2026 MoMA Summer Internship - Marketing and Audience Strategy, Creative Operations

MoMA•New York, NY

About The Position

About the Summer Internship Program The Summer Internship Program provides undergraduate and graduate students and beginning professionals with practical experience in a specific area of museum work at The Museum of Modern Art. Interns participate in weekly professional development activities designed to increase understanding of the Museum’s various collections, exhibitions, and departments. The Museum hosts approximately 25 interns in various departments across our institution. Participants may arrange for academic credit through their school, but it is not a requirement. MoMA Summer 2026 internships require a commitment of four days per week. The schedule is Monday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. One must have a minimum of two years of college completed (or equivalent) by June 2026 in order to apply. All summer intern applications are due by Sunday, March 1st by 11:59 PM EST. Duration: June 8—August 13; Ten Weeks Application Deadline: March 1, 2026 Decision Notification: April 20, 2026 Stipend: $6,160 Department Projects & Tasks The Image Rights Intern will assist the Creative Operations team in coordinating policies and procedures for acquiring and reviewing intellectual-property rights for the Museum's marketing and branded materials, covering collection objects, loaned works, and commissioned photography/videography. Projects will include: Support the Creative Operations team by coordinating image research, assessing rights status, and attaining permissions for marketing assets Update internal tracking documentation and databases to share relevant information across the Marketing and Audience Strategy department Work closely with Curatorial, Design Studio, artists and estates, rights agencies, and individual rights holders to research and clear image rights for marketing and other branded materials Catalogue photoshoots in DAM and Google Drive to share assets across the museum with clear rights and usage terms Route captions and crediting to copy editors, Curatorial teams, rights holders, and designers as needed for approval and application Contribute to shoot pre-production administration and enforce subsequent usage terms as needed The intern will support the team on assisting in codifying rights clearance processes for Design Studio projects; updating all related internal and shared resources with the latest agreement and relationship information; and contributing to administrative solutions to enable the best possible creative outcomes through cross-functional and external partner collaboration. The intern will assist in maintaining our artist relationships and provide key attention to detail.

Requirements

Strong communication, organizational, writing, and detail-oriented administrative skills
Capacity to think independently and creatively while collaborating with designers, copy editors, project coordinators, and other internal stakeholders to enable the best possible outcomes
Ability to balance multiple projects with competing demands and short deadlines while leading with solutions
Extensive knowledge of standard Microsoft Office and Google Suite software and a general familiarity with creative software, e.g. Adobe Creative Suite, Figma
Basic understanding of digital-imaging standards and formats and how they’re utilized throughout the creative process

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with US copyright laws, public domain, and fair use, either from legal/business affairs OR creative production experience/education (international copyright knowledge a plus!)
Familiarity with typical photographer/director and talent usage terms
Proficiency with reviewing licensing agreements and other legal documents related to usage rights
Familiarity with TMS and digital-asset management systems

Responsibilities

Support the Creative Operations team by coordinating image research, assessing rights status, and attaining permissions for marketing assets
Update internal tracking documentation and databases to share relevant information across the Marketing and Audience Strategy department
Work closely with Curatorial, Design Studio, artists and estates, rights agencies, and individual rights holders to research and clear image rights for marketing and other branded materials
Catalogue photoshoots in DAM and Google Drive to share assets across the museum with clear rights and usage terms
Route captions and crediting to copy editors, Curatorial teams, rights holders, and designers as needed for approval and application
Contribute to shoot pre-production administration and enforce subsequent usage terms as needed
Assist in codifying rights clearance processes for Design Studio projects
Update all related internal and shared resources with the latest agreement and relationship information
Contribute to administrative solutions to enable the best possible creative outcomes through cross-functional and external partner collaboration
Assist in maintaining our artist relationships and provide key attention to detail.