped steward $50,000 matching donor commitments.Lead and implement all strategic communications, planning, collateral, and stewardship opportunities to achieve my annual goal of raising $875k through individual giving, sponsorships, and event revenue. Direct the strategy and implementation of successful annual appeals throughout the year, including Giving Tuesday, Calendar Year End, Fiscal Year End, the annual Stay Home and Read a Book Ball, the Young Literati Annual Toast, Library Giving Day, and more, by utilizing engaging content, intentional donor segmentation strategies, direct mail, and comprehensive email and social media campaigns. Create and produce bespoke member events, receptions, and special opportunities of all sizes, from conception to de-brief, including working with city departments, security, vendors, and organizing volunteers.Organize teams to align and achieve our collective goals; building meaningful relationships with donors, external partners, library staff, and volunteers to demonstrate our case for support; and creating engagement opportunities for donors to feel compelled to give.Produced the 14th Annual Young Literati Toast fundraiser for young professionals, which raised $200k in sponsorships and ticket sales, featured celebrity readers, performers, tiered opportunities for VIP guests, and showcased the life-changing work of the Library through video content, intentional messaging, and more. Present Membership and Annual Giving department reports to Board Members on a quarterly basis, uphold superior customer service with donors and library patrons, and serve as an excellent ambassador for the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Public Library, representing LFLA at international conferences and online forums.

Los Angeles, California

As Cultural Programs Coordinator at the Library Foundation, I provide administrative and curatorial support to the Director and Assistant Director of the Cultural Programs department for the ALOUD series and other special Library Foundation projects. Key responsibilities include the following: • Lead event producer for 60+ events per year at the Central Library; 2,000 attendees at the Orpheum Theatre for events with Patti Smith (Nov, 2015), Jeff Koons with John Waters (Feb, 2014); lead producer of ALOUD’s 2014 program, "Dear ONE: Love & Longing in Mid-Century Queer America," co-presented with ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives.• Reservation and box office management for all ALOUD programs• Operations manager for all program logistics including managing event calendar, author travel/ hospitality and budgets; managing outreach and advertising for programs; editing copy for print and web; negotiate contracts; supervising ALOUD interns/ production staff; liaison between library departments; providing excellent customer service for donors and the public; data management, statistical analysis and reporting for grant writing; cultivation of collaborative partnerships with other organizations. • ALOUD website administrator & media archivist which involves the creation and management of all event pages, monitoring reservation numbers and ticket sales, working extensively with images and promotional materials; acting as the main archivist of 23 years of program materials and digital media• Social media and email marketing manager for all ALOUD social media platforms and communications including Library Foundation donors and ALOUD email lists (reaching 20,000+ contacts).

Greater Los Angeles Area

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2685 S. La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, Ca 90034

During my paid internship at the Luis De Jesus contemporary art gallery, my responsibilities included: researching artists, acting as registrar by cataloging incoming and outgoing art work, working special events and art openings, promoting artwork to gallery patrons in a knowledgeable and meaningful way, encouraging art buyers and collectors to attend gallery shows, managing exhibition mailings, and assisting gallery directors with artists represented by the gallery, including Zachary Drucker, Miyoshi Barosh and Frederico Solmi, among others.

Los Angeles, Ca

During my three years at the Fowler Museum, I was responsible for overseeing multiple administrative duties including management of mass membership mailings; processing publication copyright requests; customer service and event management, often acting as check-in captain for exhibition openings; supporting the Museum Director and administrative staff as well as assisting with projects for various departments including membership/ development, special events, publications, education and curatorial departments. I regularly provided assistance to the former Head of Digital Media, Agnes Stauber, in digitization projects of museum collections. I have worked consistently with the Events/ Visitor Services Manager, Bridget Dulong, on large exhibition openings, donor functions, lectures, and large meetings both as an employee and as a volunteer. In addition, based on my interest, I spent a large portion of my time working for the Curatorial department, assisting the Curatorial Research Associate, Gassia Armenian, with research and organization of files for upcoming exhibitions, including verifying accession numbers, working with object loan agreements, editing copy for exhibition related publications, procurement of source materials, researching pertinent data compiled by scanning or photocopying images and information from source materials in conjunction with Excel and PowerPoint applications. Fowler Museum exhibitions I was involved with include:Steeped in History: The Art of TeaCentral Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River ValleyTranscultural Pilgrim: Three Decades of Work by José BediaArt, Activism, Access: 40 Years of Ethnic Studies at UCLAStreet Art: Photographic Elevations of Los Angeles, Paris and BerlinNick Cave: Meet Me At The Center of the EarthIcons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from PapunyaMake Art/ Stop AIDSSilver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio PinedaMami Wata: Art for Water Spirits in Africa & Its Diaspora

Bachelor'S Degree, Cultural Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology And Art History, Focus: Sub-Saharan African Art And Culture

COLLEGE HONORS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Public Relations Manager for the Art History Undergraduate Student Association of UCLA Curator.