Job Description:

Position Title: 2025 Production Intern: Fall

Division: Production Department

Department: Production

Reports to: Production Manager

About Crystal Bridges & The Momentary:

Crystal Bridges is a museum of American art located in Bentonville, Arkansas. We explore the unfolding story of America by actively collecting, exhibiting, interpreting, and preserving outstanding works that illuminate the American heritage and artistic possibilities. Founded by Alice Walton in 2005, the museum opened in 2011 and is a public, non-profit charitable organization with free admission.

The Momentary is a new contemporary art space that opened to the public on February 22, 2020, in downtown Bentonville, Arkansas. A satellite to Crystal Bridges, the Momentary presents visual, performing, and culinary arts. The mission of the Momentary is to champion contemporary art’s role in everyday life and explore the unfolding story of contemporary American arts in an international context by actively commissioning and exhibiting outstanding works that explore new ideas and inspire action

Position Summary:

Perform minor repairs and routine cleaning of audio and video equipment.

• Design layouts of audio and video equipment and perform upgrades and maintenance.
• Manage production advances, including sound, lighting, video, scenic, and more.
• Produce departmental schedules including event build schedules and runs of show.
• Monitor all aspects of events, including sound and light quality, artist concerns, and most importantly, artist, crew, and audience safety.
• Reserve audio-visual equipment and facilities, such as meeting rooms.
• Maintain inventories of audio, video, lighting, and rigging gear
• Plan and develop pre-production ideas into outlines, scripts, story boards, and graphics, using own ideas or specifications of assignments.
• Organize and maintain compliance, license, and warranty information as it relates to audio, video, and lighting.
• Analyze and maintain data logs for audio-visual activities

Principle Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

• Supporting internal and external events across multiple departments by operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting Audio-Visual equipment at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary
• Communicating with staff and visiting artists about their Audio-Visual needs
• Interpreting and generating technical paperwork such as stage plots, signal flow plans, and input lists
• Managing Audio-Visual equipment inventory, including keeping detailed records of number and location of equipment, as well as detailed repair logs
• Assisting with a variety of production related prep, planning, and facilitation at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary.
• Attending meetings and walkthroughs as a representative of the production team
• Performing additional duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Education, Training and Traits

• Digitally savvy is a plus
• Willingness to troubleshoot as needed
• Knowledge of PC and Mac computer systems including competency
• Willingness to learn customer service skills
• Willingness to learn audio-visual systems, including digital audio mixing consoles, wireless microphone management, projection control systems such as Crestron, static and intelligent lighting systems, and more.
• Proficiency with standard office equipment including basic computer literacy (word processing, spread sheets, e-mail, etc.) telephone, and copy machines.
• Ability to adapt to changes calmly and professionally in plans or the environment.
• Willingness to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Willingness to be a team player both within the department and throughout the entire organization.
• Flexibility to work evenings, and/or weekends in accordance with child labor laws.

Timeline:

Anticipated Start Date: August 25th

Anticipated End Date: November 15th

Schedule:

Hours: High School students: Up to 15 hours a week; Undergraduate students (bachelor’s Level): Up to 20 hours a week

Weekly schedule to be arranged with direct supervisor

To qualify for bachelor’s hours, you must be enrolled in an accredited program or have graduated from an accredited program within the last three years. Students will be required to submit a current schedule or official transcript.

Compensation:

High School Interns: $12.00 an hour

Undergraduate Interns: $13.00 an hour

To qualify for bachelor’s compensation, you must be enrolled in an accredited program or have graduated from an accredited program within the last three years. Students will be required to submit a current schedule or official transcript.

Required Documents:

Cover Letter

Resume

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an intern to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: In the work environment described below, position requires work at a desk, utilizing a computer and a telephone for prolonged periods of time, good eye/hand coordination, bending and stretching for filing, and physical stamina to lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a height of at least three feet for file and materials storage as appropriate for the demands of the office. Visual acuity to review written materials is required for this job.
• Work environment: Work will be performed in an office environment and museum spaces. The noise level in the museum work environment is usually low to moderate.
• If the intern’s personal equipment is used, the museum accepts no liability for any damage caused to said equipment while being used for museum purposes, nor loss or corruption of electronic files on devices.

All offers of employment are contingent on your successful completion (where permitted by state law) of a confidentiality agreement and background check. Crystal Bridges requires all employees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment, or meet Arkansas state requirements, subject to accommodations. In addition, you will need to provide proper identification verifying your eligibility to work in the United States on your fi19rst day of work.

Crystal Bridges is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a culturally diverse workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment of any kind. We encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

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