SEEKING MARKETING & PROGRAMS INTERN

Schedule: Part time, approx. 12 hours per week, mid-January through mid-May 2025 (start and end dates flexible)

Compensation: $15 per hour

How to apply: Email lianna@theatermu.org a cover letter, resume, and—if available—a link to your portfolio or up to five work samples by Nov 25. Interviews will be scheduled the first week of December. Questions can be directed to Lianna, or you can call (651) 789-1012.

Deadline to apply: Nov 24, 2024, at 11:59 pm CT

JOB OVERVIEW

Theater Mu is looking for a spring intern to support its marketing and programs departments through content creation, outreach, and research. The internship can be partially remote, but we would like for you to be available at least three consecutive hours per week in person at 755 Prior Ave. N, Suite 107, Saint Paul, MN 55104. If this is a health, safety, or accessibility issue, please let us know, and we can discuss other options.

Supervision will be split between the marketing and communications director and programs manager, but you may also work closely with other Mu staff throughout the internship. Prioritized internship projects for the spring include:

  • creating TikToks/reels for the Lunar New Year Cabaret, Fifty Boxes of Earth, and potentially When You Trap a Tiger

  • creating brochures about our youth programming

  • creating social media and website pages around our Mu Training Institute and Mu Explorations offerings

  • assisting with entering survey data around our mainstage productions

  • updating past Mu web pages so they are more accessible and share a common style guide

  • conceptualizing and (as the internship duration allows) executing a digital campaign for AAPI Heritage Month

From January through May 2025, we will be marketing our Lunar New Year Cabaret fundraiser (date TBA), Fifty Boxes of Earth (Feb 27-Mar 16), When You Trap a Tiger (Mar 14-30), Mu Explorations Summer Camp, and Mu Training Institute classes.

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

Theater Mu was founded in 1992 as a theater company dedicated to bringing Asian American voices to the stage in the Twin Cities, and it has become the largest Asian American theater company in the Midwest. Through performance and community outreach, Mu provides an unparalleled resource for Asian American artists, introduces Asian American stories and issues to audiences of all backgrounds, and gives Asian Americans of all ages and ethnicities a place to connect and belong.

INTERN QUALIFICATIONS

  • 18 years or older

  • Must be able to hold office hours (remote or in person) between 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CT

  • Self-starter and willingness to learn

  • Positive attitude

  • Reliable communication skills (verbal, written, etc.)

  • Understanding of Theater Mu and its mission

  • Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, photography, videography, social media best practices, theater production, and/or PatronManager is preferred.

INTERN RESPONSIBILITIES

These may vary depending on your personal goals and interests, but generally speaking, it will look something like the following.

50% communications & marketing, such as:

  • social media content creation and management

  • graphic creation on Canva or InDesign

  • video filming and editing

  • newsletter support

  • communications/demographics data entry and analysis

  • blog post creation to provide behind-the-scenes or historical insight to mainstage productions

  • playbill support (collecting and adding in artist bios/headshots, proofreading)

  • tabling, if available (there will always be another Mu staff with you at these events)

  • website updates

30% programs, such as:

  • data analysis and brochure creation around Mu Explorations Summer Camp and Mu Stories

  • research and recommendations around accessibility and sensory-friendly performances

  • assistance with lobby installations

  • research and compilation of youth-focused Asian American plays

15% administration/database, such as:

  • entering audience surveys into Mu's online form

  • updating artist database with headshots, resumes, etc.

  • cleaning up patron information (typos, duplicates, addresses)

5% miscellaneous, such as:

  • event support on evenings and weekends are possible depending on availability

We know there are great candidates who won’t fit everything we’ve described above or who have important skills we haven’t thought of. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself in your cover letter!