Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) Intern

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is excited to host an internship through the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) paid internship program that strives to introduce students to all the careers available in art museums. The AAMD Intern will be working in the MCA’s Development department and will learn how the museum’s fundraising goals are met in the areas of individual giving, institutional giving, events, and development services. In addition to the departmental activities listed below, the intern will be assigned a defined project that will be a culmination of their work at the end of the internship.

• Work hand in hand with Development team to see how donors are cultivated, solicited, and stewarded for support of institutional priorities, projects, programs, and exhibitions by helping with communications, donor acknowledgement and recognition, database management, and event planning and execution.
• Support the Development team on the entire donor life cycle, from prospecting and research to cultivation to gift agreement and recognition by providing project management support.
• Learn important communication skills while helping to prepare materials for solicitations and reports in collaboration with departments museum wide.
• Develop an understanding of the business operations of a development department by assisting with grant agreements, pledges, proposals, and goals forecasting.
• Work with members from other departments to understand how staff collaborates across the museum on exhibitions, committee meetings, and other projects.
• Participate in departmental meetings and MCA staff events.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Institutional Giving.

• Free admission to MCA exhibitions for yourself and guests.
• Free admission to many special and member events.
• Reduced price tickets to MCA Stage performances.
• Discounts on dining in Marisol and in our award-winning MCA Store.
• Access to our onsite library.
• Opportunities to attend curator-led staff tours.
• Free or discounted admission to many other cultural institutions across the United States.
• Opportunity for a professional development/travel stipend subject to approval by AAMD.