Internship and Volunteer Opportunities at William King Museum
Abingdon, Virginia (June 19, 2012) – The William King Museum: Center for Art and Cultural Heritage loves its volunteers! Volunteers allow us to create a vital lifeline between our establishment and the surrounding community. William King Museum also offers internship opportunities to college students! See below for information, or check us out on the web at www.WilliamKingMuseum.com/support.
The Museum has volunteer positions in a variety of different departments throughout the Museum. Hours are flexible so we can work with any schedule! The Education Department and the Front Desk are our most popular volunteer positions, but let us know when you sign up what you’d prefer.
A Front Desk Volunteer will focus on communication with a variety of visitors with diverse interest and abilities to ensure a positive Museum experience. Working from the Admissions Kiosk, the Front Desk Volunteer will have the opportunity to serve as a point of contact for visitors, answer phones, and take on various other related tasks as time allows.
The Marketing and Public Relations Intern will work closely with the Director of Public Relations to create electronic resources for the Museum’s newly redesigned web presence. These resources include, but are not limited to, pod casts, YouTube videos, and adding extensive images. The intern also will learn about the daily requirements for a non-profit arts organization. These requirements include Advertising, Database Marketing, Sales Promotion, Public Relations, Personal Selling and Branding Efforts.
The Guest Services Internship will focus on communication with a variety of visitors with diverse interests and abilities to ensure a positive Museum experience. Working from the Admissions Kiosk and the Museum Store, the Guest Services Intern will have the opportunity to serve as a point of contact for the visitor and will focus on developing resources to ensure optimum visitor experience. The primary focus of the internship will be to fundraise for and implement an electronic system for store purchases and inventory. Candidate must be enthusiastically committed to contributing to a high-performance organization, enjoy a challenge and be devoted to high quality standards and fast paced, on site learning experiences.
The Mistletoe Market Coordinator will work closely with the Director of Public Relations to promote the Museum’s largest annual fundraising event, the Mistletoe Market. These efforts will include, but are not limited to, posters, rack cards, billboards, radio and TV commercials, distribution, posting street signs and various advertisements. The intern also will learn about the daily requirements for a non-profit arts organization. These requirements include Advertising, Database Marketing, Sales Promotion, Public Relations, Personal Selling and Branding Efforts.
The Public Relations Project Intern will work closely with the Director of Public Relations to cultivate a print archive of materials that pertain to the Museum. These materials include newspapers, magazines, brochures, and other print materials that have been saved for this archive. The print materials will be placed into an electronic database for easier access. The intern also will learn about the daily requirements for a non-profit arts organization. These requirements include Advertising, Database Marketing, Sales Promotion, Public Relations, Personal Selling and Branding Efforts.
For more information or to apply for any of the above internships or acquire about a volunteer position, please contact Katie Carrico at 276-628-5005 ext. 113 or by email at kcarrico@wkmuseum.org
William King Museum is located at 415 Academy Drive, off West Main Street or Russell Road, in Abingdon. The Museum features five exhibition galleries, resident artist studios, a museum store and outdoor sculpture garden. Educational programs in the visual arts are offered year-round for both children and adults, and school audiences are served by in-house and outreach programs. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the William King Museum is a partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and a member of the Virginia Association of Museums and is funded in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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