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Exciting and challenging opportunities exist for those interested in pursuing a career at Carnegie Hall. In addition to many rewarding professional opportunities, we offer a chance to work in one of New York's most beautiful landmark buildings, which is also a gathering place for the finest artists from around the world. Below is a listing of the departments that offer opportunities to qualified candidates, when available, ranging from internships to part-time and full-time positions.

Departments
Administration
Development
Finance
Hall Operations
Human Resources
Information Technology & New Media
Marketing & Creative Services
Program Planning & Operations
Public Affairs
Ticketing Services
Volunteer Services
Weill Music Institute


Opportunities
Scroll down or click on a job title below for more information.


Full-Time Positions

  Administrative Assistant
  Director, Corporate Relations & Sponsorship
  Marketing Associate
  Visitor Services Associate

Part-Time Positions

  Part-time Carnegie Charge Rep

Internships

  Group Sales Intern
  Art/Graphic Design Intern
  Development Intern
  Visitor Services Intern

Music Ambassadors—The Volunteer Program

  Carnegie Hall seeks volunteers for the concert season


Full-Time Positions

Title: Administrative Assistant
Department: Information Technology & Interactive Services
Reports to: Chief Information Officer
Job Code: AAIT

We seek an Administrative Assistant for our Information Technology & Interactive Services Department. This position provides administrative support to the CIO, Director, Information Technology & New Media, and Director, Interactive Services. This includes typical secretarial and clerical duties; tracking of budgets, management of contracts and agreements, reviewing incoming invoices and processing payments and inter-office charges. Also handles spill-over calls to the Information Technology Help Desk.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree, preferably in a business or technology discipline. Demonstrated experience performing secretarial and administrative duties. Familiarity with information technology terminology. Excellent telephone and customer service skills. Prior Help Desk experience desirable. Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Detail oriented and a team player with the ability to work overtime as needed.

Title: Director, Corporate Relations & Sponsorship
Department: Development
Reports to: Director of Development
Job Code: DCRD

We seek a Director, Corporate Relations & Sponsorship to oversee Carnegie Hall's corporate giving program.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: market sponsorship opportunities of artistic and educational programming, as well as special projects, to prospective corporate donors. Work closely with the Director of Development, Senior Staff, and Executive & Artistic Director to cultivate strong relationships with existing donors while seeking new sources of funds in the corporate community. Manage and negotiate major sponsorships, assuring all benefits are properly executed and delivered. Supervise Corporate Relations & Sponsorships staff in day-to-day activities.

Qualifications: BA/BS degree with 5-7 years fundraising and/or marketing/sponsorship experience required with a proven track record in negotiating corporate relationships. Highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated individual; must possess superior written and verbal communication skills. Must have an instinct for successful marketing and corporate sponsorships. Computer knowledge and experience with database management essential. A demonstrated interest in the arts and classical music an asset. Must work well in fast-paced team environment and be able to manage multiple tasks on tight deadlines, remaining within a budget. Some weekend and evening hours required, especially during performance season.

Title: Marketing Associate
Department: Marketing & Creative Services
Reports to: Associate Director of Marketing & Business Development
Job Code: MAMCS

We seek a Marketing Associate who under the supervision of the Associate Director of Marketing & Business Development is primarily responsible for implementing strategies and tactics that provide added value for and increase the breadth of Carnegie Hall’s audiences. This includes, but is not limited to, strategies that increase the participation of students and young professionals; development of discount and promotional programs that target these audiences, as well as the maintenance and on-going development of the CarnegieCard program that offers subscribers discounts at local area vendors. He/she should also be able to use Tessitura reporting to analyze sales for any of these specific strategies and projects.

He/she will also work in collaboration the Associate Director of Marketing on the design and promotion of existing audience development programs such as Student Subscriptions, $10 Student Tickets, and the Notables program at Prelude level. The latter, in collaboration with the Patron Program Associate in the Development Department. The Marketing Associate will also represent the Marketing Department in on-going work with the Social Media Working Group, specific duties to be determined. They should also be prepared to assist the Marketing Manager with subscription marketing on an as-needed basis, specifically in the areas of list building, and the planning and implementation of monthly subscriber appreciation events.

This position will require close work with the Associate Director of Marketing to create targeted marketing for specific concerts by evaluating and recommending appropriate media. Included in this portion of the job will be the creation and management of added-value events for promotional programs, such as student or concierge events. The Marketing Associate should collaborate with the Marketing & Licensing Associate to build meaningful, long-term relationships with local schools through music departments and instructors, deans of students, and student groups. He/she should build similar relationships with local corporations to reach young professional groups. Promotion of Carnegie Hall events to young professionals and students will also require this position to collaborate and confer with the Patrons Program staff of Carnegie Hall’s Development Department.

Other specific responsibilities include the accessing and distributing Tessitura’s Daily Ticket and Weekly Executive Summary reports, as well as Tessitura list extractions throughout the season for targeted mailings and concert duty on a regular basis during the season.

Qualifications: Bachelor degree with 2 to 3 years of successful work in community outreach and/or targeted marketing efforts is a requirement for this position. Previous experience in evaluating reports and implementing set-up procedures in the Tessitura ticketing system a major plus. Excellent communication skills for engaging and persuading local institutions to participate in Carnegie Hall’s outreach efforts, and to represent Carnegie Hall in a professional and appropriate manner are required. Creativity in developing and maintaining programs that match the needs of specific groups or communities will be essential. The ability to prioritize jobs and to work efficiently and smoothly with other Carnegie departments is essential.

Title: Visitor Services Associate
Department: Marketing & Creative Services
Reports to: Associate Director of Visitor Services
Job Code: VSAI

We seek a Visitor Services Associate. Reporting to the Associate Director, Visitor Services, responsibilities will include but not be limited to: relationship building with tour companies and hotel concierges; tour booking/accounting; oversee daily operations of Tour and Music Ambassador programs; recruitment/placement/evaluation of Music Ambassadors; Tour marketing initiatives; oversee Visitor Services Intern.

Qualifications: Bachelor degree. Outstanding interpersonal skills; Excellent computer skills in Word, Excel and Database management. Knowledge of classical music a plus.



Part-Time Positions

Title: Part-time Carnegie Charge Rep
Department: Ticketing
Reports to: Manager, Carnegie Charge
Job Code: CCR8

Part-time Carnegie Charge Rep needed for our ticketing department. Very strong customer service skills required. Interaction with customers includes, but is not limited to: single ticket sales, subscription series sales, contributions, workshop registration, gift shop merchandise sales and inquiries for information on Carnegie Hall. Also some supportive administrative work. Candidate must be computer literate. Knowledge of performing arts helpful. Team player with strong interpersonal skills.



Internships

Title: Group Sales Intern
Department: Ticket Operations
Reports to: Associate Manager, Ticket Services
Job Code: Intern

The Group Sales department at Carnegie Hall seeks an intern for the Spring. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Assist with data management. Enter, update, and maintain Group Sales contact information in Tessitura ticketing system
  • Research and Cultivate relationships with group sales prospects such as Church groups, School groups, Tour Company groups, Clubs, etc.
  • Outreach/Inform group sales leaders on specific Carnegie Hall concert programming.
  • Administrative office duties such mailing, faxing, filing, etc.
Intern must be detail-oriented, have strong organizational and communication skills, and be self-motivated. Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel. Previous experience in tourism/hospitality and knowledge of music a plus. Intern must have the ability to work twenty hours a week.


Title: Art/Graphic Design Intern
Department: Marketing & Creative Services
Reports to: Art Director
Job Code: AGDINT

The Marketing & Creative Services Department at Carnegie Hall seeks an intern for the fall. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Design work in InDesign; finish design work for the Docent guide; Work on corrections and updates on jobs created by other designers; Work on new jobs that have a template including Lobby Cards, 3-sheets, Librettos, Signage, stuffers, filler pages, Neighborhood Concert posters and inserts; some small-scale design jobs; upload Carnegie images (including all existing Sophie Hogarth illustrations) into the digital assets management system as well downloading from Getty to the onsite server (artist images).

Special skills required: Intern must be detail-oriented, have the ability to multi-task, have strong organizational skills, and be self-motivated. Knowledge of InDesign, Adobe creative suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Quark). Previous experience in arts administration and knowledge of music strongly preferred. Ability to work twenty hours a week and occasional late nights or weekends.


Title: Development Intern
Department: Development
Reports to: Directors
Job Code: Intern

Carnegie Hall seeks an intern for spring to assist the development department with daily operations including drafting correspondence, prospect research, administrative tasks, and full involvement in and exposure to fundraising at major performing arts institution, with tasks specific to area of focus: Special Events, Individual Giving, Government and Corporate Sponsorship.

Activities include:
Assist with data management. This includes web-based and telephone research of to identify and update contact information; maintaining the prospect management system for focus area; and other miscellaneous tasks
Assist with special event planning and implementation.
Administrative office duties such mailing, faxing, filing, etc.
Assist in grant writing and program development as needed.
Assist in prospect research and cultivation.
Assist with general Departmental projects as needed including phone duty.

Candidates considering a career in fundraising and/or arts administration are encouraged to apply. Must be able to commit to twenty hours per week. Applicants must have strong writing skills, computer literacy in Microsoft Word and Excel, and excellent communication and organization skills. A meal and transportation stipend is offered.


Title: Visitor Services Intern
Department: Visitor Services
Reports to: Director of Visitor Services
Job Code: VSINT

We seek an Intern for Carnegie Hall’s Visitor Services Department. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: coordinating daily volunteer tasks, assisting with daily tours, helping patrons and customers via phone and e-mail, database management. Prior customer service experience and excellent communication skills preferred. 2-3 days per week required.




Music Ambassadors—The Volunteer Program

Carnegie Hall seeks Music Ambassadors volunteers to assist with staff support, information guides, The Shop at Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Hall tours, and outreach. Music Ambassadors enjoy many benefits, including free tickets. Learn more

To volunteer, download our registration form (84kB PDF) and fax or mail it to:

Visitor Services Office
Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019-3210
Fax: 212-903-0765



How to Apply

When submitting your resume, please include a cover letter indicating the specific department or position in which you are interested.

By Fax:
(212) 581-6539

By Mail:
Carnegie Hall
Human Resources Department
881 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019–3219

By E-mail:
humanresources@carnegiehall.org


Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

In keeping with its goal of providing a professional work environment and in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, Carnegie Hall provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, age, mental or physical handicap or disability, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, conditions and privileges of employment, discipline, promotions, termination, and access to benefits and training.



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