Marketing Public Relations Paid Internship - Fall 2026At — Segerstrom Center for the Arts

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. 

Deadline to apply is Friday, July 31, 2026.

Marketing Public Relations Intern

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. 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. 

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.