Audience Engagement

Title: Audience Engagement Research Interns (2 needed)

Purpose: Assist Audience Engagement Director with short term and long term research projects in an effort to identify and reach out to local, national, regional and international audiences who connect with the museum both directly and online
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Research of target audiences, hours of operation and visitor programs
· Create benchmarks and measure effectiveness of programs
· Identify and collect audience engagement metrics
· Work cross-departmentally to collect data towards research goals
· Prepare and present reports as needed
Education and Qualifications:
· Students in an MBA, museum studies, marketing program or a combination there of
· Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
· Enthusiastic and friendly with the ability to work well independently and with others
· Excellent attention to detail
· 20 to 30 hours per week

Gift Shop

Title: Gift Shop Intern(s)

Purpose: Assist Gift Shop Manager and staff with day-to-day operations in the Museum Gift Shop
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Welcome Visitors and assist with sales
· Help with inventory, organizing and dusting of merchandise
Education and qualifications:
· Knowledge of POS systems helpful
· Enthusiastic and friendly with the ability to work well independently  
· Ideal candidate should be customer service and detail oriented, dependable and trustworthy
· Opportunities are available Tuesday through Sunday

Visitor Services

Title: Visitor Services Intern

Purpose: Assist Visitor Services Manager with day-to-day operations and work on project-based initiatives
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Welcome guests to the Museum, provide information on programs and exhibitions
· Sell memberships, collect admission fees and data
· Work in back office on various Visitor Services projects
Education and Qualifications:
· Knowledge of POS systems
· Excel, Word and PowerPoint
· Enthusiastic and friendly
· Ability to work well independently and with staff and visitors in a public setting
· Opportunities are available Tuesday through Sunday

Education

Title: Public Program Interns (2 needed)

Purpose: Assist the Assistant Curator of Education with in gallery public programming
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Staff drop-in activities in the galleries
· Organize materials for gallery activities
· Work cross-departmental as needed
Education and Qualifications:
· BA or MA program in an arts, arts history, arts education or museum education-related field
· Excellent customer service skills
· Weekend or evening work may be needed

Title: Administrative Assistant Intern

Purpose: Assist Education Registration Administrator in the Education office
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Data entry
· Charting and pivot tables in Excel and data analysis
· Customer service, reception and answer phones
Education and Qualifications:
· Background in business administration, clerical or office setting
· Extreme attention to detail
· Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
· Excellent customer service skills and phone etiquette

Title: Registration Intern

Purpose: Assist the Administration Coordinator in the Education office
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Support Education office, including public contact, class registrations and answering phones
· Post classes on Craig's List and data entry
· Special project, including reports on targeted portions of the Museum's public, including the Museum's adult and youth students
· Assisting in the Art pARTnership programs with Elm Park Community School
Education and Qualifications:
· BA or MA program in arts, arts education or museum education preferred
· Ability to multitask and meet deadlines
· Excellent customer service skills

Title: Computer Studio Intern

Purpose: Assist Manager of Youth and Family Class Programs with maintenance of Computer Studio
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Updating, upgrading and installing software
· Maintain network and file backups
· Hardware maintenance and installation
· Other duties as required
Education and Qualifications:
· Must be attentive to detail
· Must be comfortable with computers, MAC preferred
· Three or more hours per week, days and hours flexible
· Majors or minors in following programs may be interested: communications, library science or computer science

Title: Gallery/ Studio Workshop Intern
(September through June)

Purpose: Plan, implement and administer the gallery /studio workshop program
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Under the direction of the Manager of Youth and Family Class Programs, work with the Tour Program Coordinator to implement gallery/studio workshops
· Maintain statistics and prepare reports to reflect annual and ongoing progress of the program
· Assist in developing new audiences for G/S workshops and birthday parties (i.e. scouting)
· Help plan and implement WAM's December, February and April vacation week programs Qualifications:
· Effective communication skills
· Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
· Facility with Microsoft Office Suite
· Knowledge of art and/or museum education for K-12 audiences
Education:
BA, BFA, M.A, MFA or candidate in such programs in art education, museum education or related field.
Description:
Gallery/Studio Workshops (GSWs) are offered to youth groups that attend the Museum for 90-120 minute visits, and combine the experience of looking at primary works of art with the process of creating art. These include school field trips, birthday parties and scout groups. The Gallery/ Studio Workshop Intern will help administer and coordinate this program by helping groups select theme/curricula for the GSW, booking an instructor and preparing the studio for the day of the GSW.

Development

Title: Research Intern

Purpose: Assist Development department with research of businesses and corporations
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Research local, regional and national corporations for funding history
· Assist with current Business Partner events
· Coordinate production and distribution of event materials
· Create sponsorship packets
· Update database for current and lapsed Business Partner members
Education and Qualifications:
· College student or graduate in business or communications
· Enthusiastic and friendly with the ability to work well independently and with others
· Good attention to detail
· Database experience preferred

Curatorial

Title: Digitization Intern - Office of the Registrar

Purpose: To assist the Office of the Registrar with the digitization of the analog print collection
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Create and maintain files - may require searching of Museum database
· Research specific inquiries regarding the permanent collection, using Museum database, library resources and/or exhibition archives
·  Other administrative duties as needed
Education and Qualifications:
· BA or MA program in museum studies, archival studies or library science
· Knowledge of Photoshop is required
· Basic photographic archive knowledge
· Detail oriented and quick learner
· Familiarity with relational databases
· 10-15 hours a week

Title: Exhibition & Catalogue Intern

Purpose: To assist the Curatorial Assistant of Prints, Drawings and Photography department with research, cataloguing and general organization
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Catalogue, organize and maintain acquisition files and related metadata
· Assist cataloguing new acquisitions
· Research information for upcoming exhibitions; copy articles, amend exhibition-related documents, edit label and wall text
· Independent research in libraries
· Potential work on mobile application for exhibitions
Education and Qualifications:
· BA or MA program in art history including course work in contemporary art and/or the history of photography
· Strong computer skills
· Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
· Ability to work independently
· Experience handling artwork a plus