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Internship basics

• All internships are paid at the rate of $16.90 per hour.
• Internships require an average of 10 hours per week (built around your school schedule) over 12 weeks (120 hours total).
• Internships offer academic credit.
• Each semester includes 8 professional development sessions.
• Internships offer hands-on work experiences and opportunities to build a professional network.

Requirements for our fall/spring internships are:

• Interns must be authorized to work in the U.S. and must be 18 years of age or older.
• Interns must be registered for credit from their college institution.
• Interns must be able to complete a minimum of 120 hours IN PERSON during the 12-week internship.
• Interns must be available to attend professional development sessions from 2pm-3pm on Fridays. This cannot be changed or waived, so please confirm your availability before applying. 

Deadline to apply is Friday, July 31, 2026.

 

Marketing Data & Analytics Intern

Marketing & Communications interns gain hands-on experience supporting the strategy, creativity, and analysis behind the Center’s marketing efforts. Working with staff across the department, interns contribute to projects that connect audiences with the arts through storytelling, design, and data-driven insights. Data & Analytics interns explore audience trends, conduct show and genre research, and assist with pricing and performance analysis to inform strategic marketing decisions and revenue planning. 

Marketing Data & Analytics applicants must be experienced in Excel. Strong preference for applicants experienced in dashboarding tools and survey platforms. 

Marketing interns leave with practical experience across the creative, analytical, and strategic dimensions of arts marketing —where every project helps bring performances to life. 

Internship basics

• All internships are paid at the rate of $16.90 per hour.
• Internships require an average of 10 hours per week (built around your school schedule) over 12 weeks (120 hours total).
• Internships offer academic credit.
• Each semester includes 8 professional development sessions.
• Internships offer hands-on work experiences and opportunities to build a professional network.

Requirements for our fall/spring internships are:

• Interns must be authorized to work in the U.S. and must be 18 years of age or older.
• Interns must be registered for credit from their college institution.
• Interns must be able to complete a minimum of 120 hours IN PERSON during the 12-week internship.
• Interns must be available to attend professional development sessions from 2pm-3pm on Fridays. This cannot be changed or waived, so please confirm your availability before applying. 

Deadline to apply is Friday, July 31, 2026.

 

Marketing Creative Intern

Marketing & Communications interns gain hands-on experience supporting the strategy, creativity, and analysis behind the Center’s marketing efforts. Working with staff across the department, interns contribute to projects that connect audiences with the arts through storytelling, design, and data-driven insights. Creative Marketing interns contribute to campaign planning, social media content creation, and merchandise design and development, helping to shape the Center’s brand storytelling across platforms and audiences.

Marketing interns leave with practical experience across the creative, analytical, and strategic dimensions of arts marketing —where every project helps bring performances to life. 

Internship basics

• All internships are paid at the rate of $16.90 per hour.
• Internships require an average of 10 hours per week (built around your school schedule) over 12 weeks (120 hours total).
• Internships offer academic credit.
• Each semester includes 8 professional development sessions.
• Internships offer hands-on work experiences and opportunities to build a professional network.

Requirements for our fall/spring internships are:

• Interns must be authorized to work in the U.S. and must be 18 years of age or older.
• Interns must be registered for credit from their college institution.
• Interns must be able to complete a minimum of 120 hours IN PERSON during the 12-week internship.
• Interns must be available to attend professional development sessions from 2pm-3pm on Fridays. This cannot be changed or waived, so please confirm your availability before applying. 

Deadline to apply is Friday, July 31, 2026.

 

Marketing Administrative Intern

Marketing & Communications interns gain hands-on experience supporting the strategy, creativity, and analysis behind the Center’s marketing efforts. Working with staff across the department, interns contribute to projects that connect audiences with the arts through storytelling, design, and data-driven insights. Administrative interns support the Vice President, Marketing & Communications on department-wide initiatives, gaining broad exposure to the operations of a major performing arts center through research, customer feedback tracking, budget analysis, and process improvement projects. 

Marketing interns leave with practical experience across the creative, analytical, and strategic dimensions of arts marketing —where every project helps bring performances to life. 

Internship basics

• All internships are paid at the rate of $16.90 per hour.
• Internships require an average of 10 hours per week (built around your school schedule) over 12 weeks (120 hours total).
• Internships offer academic credit.
• Each semester includes 8 professional development sessions.
• Internships offer hands-on work experiences and opportunities to build a professional network.

Requirements for our fall/spring internships are:

• Interns must be authorized to work in the U.S. and must be 18 years of age or older.
• Interns must be registered for credit from their college institution.
• Interns must be able to complete a minimum of 120 hours IN PERSON during the 12-week internship.
• Interns must be available to attend professional development sessions from 2pm-3pm on Fridays. This cannot be changed or waived, so please confirm your availability before applying. 

Deadline to apply is Friday, July 31, 2026.

 

Development Operations Intern

The innovative and exciting education and community engagement programs the Center offers would not be possible without charitable contributions from the community. The Development Department manages these important relationships with donors. Development Operations intern will support operational functions that maintain compliant, measurable, and sustainable fundraising efforts. The intern will gain hands on experience with the Tessitura CRM database and project management tools and principles. Responsibilities include supporting confidential prospect research and event thumbnail projects, data entry, record maintenance, quality assurance, donor mailings, and overall data integrity. 

Internship basics

• All internships are paid at the rate of $16.90 per hour.
• Internships require an average of 10 hours per week (built around your school schedule) over 12 weeks (120 hours total).
• Internships offer academic credit.
• Each semester includes 8 professional development sessions.
• Internships offer hands-on work experiences and opportunities to build a professional network.

Requirements for our fall/spring internships are:

• Interns must be authorized to work in the U.S. and must be 18 years of age or older.
• Interns must be registered for credit from their college institution.
• Interns must be able to complete a minimum of 120 hours IN PERSON during the 12-week internship.
• Interns must be available to attend professional development sessions from 2pm-3pm on Fridays. This cannot be changed or waived, so please confirm your availability before applying. 

Deadline to apply is Friday, July 31, 2026.

 

Development Individual Giving Intern

The innovative and exciting education and community engagement programs the Center offers would not be possible without charitable contributions from the community. The Development Department manages these important relationships with donors.  The Development Individual Giving intern will support the team’s fundraising efforts to reach a goal of $18M. Responsibilities might include creating impact reports through creative writing and storytelling, assisting in donor campaign creation and mailings, and projects that will surprise and delight our donors at all levels. 

Internship basics

• All internships are paid at the rate of $16.90 per hour.
• Internships require an average of 10 hours per week (built around your school schedule) over 12 weeks (120 hours total).
• Internships offer academic credit.
• Each semester includes 8 professional development sessions.
• Internships offer hands-on work experiences and opportunities to build a professional network.
   

Requirements for our fall/spring internships are:

• Interns must be authorized to work in the U.S. and must be 18 years of age or older.
• Interns must be registered for credit from their college institution.
• Interns must be able to complete a minimum of 120 hours IN PERSON during the 12-week internship.
• Interns must be available to attend professional development sessions from 2pm-3pm on Fridays. This cannot be changed or waived, so please confirm your availability before applying. 

Deadline to apply is Friday, July 31, 2026.

 

Engagement Intern

The Center’s Education & Engagement Department manages 15 different programs designed to create sustainable creative arts experiences for thousands of children, teachers, and families each year. The Engagement intern is a new offering within the Education and Engagement department. Interns will focus on building community partnerships, supporting the Center’s emerging arts and health initiative, assisting with the Center’s internal diversity, equity, and inclusion events, and planning for the first All Abilities Conference and Celebration, a two-day learning event for artists and administrators focused on arts and disability.