Administrative & Marketing Intern

The Ardea Arts internship will give the right candidate hands-on experience with a small non-profit performing arts organization. You will be an integral part of the organization and work side-by-side with the creative team, staff, and artists who are creating new opera for new audiences. Ardea Arts creates and produces provocative new works of opera and music-theater to entertain, challenge, and inspire today’s global community, uplift the human spirit, and encourage new ways of seeing our world.

Help us this spring to bring our newest work, BOUNCE The Basketball Opera, to life on the basketball court, with unique opportunities to work with arts and NBA professionals! The internship is unpaid, and will run the length of a given semester’s term (about 4 months, depending on school). The internship will require a minimum time commitment of 21 hours (about 3 days) per week.

Successful candidate’s working schedule will be determined upon hiring. Travel STIPEND: 30-Day Unlimited MetroCard (or equivalent cash value, currently $127.00) each month, starting the second month if one month successfully completed. We will offer any amount of college credits allowed if your school accepts it, but is not mandatory.

REQUIREMENTS The right candidate will be organized, able to multitask, and complete jobs with a high degree of excellence—an excellent writer, a good communicator, team player, detail-oriented, self-starter, and ready to pitch in with whatever is needed. The candidate must also stay professional in all written and verbal correspondence, as they will be a point of contact for well-known figures in the arts and the NBA. Must be a full- or part-time student enrolled at a college or university; any other candidate must apply as a volunteer (option in application below).

Proficiency in Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides (or Microsoft Office) and macOS REQUIRED. Proficiency in database management a major plus. Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) experience a major plus.

Ability to read music or understand basic musical concepts a plus. Knowledge of theater, music theater, opera, and family programming a plus. RESPONSIBILITIES *Administrative (& Development) Tasks:* Assist the Managing & Media Director in organization of files, bills, artist travel booking, and studio maintenance with contractors.

Maintain and amend databases of artists, presenters, and donors; organize office facilities and archival material. Prepare paperwork, packets, and flyers; run errands and send mailings. Perform foundation research and donor correspondence: prepare donor packets and updates. *Production (& Marketing) Tasks:* Assist the Executive & Artistic Director with grant preparation, scheduling, and travel arrangements for their busy schedule.

Prepare and send newsletters, invites, and project updates to email lists. Assist with event planning and production, event management, cleanup, and post-event organization (occasional evening and weekend hours as needed). Maintain social media presence, including Facebook, Instagram, and e-blasts via email lists. *Miscellaneous Tasks:* Ability to lift heavy or bulky objects (props, equipment, furniture, etc.) up to 50 lb (23 kg).

Various other tasks and duties within reason, as needed.