Paid Administrative Intern Development (PAID) Program
Click here for the Intern Guidelines for Eligibility
Click here for the Intern Application
The PAID Program was developed by Theatre Bay Area to promote administrative careers in the arts as a viable concurrent path for working artists and to assist these working artists who are interested in developing skills in the arena.
What is PAID?
Theatre Bay Area and two member companies have been selected to participate in the PAID program and will have half of the payroll costs of an administrative intern covered for a 20 week period, from January 5, 2009 to May 22, 2009. Please note one position has been filled by the theatre company. There are two internships remaining to be filled. The intern will be on Theatre Bay Area’s payroll for the first 10 weeks of the internship and on the payroll of the theatre company for the last 10 weeks of the internship. Individual members of Theatre Bay Area who meet the eligibility requirements below can apply for one of the two available PAID internships.
Phase 2 applications (interns) are available now. Applications are due to be received by Theatre Bay by December 1, 2008.
Click here for the Intern Guidelines for Eligibility
Click here for the Intern Application
Job Descriptions
THEATREWORKS PAID INTERN JOB DESCRIPTION
Responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
• Create and maintain 40th Anniversary flow charts for all events and related activities
• Take and distribute minutes for 40th Anniversary related meetings
• Attend marketing, development, and administrative departmental staff meetings
• Assist marketing department with 40th Anniversary awareness, subscription, and single ticket campaigns
• internet research,
• list and data management,
• mailings,
• phone and email communications with vendors and patrons,
• distribution of collateral by mail and offsite personal contact
• Assist marketing department with national recognition campaign for New Works Festival
• Support software transition with data entry or clean-up as needed
• Participate in marketing and sales strategy meetings; take on resulting projects as agreed
• Assist special events manager with three Opening Night Galas, three guest speaker events, the 40th Anniversary Season Announcement.
THEATRE BAY AREA PAID INTERN JOB DESCRIPTION
Publications/Marketing Intern
The Publications/Marketing Intern works on projects in the Publications Department (Theatre Bay Area magazine and other print and online publications) and in the Marketing Department. This person reports to both the Editorial Manager/Editor-in-Chief and the Marketing & Advertising Manager.
Job responsibilities are dependent on the skills and background of the person hired, but will generally include the following:
For the Publications Department: Working directly with the Editor-in-Chief on researching possible features for Theatre Bay Area magazine; assisting the Listings Editor with audition, job and show listings; possibly writing short items for the magazine, website and e-newsletters; assisting in the updating of directories (Sources of Publicity); plus other discreet Publications Department projects as needed.
For the Marketing Department: Working with the Marketing & Advertising Manager on maintaining Facebook and other social networking pages; assisting in the preparation of community marketing workshops and other events; assisting in programs such as the Big List; plus other research projects and duties as needed.
Qualifications: The successful Publications/Marketing Intern has deep knowledge of the Bay Area theatre community and loves working with theatre people; is extremely detail-oriented, especially with data entry; is web savvy; is energetic and has a natural curiosity and desire to learn more about marketing and Theatre Bay Area’s publications. The position requires working knowledge of MS Office (PC) and online tools and the ability to work on a computer for most of the business day, and extremely good oral and written communication skills.
