What are the responsibilities and job description for the Marketing & Sales Intern, Marquee Arts position at Ann Arbor SPARK?
Marquee Arts is the nonprofit organization that operates the historic Michigan and State Theaters in downtown Ann Arbor. With a mission to inspire, educate, entertain, and build community through the power of cinema and the performing arts, Marquee Arts presents a robust slate of first-run, international, documentary, classic, and independent films, along with live events, educational programming, and community engagement initiatives.
Summary: Marquee Arts is seeking a highly motivated and entrepreneurial summer intern to join our Marketing and Sales Division. This internship will focus on the development, execution, and optimization of a comprehensive sales and marketing structure for on-screen advertisements across our six film screens. Working directly with the Director of Marketing and cross-departmentally with Programming and Development, the intern will have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the organization’s earned revenue strategy.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Research & Strategy Development
Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This role requires walking and standing for extended periods of time. This role requires working at a desk for extended periods of time. Extended computer use is required. This role also regularly requires reaching, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing stairs. Lifting and/or moving items that weigh up to 50 pounds may be required.
Travel: Limited local travel may be required.
Required Education and Experience Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Arts Management, or a related field. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Strong organizational abilities and attention to detail. Confidence in outreach, pitching, and client communication. Comfortable using tools like Canva, Google Workspace, and/or Adobe Creative Suite.
Internship Duration: June 2025 - August 2025
Summary: Marquee Arts is seeking a highly motivated and entrepreneurial summer intern to join our Marketing and Sales Division. This internship will focus on the development, execution, and optimization of a comprehensive sales and marketing structure for on-screen advertisements across our six film screens. Working directly with the Director of Marketing and cross-departmentally with Programming and Development, the intern will have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the organization’s earned revenue strategy.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Research & Strategy Development
- Conduct market research and competitive analysis on cinema advertising models used by other nonprofit and for-profit theaters.
- Identify potential advertisers and community partners that align with the mission and values of Marquee Arts.
- Develop a compelling advertising pitch deck and rate card for use in sales outreach.
- Create a targeted outreach plan and initiate contact with potential advertisers (local businesses, event promoters, arts organizations, etc.).
- Build and maintain a CRM or database of leads, contacts, contracts, and campaign status.
- Serve as a liaison between Marquee Arts and advertisers to ensure timely delivery of assets and fulfillment of contracts.
- Coordinate the scheduling and delivery of approved advertisements across six screens at the Michigan and State Theaters.
- Monitor and evaluate campaign performance, and recommend improvements as needed.
- Ensure that all advertisements meet brand guidelines and technical specifications.
- Work closely with the Programming, Marketing, and Front of House teams to ensure seamless integration of ad content into film presentations.
- Provide regular progress updates to the Director of Marketing and contribute to end-of-summer reporting.
Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This role requires walking and standing for extended periods of time. This role requires working at a desk for extended periods of time. Extended computer use is required. This role also regularly requires reaching, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing stairs. Lifting and/or moving items that weigh up to 50 pounds may be required.
Travel: Limited local travel may be required.
Required Education and Experience Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Arts Management, or a related field. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Strong organizational abilities and attention to detail. Confidence in outreach, pitching, and client communication. Comfortable using tools like Canva, Google Workspace, and/or Adobe Creative Suite.
Internship Duration: June 2025 - August 2025
