Arts Marketing Internship
apply by August 18th, 2023.
We are looking for a passionate and experienced Marketing Intern to help us connect with our listening communities!
Are you in school or recently graduated, and looking for an opportunity to apply your skills in a real-life setting?
Are you passionate about music and the performing arts, and want to develop your skillset as a marketing professional? This may be the perfect job for you!
top photo: Who Cares? (Jiajia Li and Laura Reid) performing at ContainR, Summer 2021. photo by rebecca bruton.
bottom photo: Device For Listening To Snow Falling, by Caitlind RC Brown and Wayne Garrett, Winter 2023. photo by Elyse Bouvier.
September 2023-June 2024.
Part-time Contract Position.
$5000 for the season + a $5000 budget for you to allocate towards marketing activities. Hours are negotiable and flexible. Remote work.
The ideal marketing coordinator would:
● Collaborate with the Artistic Director to strategize creative promotional approaches.
● Research and apply best and most effective practices for promoting concerts online and in-person.
● Create social media events and postings (primarily Instagram and Facebook) for New Works Calgary 2022/2023 Season Events
○ 2x concerts
○ 8 soundwalks
○ 1x community engaged art project
○ 2 public educational workshops
● Create strategic timelines for social media postings to go live, and implement deadlines for content required from artists, partner presenters, and Artistic Director.
● Manage Facebook and Instagram advertising.
● Coordinate with and manage press information from artists.
● Distribute press releases.
● Work with the Artistic Director to manage the mixtape project (we invite artists to create tracklists of their favourite music to help promote events).
● Work with the Artistic Director and Staff Writer to ensure newsletters contain appropriate and timely content and are distributed on time.
Skills required:
● Strong attention to detail.
● Strong written communication skills.
● Excellent project management and organizational skills.
● Experience working collaboratively in a team environment.
● At least one year experience in a Digital/Social Media Marketing position at a Non-profit or corporate organization OR are currently enrolled in a professional training program OR demonstrated quantitative success as social media content creator.
● Passion for music (particularly experimental or otherwise strange music) an asset.
● Experience in or demonstrated willingness to research and implement marketing strategies in the Entertainment / Performing Arts field.
Please provide your Cover Letter, Resumé, 2x References + Social Media Handles to Rebecca Bruton, artisticdirector@newworkscalgary.com, by August 18th 2023.