Intern
Intern
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Job Description
Job Details
Description
About The Mint Museum
The Mint Museum established as North Carolinas first art museum in 1936 has grown to encompass two dynamic facilities: Mint Museum Uptown and Mint Museum Randolph. We are committed to engaging and inspiring all members of our global community through our renowned collections exhibitions educational programs and scholarship.
Internship Program Overview:
The Mint Museums Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate students a valuable opportunity to gain insight into the daily operations of a museum. Interns will work closely with museum professionals across various departments contributing to meaningful projects that align with their academic and career interests.
Available Internship Departments:
Accounting & Finance: Assist with data entry filing budget reports account reconciliations and analytical reviews.
Advancement: Support database entry event planning audience development research and donor profiling.
Archives: Engage in collection acquisitions accessioning arrangement description digitization and outreach.
Collections & Exhibitions Design: Collaborate on design development and planning for exhibitions organizing works of art and interpretive elements into engaging immersive spaces.
Collections Management: Participate in inventory preventive conservation research on collection objects and database management.
Marketing & Communications: Assist in producing museum publications copyediting marketing materials generating content and identifying marketing opportunities.
Digital Media & Web Management: Focus on content strategy and web management using analytic software website content management systems and search engine optimization strategies.
Graphic Design: Aid in the development and production of publications and exhibition graphics.
Learning & Engagement: Assist with art class setup maintain databases conduct research on exhibitions and artists and support family gallery activities.
Library: Engage in cataloging creation of marketing materials digitization efforts and development of web pages for the librarys online resources.
Qualifications
Internship Requirements:
Maintain at least a 3.0 GPA in your major.
Demonstrate a strong interest in the visual arts and a desire to work in the museum field.
Be available to commit 15 hours per week during the 10-week semester.
Submit a completed Internship Application along with a resume and cover letter.
Provide one letter of recommendation from a college professor or employer emailed directly to
Preferred Qualifications:
Majors in arts-related fields such as Art History Art Education Studio Art Arts Administration Museum Studies Library Studies or English.
Majors in fields relevant to museum operations including History Business Administration Marketing Finance Communications Media Relations Public Relations Graphic Design Digital Media and Nonprofit Management.
Additional Information:
Interns will receive a stipend for their work monthly.
Positions requiring direct contact with children will necessitate a background check.
Application Deadline:
Summer Semester: March 8
How to Apply: To apply for an internship please visit our Careers Page and submit all required materials by the specified deadlines.
Join us at The Mint Museum to gain hands-on experience and contribute to our mission of inspiring and transforming through the power of art and creativity.
Equal Opportunity Statement
The Mint Museum is committed to creating an institution that reflects the diversity of our region and nation. We are especially mindful of those in our community impacted by inequity due to ability language class age gender religion sexuality race and ethnicity and are working diligently to address perceived and real barriers that keep anyone from fully experiencing the museum as a guest volunteer or employee. To achieve true reform we must have a diverse highly qualified team. The Mint Museum is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age or veteran status. We actively encourage minority candidates to apply for this position.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
