Employment Opportunities

Minnesota Children’s Museum’s mission is sparking children’s learning through play. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion is integral to fulfilling our mission. As a community resource for thousands of families, Minnesota Children’s Museum is dedicated to providing children with a fun, hands-on and stimulating environment to explore and discover.

With more than 40 years of experience, Minnesota Children’s Museum is a leading producer of exhibit rentals and has the largest collection of children’s traveling exhibits on the road. Our exhibits provide organizations with highly immersive, educational experiences that boost attendance, engage visitors and spark learning. The Traveling Exhibit intern will assist the Traveling Exhibits team to expand our reach and support customers.

PAY: $15.75 per hour plus free parking or bus pass

SCHEDULE: Requires 120 hours during the internship session (10-12 hours per week). Some on-site hours required.

POSITION SUMMARY The exact duties and projects will be determined by mutual agreement of the intern and museum staff.

Assist with developing social media content for Traveling Exhibits. Track social media engagement to identify high-performing ideas and campaigns for scalability. Develop new strategies for increasing engagement. Research current Museum and cultural organizations planning for Traveling Exhibits. Support Traveling Exhibits team at events. All duties will be carried out with the direction and supervision of the Traveling Exhibits staff.

IDEAL CANDIDATE Creative thinker Excellent analytical thinking skills Photoshop, Illustrator or In Design experience a plus Experience with SharePoint or Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Education or experience in museum exhibits, marketing, communications, or related field 1 year experience with digital marketing, social media preferred

TRAINING PROVIDED Intern orientation Museum background and philosophy Background on the Traveling Exhibit industry Basic marketing strategies for B2B Overview of TE logistics and loose part systems

ABOUT MINNESOTA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Located in downtown St. Paul, MN, MCM employs 55 full-time and 55 part-time employees and engages variety of volunteers and interns. The workplace values that guide how we work together are: Play, Include, Grow, Serve, and Strive.

We are dedicated to growing a diverse and culturally competent team of highly engaged staff and volunteers to reflect and equitably serve the vibrant community around us. We embrace differences in age, ability, color, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, race, religion, and sexual orientation. We strongly encourage the application of individuals from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to: Black, Indigenous, and people of color; immigrants and refugees; LBGTQIA individuals; people with disabilities; religious minorities; and the elderly.

MINNESOTA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM SAFE PLAN The Minnesota Children’s Museum is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all employees and volunteers. We have developed the SAFE Plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every leader, manager, employee and volunteer are responsible for implementing this plan. Our goal is to mitigate the potential for transmission of COVID-19 in our workplace, and that requires full cooperation.

The museum believes COVID vaccinations are a vital tool in protecting yourself and others. We do not mandate a vaccination at this time and encourage our staff to take preventative steps to slow the spread of COVID by staying home when you are sick, testing when sick or exposed, and masking when sick or exposed.

Minnesota Children’s Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse work environment.