Redmoon offers professional development for college students, recent graduates and ambitious career professionals.
Redmoon offers professional development for college students, recent graduates, and ambitious career professionals through Redmoon’s Internship Program, now in its 8th year. Offering hands-on experience in the areas of performance, art and design, production, and administration to 100 interns each year, participants receive training, mentorship, and collaboration with the engineers, designers, administrators and educators that are integral to any Redmoon event.
Volunteer
Redmoon also offers many volunteer opportunities around special events. Email volunteer@redmoon.org to find out more.
Arts Admin Internships
Redmoon's arts administration interns will receive practical, hands-on experience that supports the overall artistic and organizational tasks of the theater. Interns can specialize in specific areas of office management, development and fundraising, marketing and public relations, production, or finance. Arts Administration Interns work directly with department heads on anything from donor management through data entry and list organization to creating long-arcing narratives by helping to create grant applications and developing language for marketing and PR initiatives. In addition, interns will be asked to keep up general office management duties such as office supplies, cleaning and file organization (digitally and paper).
Specific opportunities include:
Development Internship
donor database management, foundation and government grant proposals, board development initiatives
Grant Writing Internship
grant proposals, fundraising, prospect research, building and analyzing budgets
Media Relations Internship
press releases, media advisories, distribution to print, web, television, and radio outlets, collect and maintain archival materials
Marketing Internship
marketing collateral, social media, audience analysis, website statistics, front of house operations, guerrilla marketing
Producing Internship
business related to Redmoon For Hire, stage management, production management
Assistant to the Artistic Director
research for upcoming projects, manages correspondence, prepares presentations for meetings, aids current artistic projects
Build Shop Internships
Redmoon’s intensive Build Shop Internship program provides training in Spectacle art techniques. Emerging artists of all backgrounds experience an in-depth exploration of Redmoon’s art-making practices from design and construction to workshop and performance. Interns support the construction of original art objects and installation materials used in Redmoon events, while developing enduring skills and learning a philosophy of collaborative creativity. Internship sessions are 10-14 weeks, with a Thursday-Saturday 9:00-5:00 schedule. The internship is an unpaid opportunity.
Performance Internships
The Redmoon Performance Internship program provides professional training in object manipulation and physical performance techniques.
Interns work directly with Redmoon’s lead designers and directors learning Redmoon aesthetic and performance vocabulary, including practical exercises for the physical performer’s ‘toolbox,’ and original devised material generation/development. Performance Internship sessions are often directly related to current and upcoming full-scale productions.
Redmoon holds between 3 and 6 Performance Internships per year.
Job Openings
Marketing Director
Redmoon is seeking a Full-time Marketing Director with 3+ years experience in arts administration and marketing leadership to manage its communications, audience development, and PR.
Description of Duties/Responsibilities:
The Marketing Director is responsible for project management of all marketing campaigns and strategy for Redmoon’s ticketed indoor productions and public outdoor Interventions and performances. In collaboration with staff leadership, the Marketing Director will create all digital and print materials, social media campaigns, audience engagement strategies and communications.
Other duties include: • Create and implement a comprehensive marketing plans by program closely with Executive Leadership • Monitor marketing performance through reporting and audience engagement initiatives • Manage the Redmoon website through a content management system • Managing graphic designers in the creation of digital and print marketing materials • Managing photographers and videographers in recording Redmoon events • Managing of Box Office and House Management staff and sales • Conducting audience/market research and reporting for staff leadership and board • Maintaining audience and ticket buyer information in Redmoon’s database • Creating and implementing marketing strategy for specific initiatives around Redmoon programming and mission. • Managing the Marketing budget • May also be called upon to support Redmoon’s development and administrative teams
Desired qualifications:
The desired candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years professional experience in non-profit arts administration and marketing with considerable knowledge of marketing communication principals and techniques. Must exhibit excellent oral and written communication skills. Knowledge in the use of email marketing systems such as Constant Contact, Facebook, Twitter, website content management systems, database systems is extremely preferred. Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite is also a plus. The desired candidate must be a proven leader with good time management skills and the ability to multi-task. The candidate should be positive under pressure and deadlines, and work well independently, collaboratively.
Compensation:
Compensation will be competitive with similar positions in the nonprofit theater industry and commensurate with relevant experience. Benefits include medical and dental insurance, generous paid vacation time, and paid sick leave.
Quoted:
“Redmoon was an immersive experience that opened my eyes to the kind of artistic collaborations I wanted. Since interning, I’ve worked with them professionally for 3 years!”Tyler Burke, Build Shop Internship, professional Artist and Designer
“Redmoon’s mission enthralled me when I first looked at Arts Organizations in Chicago- and my time there changed the way I thought about working in the arts. My knowledge was fufilled 10 fold and I was given the guidance as well as freedom to grow as a professional.”Spring Karlo, Arts Administrative Internship, Finance Director of PaperChairs
“There is not a company in Chicago, or perhaps the nation that gives an actor this kind of inventive, exciting, challenging work- I am a better actor because of it, and I can’t thank them enough!”Sarah Ely, Performance Internship, Actor