2025 Strathmore Internships

Nourishing the creative potential of artists partners and colleagues with diverse backgrounds and perspectives is an essential part of our work. We include interns as valued colleagues and are eager to provide them with opportunities that encourage their exploration and pursuit of careers in the arts.

College students and recent graduates interested in arts management careers are encouraged to apply for a Summer Internship at Strathmore from June 2 through August 14 2025. Applications will be accepted until COB on Friday March 28 2025.

Internship Positions

Strathmore has openings for Four 4 Interns 32 hours per week Monday Thursday) for 11 weeks. Interns earn a stipend equal to minimum wage hourly $17.15/hr). Internships are available in various departments.

Strathmore Internship Descriptions

OPERATIONS/RENTALS

• Gain experience with the operational components of a multiuse performing arts organization.
• Develop an understanding of the setup needs for different events and assist with event setups as needed.
• Assist in the planning and setup for the weekly Live from the Lawn Series.
• Communicate with partners and clients via emails phone calls and onsite walkthroughs.
• Input data into the Event Booking system and understand the process of scheduling concurrent events.
• Prepare organize and maintain electronic event folders and records.
• Coordinate daily checkins with Strathmores partners during summer camps and troubleshoot issues that may arise.
• Collaborate on updating internal forms and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Assist in preparation of upcoming performances and partner seasons.

CONTENT WRITING & MARKETING INTERN

• Prepare for and staff marketing and audience engagement presence at events and performances including evening coverage of our summer concert series on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
• Provide planning and logistical support for upcoming events and campus activations.
• Collaborate with graphic designers vendors and other team members to create assets for marketing collateral.
• Research artists coming to Strathmore help build grassroots marketing strategies and develop creative content ideas and copy.
• Manage content for community calendars and listservs.
• Interview artists staff and community members and write stories and media pitches.
• Brainstorm and draft content for print and digital stories and social media.
• Capture photos and video content for social media.

EDUCATION

• Help coordinate and cover the Arts and Social Justice Fellowship Showcase UkeFest East County Summer Camp and other summer events.
• Event advance/support may include: corresponding with instructors camp parents and patrons; organizing and copying materials; creating name tags; reminder emails; event setup; artist and patron hospitality; greeting parents and students; tracking attendance; and evaluations.
• Research potential topics and instructors for education events.
• Track proof and draft Education contracts.
• Support Event Booking calendar planning for 2425/2526 Education events.
• Manage contacts by inputting instructors donor attendance etc. into Excel documents.
• General administrative support may include mailings scanning copies etc.
• With support manage the Summer Rise high school student experience at Strathmore which includes serving as lead liaison with several students planning their orientations mentoring and project coordination.

PROGRAMMING

• Help with event advance and coverage for Strathmore Summer Programming which includes Outdoor Concerts & UkeFest with opportunities to support Concert Hall Events.
• Event advance/support may include corresponding with artists technicians and stagehands operations event crew patrons organizing and copying materials preparing productions sheets creating name tags reminder emails event setup artist hospitality shopping tracking attendance and show recaps/evaluations.
• Will play an integral part in advance planning for the annual UkeFest taking place in August 8th 13th). Duties include but are not limited to preparing materials creating and editing checklists supporting the intake sorting and sales of instructor merchandise and staffing the event.
• Artist research project to plan for future summer programming.
• Attend regular weekly meetings.
• Regular work activities will be both indoors and outdoors. Must be able to work in summer weather and up to 2 evenings a week with the potential for more during UkeFest.
• May include working alongside the summer intern cohort to manage internal projects.
• Job responsibilities weighted as follows: 60 administrative prep work 40 of event and event staffing.

Required Experience:

Intern