People Team Internal Communications Intern

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the United States and a thriving cultural center for the Bay Area. We cannot imagine life without art; it inspires and connects us every day. Now more than ever these connections matter and are aligned with ourvalues.

Inclusive: We strive to be a museum of many voices in dialogue.

Passionate: We believe working with art is more than a job or trusteeship - its a way of life.

Brave: We are committed to approaching our work with courage and a sense of adventure always ready to explore new perspectives.

Empathic: We aim to act like a person not an institution.

SFMOMA is a place for the infinitely curious to explore support and experience the art of our time. We believe that modern and contemporary art can influence the way we think view the world and embrace the many voices and perspectives around us. We aspire to foster an environment that elicits joy nurtures a sense of belonging and purposewhere difference is seen as a strength and every one is appreciated for their whole self.

Schedule: Full Time 35 hours/week Monday June 15 - Friday August 14 at least three days working onsite

Department Description

The People Team at SFMOMA is passionately dedicated to transforming our culture from the inside out by aligning our staff and trustees around shared goals curating a values-based community that is a safe space for openness and individuality and providing our staff with opportunities to learn grow and collaborate.

We strive to provide an employee experience that is ahead of the curve focused on four key themes:

Culture

Talent Developmentand Performance Management

Talent Acquisition

Organizational Excellence.

Our vision as team is to:

Foster community within our museum by upholding high standards of Diversity Equity Inclusion and Access

(DEIA) belonging and shared purpose.

Bring our values to life.

Establish a framework to drive growth development and performance through collaboration and continuous

improvement.

Position Description

The People Team: Internal Communications Intern will work cross-functionally to support People Team initiatives focused on internal communications and general People (Human Resources) Operations including culture-building and DEIA. The Internal Communications Intern will be tasked with both day-to-day project and administrative support duties for exposure to a range of general internal communications operations including all staff email communications and staff events. The Intern will also own an entire project (detailed below) to be completed during the duration of the internship.

Project Plan

Over the duration of the internship the Internal Communications Intern will continue work on a video-based project: The Meet a Colleague video series. The purpose of this video series is to showcase the work of staff members across the museum and help to strengthen interdepartmental understanding and connection. The project will include:

Building out a project plan for video production

Liaising with People Team and cross-divisional staff to select video subjects

Filming footage of video subjects and b-roll throughout the museum

Editing and finalizing up to 5 videos using Adobe Premiere Pro

Crafting a communications plan to launch the videos to all staff

Educational Objectives

The Internal Communications Intern will gain exposure to hands-on experience with:

Project management using specific tools and software including Asana and Microsoft Office Suite.

Creating developing and updating internal communications shared organizational documents and processes.

General Human Resources Operations within a non-profit arts organization.

Additional Internship Programming

The Summer 2026 Internship will offer 9-weeks of hands-on experience and mentorship along with weekly presentations and discussions with various departments in the museum off-site educational visits within the Bay Area community and access to various tours and events within the museum.

Requirements

Applicants must be currently enrolled in school or a recent graduate ideally with a focus in communications

Human Resource Management People Operations Nonprofit Management Fine Arts or any similar or related

field. The SFMOMA recognizes a graduation date within 6 months of the internship start date as a recent

graduate.

If you are a current employee of the SFMOMA applying for an internship you must be a current student or a recent

graduate within 6 months of the internship start date.

Strong interpersonal skills.

Strong organization and time management skills.

Strong professional writing and verbal communication skills.

Ability to maintain a high degree of discretion and confidentiality with sensitive issues.

Ability to video edit using Adobe Premiere Pro software

Previous exposure to and/or ability to learn business software tools including (but not limited to) MS Office. Suite

MS Teams Asana SharePoint.

$7000 - $7000 one-time

Pre-tax stipend paid out in a one-lump sum after start date

*TAX WITHHOLDING: For certain non-US residents and non-CA residents any payments that constitute taxable income under U.S. tax law may be subject to up to 30% federal and 7% state tax withholding (or the current applicable rates) and so any payments you receive may be reduced accordingly. Please consult with your tax advisor regarding the tax treatment of your stipend from this internship.

Application Requirements

Intern application on SFMOMA job site

Resume in PDF format

Cover letter stating the specific internship of interest in PDF format

Describe the experience you bring why you are interested in museum or nonprofit work reasons for

applying to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and your goals for the internship.

Two letters of recommendation from either a college professor or current/former employer in PDF format

College/university transcript in PDF format

Transcripts can be unofficial but must be legible

If you are currently enrolled in a masters or PhD program please provide the transcript for your current

program not your undergraduate transcript

Application Deadline: February 28 2026

Please note: You only need two letters of recommendation total not separate letters for each internship. If you apply to multiple internships (up to three) simply inform your recommenders which positions youre applying for. Well review the same two letters across all your applications.

Location:San Francisco 151 3rd Street.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

SFMOMA is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity equity inclusion and accessibility. No person shall be discriminated against based on race color religion gender gender identity age genetic informationancestry/national origin marital status disability medical condition HIV status sexual orientation veteran/military status and any other category protected by federal of state law.

You may request reasonable accommodation if you are unable to or are limited in your ability to access job postings or provide additional information asked in the job posting.

You can request reasonable accommodation by contacting the People Team at emailprotected.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.