Job Description:

Position Title: 2026 Marketing Intern: Summer

Position Type: Part-Time

Classification: Non-Exempt

Department: Marketing

Reports to: Senior Marketing Strategy Director

Date Reviewed: November 11, 2025

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 venue for the music, art, and food of our time, and a catalyst for creativity and economic vitality. An extension to Crystal Bridges, the Momentary is a ‘living room’ where the community gathers to be inspired, connected, and joyful. The Momentary enriches lives through music, art, and food experiences that inspire creativity, build community, and create joy. You belong here, make the most of this moment.

Position Summary:

The Marketing Internship with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary is the perfect

opportunity for a college student or recent high school graduate to round out their resume with campaign

development and execution, project management, as well as marketing strategy, and brand management

practices.

The Marketing intern will learn how marketing supports institutional goals and objectives and successfully position Crystal Bridges and the Momentary to a range of audiences and stakeholders while collaborating across a full team of brand communications, content, creative, production and digital media specialists.

Sample hands-on tactics will include research, planning, asset and information coordination, reporting and promotional support for programs, exhibitions and other offerings. Intern performance will be evaluated on the ability to meet deadlines, follow-through, and contribute workable solutions to marketing challenges. This is the perfect opportunity for an intern studying or interested in studying Communications, Marketing and/or Public Relations! (High School Students aged 16 and up are encouraged to apply.)

Note: Applicants that do not submit a resume AND cover letter will not be considered for this opportunity.  Please answer the following questions in your cover letter when submitting your application. 

Marketing requires communicating with many different audiences. Can you share an example of a time when you helped shape a message, idea, or story for a specific group of people? What did you consider when crafting that message?

Marketing often requires collaboration with writers, designers, producers, and digital teams. How would you describe your communication and collaboration style when working with others toward a shared goal?

This internship involves research, planning, and coordinating assets for campaigns. Describe a situation where you helped organize a project or managed multiple moving pieces. What strategies helped you stay on track? What skills or areas of marketing, such as campaign development, social media strategy, brand positioning, audience research, or creative production, are you most excited to learn or strengthen through this internship?

The intern selected for this amazing opportunity will gain the following knowledge:

• Participate in brainstorms and discussion aiding in the strategic development and marketing tactics
• Market and Trend research
• Reporting and analysis on marketing activity
• Process and planning documentation maintenance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with using computers and the Internet as research and communications tools
• Ability to accept and synthesize constructive critique of work
• Intern must sign a confidentiality agreement

Timeline: 

Intern selected by: March 1st

Schedule: 

• Start Date: June 1, 2026 
• End Date:  July 24, 2026 
• Weekly schedule to be arranged with direct supervisor. Interns are permitted to work up to 40 hours a week. 
• To qualify for bachelor’s or master’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
• Undergraduate Interns: $13.00 

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. 

Housing

Housing for internship positions is contingent upon the availability of funding and is not guaranteed. Internships that include housing explicitly state this within the position description. Any housing and/or relocation assistance provided is considered taxable income and will be reflected on the intern’s Form W-2. If housing is provided, priority will be given to students whose primary residence is more than 150 miles or three hours from either Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art or the Momentary.

Application Materials: Interns that do not submit a resume AND cover letter will not be considered for this opportunity.  Please answer the following questions in your cover letter when submitting your application. 

Marketing requires communicating with many different audiences. Can you share an example of a time when you helped shape a message, idea, or story for a specific group of people? What did you consider when crafting that message?

Marketing often requires collaboration with writers, designers, producers, and digital teams. How would you describe your communication and collaboration style when working with others toward a shared goal?

This internship involves research, planning, and coordinating assets for campaigns. Describe a situation where you helped organize a project or managed multiple moving pieces. What strategies helped you stay on track? What skills or areas of marketing, such as campaign development, social media strategy, brand positioning, audience research, or creative production, are you most excited to learn or strengthen through this internship?

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 accommodation 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. In addition, you will need to provide proper identification verifying your eligibility to work in the United States.

Crystal Bridges is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment of any kind. We encourage all qualified applicants 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