Arts Intern: Communications Intern at the Andy Warhol Foundation
Background
In accordance with Andy Warhol’s will, the mission of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is the advancement of the visual arts. The Foundation manages an innovative and flexible grants program while also preserving Warhol’s legacy through creative and responsible licensing policies and extensive scholarly research for ongoing catalogue raisonné projects.
To date, the Foundation has given nearly $300 million in cash grants to over 1,000 arts organizations in 49 states and abroad and has donated 52,786 works of art to 322 institutions worldwide. Learn more at warholfoundation.org.
Communications Intern Overview
The Communications Manager encompasses a broad range of communications responsibilities, including media relations, social media, and management of the foundation’s digital presence. The Communications Manager ensures a positive and engaged public image for the foundation and promotes the foundation’s core values to the visual arts community, other funders and partners, and the general public in alignment with the foundation’s priorities.
The Communications Intern will work closely with the Foundation’s Communications Manager to take part in various projects to help share the foundation’s work, the work of the foundation’s grantees, promote its core values, and to grow the foundation’s audience.
The internship intends to provide a hands-on experience of the inner workings of the Foundation’s external communications that amplify the work of the foundation’s grantees, its philanthropic endeavors, innovative licensing collaborations, and the scholarly research of the catalogues raisonnés.
The Communications Intern will have the opportunity to meet with other foundation staff members to learn more about the roles they play at the foundation, and how other departments of the foundation function and contribute to our founder’s legacy. They will also be provided with opportunities to visit local organizations and institutions that have been funded by the foundation to gain a broader sense of the foundation’s work and the work of its grantees.
General Responsibilities
- Communicate with Foundation grantees to request visual materials for the Foundation’s social media platforms, newsletters, and other communications
- Identify relevant grantee activities, exhibitions, and events to include in social media posts and newsletters
- Research and identify information and visual assets to craft various social media campaigns
- Draft social media posts, campaigns, and newsletters for the Communications Manager to review and supply feedback.
- Work with the Regional Regranting Program intern to collect information and materials for the content of the quarterly newsletter
Special Projects
- Assist in the creation of the Foundation’s periodic newsletter, which highlights all aspects of the Foundation’s work including notable reviews of Foundation-funded exhibitions, news and achievements of current grantees, recent licensing projects, and developments in the catalogues raisonnés
- Assist in the creation of the foundation’s Regional Regranting Program quarterly newsletter, highlighting recent announcements, updates, and other program related news to our network of regranting partners across the country. This is an opportunity to work closely with the Regional Regranting Program intern to compile and shape the content of the newsletter
- Conceive and organize a social media campaign for the Foundation’s social media channels. This can be a series of grantee-related posts, a campaign centered around one of the Foundation’s philanthropic contributions such as the Photographic Legacy Project or the Stanford Photo Archive or a current licensing/sales initiative.
Requirements, Skills, and Qualifications
- Current undergraduate (junior or senior)
- Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written
- Excellent research skills
- Attention to detail
- Interest in the visual arts, arts administration, and/or philanthropy
- Ability to work independently
- Knowledge of social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, X, and related social media management tools such as Later or Hootsuite)
- Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop
- Knowledge of e-marketing platforms such as Mail Chimp
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
- Knowledge of Canva, online graphic design
- Ability to commit 14 – 17 hours/week (before the Arts Intern program begins on June 2, 2025)
Compensation
- $23.00 per hour
INTERNS WILL WORK ONSITE 28 HOURS PER WEEK AND ATTEND A MANDATORY OFFSITE PROGRAM DAY ONE DAY PER WEEK WITH THEIR COHORT.
Internship Period: June 2 – August 4
Total Weeks: 9 weeks
Work Hours per Week: 28
Total Hours: 252
Workdays: 4 days per week, with remote flexibility
We would like to have the interns start sometime in the spring of 2025 and conclude at the end of the summer. Daily hours are flexible, but the hours of 10am - 6pm are preferred.
PROGRAM DAY:
On Fridays, interns will attend an offsite program day with their cohort.
These hours are separate from the internship hours.
How to Apply:
This internship is through the Studio Institute Arts Intern program.
You must first apply to Arts Intern to be eligible for this internship. Once your application has been approved, we will provide you with the next steps to apply for this Communications Intern Position at the Andy Warhol Foundation.
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