Summer 2024 - Marketing Course Credit Internship

Alfa Art Gallery (Alfa Art Center a NJ Non-Profit Organization 501©3) is looking for a driven self-starter, passionate about marketing and social media, to assist with further developing and improving the gallery’s marketing strategy and find new ways to better promote the gallery and our events. This is a great opportunity for those interested in marketing, arts administration, grant writing and special events.

Tasks:

• Responsible for helping to develop and implement the gallery’s marketing plan.
• Build and maintain a good working relationship with local news agencies and other organizations.
• Collaborate with our Social Media intern and our artists to establish the beginnings of an active art blog on our website.
• Research innovative marketing strategies and services, mostly relating to the web, especially social media, e.g. H.A.R.O., Google Alerts, Google Analytics, FollowerWonk, TweetDeck, various social media post aggregators and search engines and more. (We believe that identifying the right services to use and learning how to use them is currently one of the gallery’s top priorities and the knowledge acquired by the intern during this process will be of immense help to them in their future career.)
• Attend networking events and actively seek out mutually beneficial relationships with individuals and organizations in order to increase the gallery’s visibility and drive more traffic to it both physically and online.
• Promote the gallery’s facilities rental program

 Requirements:

• Marketing or related major (Sophomore or Seniors preferred)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are a must.
• Ability to manage time efficiently
• Strong interest in social media and using it as a marketing resource
• Previous marketing experience is a plus

This is an excellent opportunity to gain real-world work experience in an art gallery environment.