Marketing & Communications PAID Internship - Spring 2026At — Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Marketing & Communications

Areas: Marketing Administration, General Marketing (Creative), General Marketing (Data & Analytics)*,  Graphic Design**, and Public Relations 
*General Marketing (Analytics) applicants must be experienced in Excel. Strong preference for applicants experienced in dashboarding tools and survey platforms. 
**Graphic Design applicants must be experienced in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, and must provide a link to their online portfolio.

Marketing & Communications interns gain hands-on experience supporting the strategy, creativity, and analysis behind the Center’s marketing efforts. Working with staff across the department, interns contribute to projects that connect audiences with the arts through storytelling, design, and data-driven insights. 

• Administrative interns support the Vice President, Marketing & Communications on department-wide initiatives, gaining broad exposure to the operations of a major performing arts center through research, customer feedback tracking, budget analysis, and process improvement projects. 
• Creative Marketing interns contribute to campaign planning, social media content creation, and merchandise design and development, helping to shape the Center’s brand storytelling across platforms and audiences. 
• Data & Analytics interns explore audience trends, conduct show and genre research, and assist with pricing and performance analysis to inform strategic marketing decisions and revenue planning. 
• Graphic Design interns assist with visual concepting and production across digital and print platforms, collaborating on materials that align with the Center’s creative vision and support season-wide campaigns. 
• Public Relations interns support media relations, institutional communications, and community engagement through press outreach, event publicity coordination, and onsite coverage of press nights and public events.

Marketing interns leave with practical experience across the creative, analytical, and strategic dimensions of arts marketing —where every project helps bring performances to life. 

Internship basics

• All internships are paid at the rate of $16.90 per hour.
• Internships require an average of 10 hours per week (built around your school schedule) over 12 weeks (120 hours total).
• Internships offer academic credit.
• Each semester includes 8 professional development sessions.
• Internships offer hands-on work experiences and opportunities to build a professional network.

Requirements 

Requirements for our fall/spring internships are:

• Interns must be authorized to work in the U.S. and must be 18 years of age or older.
• Interns must be registered for credit from their college institution.
• Interns must be able to complete a minimum of 120 hours IN PERSON during the 12-week internship.
• Interns must be available to attend professional development sessions from 2pm-3pm on Fridays. This cannot be changed or waived, so please confirm your availability before applying. 

Tasks:

Assignments may include planning and facilitating kid friendly pre- show activities, welcoming and assisting students and teachers for field trip performances, helping with masterclasses and teacher professional development sessions and researching and editing educational materials such as study guides, brochures and evaluations. Internship is greatly enhanced by attending events, which may include some weekend and evening events.

Training:

They will receive employer orientation, one-on-one meetings with department staff, bi-weekly professional development sessions, feedback and review at the end of internship.

Learning Outcome:

The Education intern will gain hands on experience in many aspects of arts education by working on such programs as Segerstrom Center’s On Stage and Family Series performances, Disney Musicals in Schools and Arts Teach.