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Join the Art & Nature Center (ANC) as an intern. You'll greet and help visitors in the Pop-Up ANC and monitor how families interact with exhibits. You'll help maintain exhibits, teach interactive programs and family workshops and develop art activities. You'll research varied topics while working on independent projects, supporting exhibition prototyping and evaluation, curriculum development, generating public programming ideas and exploring future ANC exhibition topics. Administrative tasks include copying, preparing for programs, preparing mailings and organizing supplies.

Internship Qualifications: College or graduate student. Some customer service or education experience is preferred but not required. You should have a friendly, personable manner, strong communication skills and a passion for working with children and families and be comfortable interacting with the public. Ideal for students interested in museum education.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Registration team as an intern. You will discover the secret, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes workings of an art museum by assisting in the daily duties of the Registration Department. You will assist in the preparation of documentation for changing exhibitions, outgoing loans and PEM's permanent collection; digitize collection records, including scanning, image manipulation, file re-naming and organization; data entry of object and accession records on the Argus Software database system; archive files, including surveying, organizing and archiving files under the instruction of the entire Registration Department; research projects pertaining to donors, loans and object records as they arise; train in object handling, object moves and the creation of condition reports; and participate in ongoing collection digitization projects.

Internship Qualifications: College student with knowledge of and an appreciation for art/art history and a demonstrated ability in paying attention to details. Ability to work well with staff throughout PEM is essential.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Creative Services team as a design intern. If you are nearing completion of a graphics art degree and would like to gain significant workplace experience before graduation, this is the ideal internship for you. You'll produce a wide range of printed materials including signs, brochures, fliers and postcards and help solve design and construction problems related to museum signage, packaging, etc. Interns will learn to take a job from conception through printing (including press checks).

Internship Qualifications: College student and skilled designer, proficient in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, who can work independently and with a team. You must also have good writing skills and be interested in working in an arts/nonprofit environment. The ability to work well with staff throughout the organization is essential.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join our photography team as photo intern and flex your photo assisting and post-production skills. Work alongside the PEM photographers during their both public and behind-the-scenes digital photography of programs, exhibitions and amazing works of art and culture. Learn advanced digital imaging techniques and help manage our digital assets in a creative, lively production environment.

Internship Qualifications: College student with demonstrable proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, 1-2 years experience/classes in photography, familiarity with DSLRs, Mac OS, and comfortable working with the public.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Development team as an intern. You'll assist in all aspects of the Peabody Essex Museum's fundraising operations. Responsibilities include providing administrative support to Development department as needed, writing materials for donor cultivation and stewardship, assisting with specific research and data gathering projects, supporting gift acknowledgement and fulfillment activities and assisting in planning and execution of special member events. Interns will also contribute to maintenance of accurate Raiser's Edge donor database by gathering and updating of contact information and relationships.

Internship Qualifications: College or postgraduate student with excellent written and oral communication, planning and organizational skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team. Strong interpersonal skills and precise attention to detail are required. Must be computer literate and have knowledge of and ease with Microsoft Office. Must effectively interact with members of the Development staff, as well as other museum departments. Experience conducting online research preferred. Please include a writing sample with your application.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Education Team as an intern in the Adult Programs Department. You'll work to help design and develop an art outreach program, bringing PEM into the community with a traveling "art booth" to pop up at festivals and events around the region. You'll use principles of instructional design and learning theory to research and create fun, interactive art experiences with a spirit of creativity. Working closely with the Assistant Director for Adult Programs, you'll help develop experiences, select and purchase materials, devise a training program, and prototype presentations.

Internship Qualifications: Internship is appropriate for an advanced college or graduate student. Some training in educational theory and experience in programming or public presentation is preferred. You should have strong independent research and planning skills, creativity, good communications skills, and a personable, outgoing manner for working with the public. This internship is ideal for someone considering a career in museum education.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Education Department for Summer 2013. You'll work with the adult programs staff to research a wide variety of presenters for our programs including visual artists, authors, filmmakers, musicians, art and history experts, etc. You'll also help create and implement interactive art activities for adults that will be offered at our PEM/PM: Evening Party series. Administrative tasks include organizing evaluation binders, finding supplies on-line, preparing sample art activities.

Internship Qualifications: College or graduate student who is knowledgeable about art and art making and enjoys working with adults and families. Academic concentration in Education, Studio Art, Art History or Museum Studies preferred. You will need strong organizational skills, computer skills and the ability to work collaboratively or independently and multitask. You should be comfortable speaking in front of groups and have excellent communication skills.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Education team as a school programs intern. You will help to plan new tour programs and art activities for student groups, including researching exhibitions, examining curriculum frameworks, organizing lesson plans, preparing materials, and gathering and tracking feedback from teachers and docents. Additionally, you will help plan and implement the 3-day PEM Teacher Institute. This is a great opportunity if you are interested in working with teachers and designing educational programs.

Internship Qualifications: Graduate student or advanced undergraduate who enjoys working with educators and children and is knowledgeable of art and art making. Academic concentration in Education, Studio Art, Art History or Museum Studies preferred. You will need strong organizational skills, computer skills and the ability to work independently and multi-task. Some teaching experience preferred. You should be comfortable speaking in front of groups and have excellent communication skills.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Exhibition Design team as a design intern. If you are nearing completion of a graphics art degree and would like to gain significant workplace experience before graduation this is the ideal internship for you. The ideal candidate is someone who is interested in being involved with not only creating a vibrant design, but, understanding what is involved with its installation within a gallery exhibit. This is not a design job that will have you behind a monitor all day!

Internship Qualifications: College student and skilled designer, proficient in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, who can work independently and with a team. Basic construction or graphics installation experience is a plus. You must also have good writing skills and be interested in working in an arts/nonprofit environment. The ability to work well with staff throughout the organization is essential.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Exhibition Design department as a Gallery Technician and Design Research Assistant. Seeking a student studying carpentry, stage design or museum studies. This candidate must have a working knowledge of power tools, carpentry and general shop safety. The intern will be working in our shop assisting with the fabrication/repair of casework, graphic structures, plinths and carry this through installation in the gallery space. Additionally, you will be working with Exhibit Designers providing research assistance in the preparation of exhibits.

Internship Qualifications: College student with good communication skills and be able to work with MS Word programs but we willing to learn other programs as needed. Must be able to work independently and with a team. You must also have good writing skills and be interested in working in an arts/nonprofit environment. The ability to work well with staff throughout the organization is essential.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Work with Manager of Private Functions & Rentals by assisting with the pre and post event activities and acting as facilitator during events. This internship is primarily in the evenings and on Saturday nights. The intern will learn how to oversee event set-up and monitor space used by caterers and other service providers. During functions, the intern will assist clients, caterers, service providers and guests as well as facilitate communication among key staff to troubleshoot problems. The intern will also reinforce PEM's high quality reputation with professionalism and insuring that our events exceed our client's needs.

Internship Qualifications: The intern must possess strong organization and communication skills w/ great attention to detail and have the ability to manage multiple priorities. We are looking for impeccable presence with well-developed salesmanship and relationship building skills. Preferably a college junior or senior who is client and customer focused with a positive, can do attitude! Experience in the hospitality/food and beverage industry is a plus.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Guest Services team as an intern. You'll be an ambassador for the museum working in the Information and Special Exhibition areas to welcome guests and inform them about our programs and exhibitions. You may also learn how to sell museum admission at the admissions desk and assist current and new members at the membership desk. Other responsibilities within the department include administrative support and general customer service for museum guests, members and staff. You'll learn customer service skills by interacting with the public, sharing information and helping ensure a pleasant experience for our guests.

Internship Qualifications: High school or college student. Some customer service experience is preferred but not essential. You should have a friendly, personable manner and be comfortable interacting with the public. Must be available two to three days a week including weekends. Cash-handling experience a plus.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Integrated Media team as an audio-visual intern. You'll support the AV staff before, during and after events, special programs and more. You'll learn which equipment is best for the job and how to ensure events run smoothly, technically speaking.

Internship Qualifications: College student familiar with all types of audio and visual equipment. You should have experience with live audio mixing and video recording. A pleasant demeanor and solid communication skills are essential.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Integrated Media team as a production intern. This internship is a hands-on learning experience. You'll collaborate in the creative and technical processes involved in the creation of video pieces that document artists at work as well as events at the museum. Work with Final Cut Pro to edit short-format videos that appear on pem.org, during programming, for marketing initiatives and in exhibitions.

Internship Qualifications: College student with a solid understanding of Final Cut Pro and strong organizational and communication skills. Experience with live audio mixing and video recording a plus.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Join the Integrated Media team as a web intern. The web internship is a hands-on learning experience. If you are nearing completion of a graphic design/web design degree and would like to gain significant workplace experience before graduation this is the ideal internship for you. You'll collaborate in the creative and technical process of designing and building interactive experiences for exhibitions. You'll also be doing research for future projects, producing banner ads and content for pem.org.

Internship Qualifications: College student with a solid understanding of Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Illustrator and strong organizational and communication skills.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, cover letter and resume to internships@pem.org or mail to Human Resources, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970-3783.

Fellowship Goals: The Fellow will develop reference materials for teachers (and other audiences) that offer guidance in creating culturally sensitive art activities inspired by culturally specific works of art — including, but not limited to, Native American art. This project will enable PEM to be a vital resource for teaching and learning about global art and culture in a meaningful, respectful way.

The document produced through this fellowship will provide a tool that PEM education staff – and teachers in PEM's network – can refer to and share with other teachers developing activities with cultural resonance.

Responsibilities and Tasks: Review literature on best practices related to cultural education; produce a summary of findings.

Conduct research on respectful art making, including interviewing teachers and consulting with colleagues at other museums and with individuals of relevant cultural backgrounds.

Develop a written resource with guidelines pertaining to art making inspired by Native American art and art of at least one other cultural/geographical group. Through this model, lay the groundwork so that guidelines pertaining to other cultures can be added in the future.

Present and discuss the guidelines at a workshop for teachers.

Training and Supervision: The fellowship will include training in strategies for teaching with objects and teaching with, through and about art, as well as opportunities for collaboration with other members of the Education Department team.

The Fellow will also learn about historic and contemporary artwork in the PEM collection.

The Fellow will be supervised by the Student and Teacher Programs Manager, and will also work closely with the Youth Programs Coordinator and School Programs Coordinator.

In addition, the Fellow will have the opportunity to meet with members of the curatorial staff regarding PEM collection areas.

Preferred Skills: The successful applicant will be a creative and strategic thinker with expertise in cultural education and a passion for the arts. Experience working with educators and/or students required; art education experience preferred. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office and Internet research required.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, three letters of recommendation, official school transcript and resume to dan_elias@pem.org or mail to Dan Elias, Director of Grants Administration, Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970

Fellowship Goals: As part of a major museum construction project, the Fellow will undertake a survey of new equipment being installed in the Peabody Essex Museum for handling all systems of a new building. The Fellow will need to learn museum operating standards for each system. He/she will create a database of the new equipment for reference by Facilities Department and write and deliver a training presentation in use of the database for relevant staff members.

Responsibilities and Tasks: Data collection of new museum building infrastructure systems installed as part of the museum expansion, including categorizing and inventorying all equipment.

Review and abstract Operation and Maintenance manuals to create a preventive maintenance database for new building systems.

Conduct field verifications of equipment and document equipment with photographs downloaded into database program.

Training and Supervision: Fellow will report to the Facility Operations Manager. Will also be working with members of the Project Team including Director of Facilities, General Contractor and the PEM Project Manager. Training on database system and building systems.

Preferred Skills: Detail oriented, knowledge of Microsoft Office and experience with database programs. Interest in building systems with emphasis on systems specific to museum and curatorial spaces.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, three letters of recommendation, official school transcript and resume to dan_elias@pem.org or mail to Dan Elias, Director of Grants Administration, Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970

Fellowship Goals: The Fellow will gain experience in the principle aspects of curatorial practice in the arena of Native American art and culture, including the process of developing exhibitions and Web-based outreach tools. In addition the Fellow will become familiar with Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) protocols, and will engage productively with indigenous communities, gathering information on objects and artists.

Responsibilities and Tasks: Assist with researching forthcoming exhibition concepts and objects for the re-installation of PEM's collection and/or a future traveling exhibition.

Conduct ongoing NAGPRA research and outreach.

Assist with object and artist biographical research, and additional data enhancement such as provenance, bibliographic references and exhibition and publication histories for PEM's online collection access portal.

Provide daily support to Curator, assisting with department activities including hosting delegations of visiting scholars, artists and/or indigenous community representatives, and other duties as assigned.

Training and Supervision: The Curator of Native American Art and Culture will be the primary supervisor for the Fellow. Other specialists may provide training or project-based supervision as necessary.

Training will be provided as necessary in PEM's Web content management system, object provenance, object handling and concept development and presentation.

A Human Resources representative and the Native American Fellowship program manager will provide additional support and training through an initial orientation session, and ongoing goal setting and review as needed.

Preferred Skills: Important skills include: Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel; excellent written and oral communication; general research experience in the area of art and culture; familiarity with museum presentations of Native art and culture, and curatorial concepts and process.

Thoroughness, attention to detail, creativity, willingness to try new things, ability to work independently and flexibility.

Familiarity and comfort with Web-based research and applications.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, three letters of recommendation, official school transcript and resume to dan_elias@pem.org or mail to Dan Elias, Director of Grants Administration, Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970

Fellowship Goals: To engage in a creative process of conceptualizing, visualizing and implementing museum exhibitions for PEM's changing exhibition program. This work will reinforce several key institutional objectives:

• Redefining design delivery to more effectively engage visitors with objects and culture
• Experimenting with techniques to broaden an appreciation of and engagement with the artistic process, empowering visi tors to self-curate and discover new relationships between objects and ideas.
• To stimulate and heighten an awareness of creativity and cultural diversity and its meaning, to be shared by all visitors.

We are seeking a candidate who can bring initiative, analytical skills and an inquisitive spirit to our interpretive design process.

Responsibilities and Tasks:
Ideations: creating inspiration or idea visual presentations to inform design and interpretive thinking.

Design studies: creating alternate approaches to communication arts and three-dimensional elements.

Installation assist: working with Exhibition Design staff on testing and implementation.

Training and Supervision: The candidate will be asked to pursue independent development of ideas and research for presentation to fellow Exhibition Design Department staff as well as representing the department with other museum and project participants.

Supervision will be through the Exhibition Design Manager, with varying levels of instruction and interaction by all Exhibition Design Department staff. The Fellow will be oriented and instructed on graphic output and exhibition production standards, as well as presentation techniques needed to communicate with other PEM departments involved in the design planning process.

Preferred Skills: The ideal candidate will have knowledge and basic skills in computer programs for documentation and research, presentation and basic 2-D or 3-D design.

Fellow should have some experience with Adobe suite of programs, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. Working experience with Microsoft Word and Excel are also desirable.

CAD experience in VectorWorks or SketchUp is preferred, but not required.

TO APPLY:

Email your application, three letters of recommendation, official school transcript and resume to dan_elias@pem.org or mail to Dan Elias, Director of Grants Administration, Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970