Department: Video
Application Deadline: February 14, 2025
Program Overview: The Lincoln Center Summer Internship is a paid, 10-week, in-person arts administration internship for NYC undergraduate students passionate about the performing arts. This program cultivates the next generation of leaders in the field by providing hands-on experience and professional development opportunities.
Interns gain access to:
- In person work experience
- Professional development workshops
- Community building that creates a trusted peer network
- Conversation Series that features leaders from across the sector and program Alumni
- Special Events that make Lincoln Center the world's leading performing arts center
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What you'll get to do:
- Edit Captions & Clips
- Edit video content and add captions using Premiere Pro, ensuring accuracy and clarity.
- Trim, enhance, and refine clips to create polished, engaging content.
- Assist with Camera Operations:
- Provide support with minimal camera work during shoots.
- Assist the production team in setting up and operating camera equipment as needed.
- Navigate Public Spaces & Engage with People:
- Work in public spaces while interacting with a diverse range of individuals.
- Ensure a professional and friendly demeanor when engaging with the public during shoots.
- Manage Release Forms:
- Gather and organize release forms from participants to obtain permission for content use.
- Ensure all necessary paperwork is completed and properly filed for legal compliance.
You'll be a great fit if:
- You are a rising college junior, or senior, or equivalent
- You are based in New York City or the Greater New York region
- You are available 25 hours/week from June 2025 - August 2025
- You are available on nights and weekends
- You MUST have proficiency with Premiere Pro
- You are comfortable with the following:
- Using Canon Cameras
- Communicating with both staff and guests in crowded and fast-moving places
- You identify as both a self-starter and a dynamic team player
- You exemplify leadership, teamwork, organization, innovation, resilience, inclusivity, and enthusiasm
- You champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility
What is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts?
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) is the world's leading performing arts center in the heart of New York City. In these times of heightened anxiety and vigilance, we are holding on to the important role the arts play in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community. We are resolved not to lose sight of what connects us, and we hope you will consider joining our talented, diverse team.
We are:
1. The manager of the Lincoln Center Campus.
- We are part of 16 acres of activity and one of eleven amazing resident organizations
2. A leading Arts Presenter.
- We curate a number of series showcasing music, dance, and theater
3. An Education Hub.
- We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community members
Who are our people?
Lincoln Center is a diverse team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.
Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III - "The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center."
Lincoln Center welcomes applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can't stop innovating.
What's the news?
Get Ready for ‘Summer for the City'
- Lincoln Center's Summer Festival to Focus on Civic Bonds
- Lincoln Center announces free shows and concerts for 3rd annual 'Summer for the City'
- Lincoln Center's ‘Summer For The City' Fest Returns This June With 200+ Fun, Free Events
- Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center Is Set
Campus Happenings
- Earth month brings music outside at Lincoln Center
- 'Rent' Is Coming Back To New York In A Uniquely Reimagined Form
- Chef Kwame Onwuachi Explores His Roots, and His New York Upbringing, at Tatiana
- Henry Timms Wants to Tear Down Walls at Lincoln Center
Legacies of San Juan Hill
- Before Lincoln Center, San Juan Hill Was a Vibrant Black Community
- Lincoln Center Launches San Juan Hill Project Digital Hub To Remember the Lost Urban Neighborhood
- Lincoln Center lanza plataforma para rescatar la cultura de un barrio negro
- Chef Kwame Onwuachi Explores His Roots, and His New York Upbringing, at Tatiana
Who is our President and CEO?
Mariko Silver
Join us!
It is the policy of Lincoln Center to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, military or veteran status, genetic information, predisposition, or carrier status, unemployment status, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. LCPA is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.
If you require reasonable accommodation in locating open positions, completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Abigail Worsnip at (212) 875-5324.