Online Publishing & Marketing : Paid Internship for Bath Spa Uni students
Calling all Bath Spa Uni students : come work with us!
We're excited to be offering a paid internship with FaB, kindly funded by the ‘Bath Spa Works: Third Sector Internship scheme’ for Bath Spa University students.
Online Publishing & Marketing Internship for Fringe Arts Bath
Application deadline Tues 5th March 2024.
120 hours total
Pay: £1,000 Employability Award
Based at The Studio, Bath Spa Uni's coworking space in Bath city centre, with some remote working.
Apply & read the full profile here: https://mycareer.bathspa.ac.uk/
NB: this opportunity is only open to current Bath Spa University students
What will you be doing?
We are looking for an intern to join us until June 2024, starting asap. The role will be a mix of remote working and face-to-face, your main duties will be creating and sharing content:
Online:
Updating our volunteering faq and about web pages
Posting the festival call-out, the festival and its many events on event & art listing sites
Updating exhibition web pages after the call-out deadline
Occasional blog posts
Social media :
Regular posts promoting the call-outs
A count-down to the submission deadline
Scheduling posts to promote the festival itself
Sharing the festival call-out and the festival itself on relevant pages/groups
Press:
Writing copy for press releases
Connecting with local and national press
What you can expect
You will be creating and publishing content to promote Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath's only annual festival of visual arts. You'll have the chance to join the team at Fringe Arts Bath (known as FaB), a non-profit, Artist-led organisation, to learn the ropes and gain critical career experience within a creative and collaborative environment. You will work together with FaB’s existing Arts Producer and occasionally other team members.
During your time with us, you will gain real-world experience working on the business side of the arts sector. With real responsibilities, you’ll be able to place much of what you have learned through your studies into context, through practical application of all that theory. You’ll get a confidence boost from realising you know lots. This is an opportunity to start building your network and we’re committed to your personal and skills development.
If you're relentlessly curious, we want to hear from you.
Sometimes will even have fun doing all this!
Your skills and experience
Desirable:
An interest in arts & culture
Enthusiasm for making a difference in the community
The ability to think outside the box
Experience of using scheduling platforms eg. Later, Hootsuite or others
A way with words
Essential:
An understanding of marketing and social media
Flexibility, initiative, willingness to contribute ideas
Proficient use of the English language
Experience of using social media
Ideally, you will bring your own laptop, though arrangements can be made if you don't have one.
Length of Internship
120 hours, with a maximum of 15 hours per week.
Exact hours and days will be agreed upon with potential candidates to fit your commitments and needs.
About the Fringe Arts Bath
Fringe Arts Bath (FaB) aims to raise the profile of contemporary visual arts in Bath and beyond, providing early-career and emerging Curators and Artists with a platform for development as well as opportunities to test their ideas beyond the gallery-based arts scene.
FaB facilitates collaborative projects between Curators, Artists, and commissioning bodies throughout the year, runs Fringe Arts Bath Festival every summer, and the annual Bath Open Art Prize in autumn
Huge thanks to Bath Spa University, the Careers team, and The Studio for all their support!
