Audience Engagement Intern – Arts & Culture (Graduate Internship)

Pay:CA$20.00 CA$22.00 per hour

Job description

Work at the Most Beautiful Garden in Toronto! The Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG) is a mission-driven botanical garden dedicated to fostering a connection between community and nature while making a meaningful impact on Torontos ecosystem.

TBG is a vibrant destination that inspires a love for plants and sustainable living.

As Torontos premier location for experiencing sustainable horticulture TBG offers visitors the opportunity to explore their role as stewards of the environment. With free admission and an annual attendance of 300000 visitors per year TBG invites everyone to engage with nature offering a dynamic year-round calendar of events community tours eco markets and more.

TBGs educational programs cater to children families and adults of all experience levels drawing more than 17000 participants each year. From gardening and conservation to sustainability wellness and creativity TBG provides a diverse range of learning opportunities.

TBG is a hub for nature enthusiasts with 2900 members 130 dedicated volunteers and 30 member organizations all contributing to a growing and passionate network of nature lovers.

Join Our Team and Help Inspire Torontos Connection with Nature!

The TBG is on an exciting growth trajectory aiming to become an iconic cultural landmark. Its vision is to excel in plant-focused education captivating displays natural area restoration plant conservation and research. When fully developed its 35-acre site will welcome over 1 million visitors annually.

The Role

The Audience Engagement Intern will play a key role in supporting the planning delivery promotion and evaluation of TBGs publicand nature-basedarts and cultural programming. This graduate-level internship is designed for individuals seeking practical experience inarts administration cultural programming audience developmentartsmarketingandcommunityengagement.

Working closely with the Director of Marketing and Audience Engagement and cross-departmental teams the intern will contribute to the full life cycle of cultural programmingfrom early planning and artist coordination to onsite delivery marketing documentation and evaluation.

The role also includes meaningful opportunities in arts marketing content development and cultural storytelling supporting both digital and onsite audience engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Arts Administration & Cultural Programming

• Support planning coordination and delivery of public cultural programs including concerts exhibitions festivals and community celebrations
• Assistwith artist and performerlogistics scheduling and onsite coordination
• Support installation and deinstallation of visual art and eco-art exhibitions
• Assistwith development and documentation of an Artist-in-Residence program
• Contribute to post-event evaluation reporting and impact summaries

Audience Engagement & Visitor Experience

• Support onsite visitor engagement at events through wayfinding information stations and interpretive materials
• Assistwith inclusive audience engagement strategies that prioritize accessibility and community participation
• Gather audience feedback and participation data to inform future programming

Arts Marketing & Content Development

• Contribute to marketing and promotional strategies for arts and cultural programming
• Assistwith creation of content for digital platforms including social media e-newsletters website updates and onsite materials
• Capture and organize photography short-form video and written content documenting events exhibitions and artist activity
• Support storytelling initiatives that highlight the intersection of art nature and community

Cultural Tourism & Partnerships

• Support engagement with tourism and cultural partners including arts organizations community groups and tourism agencies
• Assistwith research and benchmarking of comparable cultural and garden-based programs
• Contribute to positioning TBG as a cultural tourism destination within Torontos arts ecosystem

Learning Opportunities & Graduate-Level Competencies

This internship is structured to support the development of graduate-level competencies including:

• Arts administration and cultural program management
• Audience development and visitor experience design
• Arts marketing and digital content development
• Event production and public programming operations
• Evaluation reporting and reflective professional practice

The intern will gain direct exposure to major public cultural initiatives including outdoor concert series visual art exhibitions Pride celebrations community gallery programming and artist-led projects.

Qualifications & Candidate Profile

Required

• Recent graduate (or completing final year) of a university or college program in:
• Arts Administration or Cultural Management
• Museum Gallery or Curatorial Studies
• Fine Arts (with professional practice focus)
• Cultural Studies Tourism or Creative Industries
• Strong organizational communication and interpersonal skills
• Interest in public culture arts programming and community engagement
• Ability to work in a public-facing environment and collaborate with diverse stakeholders

Assets

• Experience or interest in arts marketing communications or content creation
• Familiarity with digital platforms and storytelling tools
• Interest in nature-based site-specific or community-engaged arts practices

This role requires occasional evening and weekend work aligned with public programming. The position is primarily onsite with limited remote work flexibility.

How to Apply

Pleasesubmit:

• A resume
• A short cover letter outlining your interest in arts administration and cultural tourism
• Samples of relevant work/portfolio such as writing marketing content or documentation of arts projects

Eligibility

This position is funded through Young Canada Works. Please review eligibility requirements. Botanical Garden Toronto ON

Term:April 2026April 2027 (51 weeks full-time)

Reports to:Director of Marketing and Audience Engagement

Equal Opportunity Employer

Toronto Botanical Garden is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a welcoming safe diverse and inclusive environment. TBGs workplace has a long-standing policy of providing fair equitable and accessible opportunities for all employees and prospective employees. TBG encourages all qualified applicants for employment regardless of age race ethnicity nationality sexual orientation gender identity and expression religion or disability status.

Toronto Botanical Garden is committed to an inclusive accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise should you require any accommodation to participate in this posting recruitment selection and/or assessment processes.

Job Types: Full-time Internship / Co-op

Contract length: 51 weeks

Application question(s):

• Are you eligible to work in Canada
• Are you eligible for Young Canada Works
• Why are you interested in this marketing internship and what do you hope to learn

Work Location: In person