Careers & Internships
Join the performing arts professionals at Purdue University. Learn more about careers and internships currently available.
Purdue Convocations is a leading professional performing arts presenter based at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Openings for careers and internships in programming, production, marketing, education, outreach, or development become available as our staffing needs grow and change. Have a look at our latest job openings below.
Internships
Event Production Intern
The primary role of the Event Production Intern position is to support the Artist Relations and Education Manager. The goal of this position is to give students valuable real-world experience in a multi-disciplinary performing arts presenting organization and the environment that entails. The Event Production Intern position should work 20 hours per week during the current semester. Those hours may be worked in any combination, at the discretion of the direct supervisor. The Event Production Intern position must be reliable, organized, responsible, and flexible. They must also be ambitious, detail-oriented, creative, and driven.
If you’re already a student employee at Purdue, apply through the internal portal. If you’re seeking your first position with the university, please apply externally.
Engagement Intern
The primary role of the Convocations Engagement Intern is to support the Manager of Engagement with donor event management, donor research and segmentation, enhancement of donor stewardship programs, developing donor communications, and assisting with donor outreach. The intern will serve as a dynamic representative of Purdue Convocations to Purdue campus and Greater Lafayette community partners and serve as an assistant to the engagement and development team. The Engagement Intern should work an average of 15 hours per week during the Fall and Spring semesters. Class schedule must be provided, and some evenings and weekends may be required, at the discretion of the direct supervisor.
Graphic Design Intern
The primary role of the graphic design intern position is providing graphic design, video editing, videography and photography support to the Purdue Convocations Marketing Department. The goal of this position is to give students valuable real-world experience in a professional in-house design environment. The graphic design intern position should work 10-12 hours per week during the current semester. Those hours may be worked in any combination, at the discretion of the direct supervisor. The graphic design intern position must be reliable, organized, responsible, and flexible. They must also be ambitious, detail-oriented, creative, and driven.
Partnership Development Intern
The primary role of the Partnership Development intern is to assist the Director of Marketing with developing and implementing group sales strategy and community and campus partnership programs. The intern will serve as a dynamic representative of Purdue Convocations to Purdue campus and Greater Lafayette community partners and serve as an assistant to the marketing team. The goal of this position is to give students valuable real-world experience in a professional performing arts environment. The Partnership Development intern should work an average of 15 hours per week during the Fall and Spring semesters. Class schedule must be provided, and some evenings and weekends may be required, at the discretion of the direct supervisor. The Partnership Development intern must be reliable, organized, responsible, and flexible. They must also be ambitious, detail-oriented, creative, and driven.
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About Purdue Convocations
Purdue Convocations is a multi-disciplinary performing arts presenting organization based at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. For more than a century, Convos has served the region as a presenter of world-class, national and international artists across the performing arts and entertainment spectrum, with over 30 productions each academic year in multiple campus and community venues ranging from 140-6,000 seats. As a presenter at an institution of higher education, Convos has a strong tradition of curricular engagement as it connects visiting artists with classroom discourse in both the pre-school to grade 12 and collegiate communities. Widely recognized for its diverse programmatic vision, Convos explores classic and contemporary aesthetics, presents established as well as emerging artists, participates in the creation of new work, and benefits from the presence of an internationalized, educated audience. Convos is a leader within the local, statewide and national arts community and an active member of national and international professional associations.
West Lafayette, Indiana, along with its sister city Lafayette, Indiana, and the Purdue University community, is a small, vibrant city with a healthy, diversified economy that is regularly recognized for its quality of life. Attractive and affordable housing, excellent schools, state of the art healthcare, and a wide array of social services, along with Big 10 intercollegiate sports and a broad array of cultural organizations make the community a highly desirable place to call home.