Bloomberg Arts Internship Director Arts Learning

BLOOMBERG ARTS INTERNSHIP DIRECTOR About Us

Arts for Learning Maryland (formerly Young Audiences of Maryland) is devoted to enriching the lives and education of Maryland’s youth through educational and culturally diverse arts programs. Through Arts for Learning, professional teaching artists from all disciplines partner with educators, schools, and school districts to provide — on average — over 560,000 hours of learning in, through, and about the arts to more than 155,000 Maryland students annually.

Arts for Learning is a mission-driven organization that values community, innovation, and passion. The staff, board, and teaching artists have a shared commitment to advance equity in the field of education by working tirelessly to generate opportunities for students to imagine, create, and realize their full potential through the arts.

The Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) Director provides the strategic vision and leadership necessary to lead both the summer and school-year internship programs as well as the alumni strategy. This role drives the entire program lifecycle—from student recruitment and partner cultivation to curriculum design to staff training and data-driven evaluation. The Director ensures that daily execution aligns with A4L and BAI goals and values, while actively building a cultural arts ecosystem that attracts and retains creative talent in Baltimore.

The Bloomberg Arts Internship Director is a full time, exempt position that will report to the Chief of Innovation and Workforce Development.

• Direct the implementation and overall vision of BAI summer and school-year programs, ensuring all activities contribute to long‑term student outcomes.
• Maintain the big‑picture program focus, collaborating with the Assistant Director to serve as the primary point of coordination across teams for consistent delivery.
• Support BAI Assistant Director by contributing to budget development, tracking expenditures, handling reporting.
• Support real‑time problem solving and decision‑making regarding scheduling and instruction, resolving high‑level conflicts that arise beyond the scope of seasonal staff, interns, and host sites.

• Supervise and support the BAI Assistant Director and BAI Facilitator providing ongoing professional development and accountability.
• Provide direction and guidance to instructional staff, facilitators, college mentors, and writing coaches, ensuring clear communication regarding timelines and deliverables.
• Lead weekly staff meetings and conduct individual check‑ins to monitor programmatic progress.
• Oversee communications with families, ensuring the BAI seasonal staff creates and distributes comprehensive weekly program wrap‑ups.

• Act as the lead point of contact for critical program partners, including external host sites, community organizations, and funders.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with local work sites to secure high‑quality workforce development placements for participants.
• Oversee the internship matching process to ensure mutually beneficial alignments between interns and host organizations.
• Oversee work site paperwork, including partner contracts, invoices, and operational support for participant timesheets and pay.

• Develop and execute recruitment strategies to attract, enroll, and onboard eligible student participants.
• Establish strong partnerships with both school‑based and community‑based after‑school programs to build a robust student pipeline.
• Cultivate networks with school districts, schools, social services, agencies, and community workers to reach students who would benefit most from the program.
• Partner with internal Communications and People Operations teams to market open positions, hire seasonal staff, and coordinate outreach.

• Establish the foundational curriculum framework and professional development strategy for the BAI program using culturally responsive teaching methods.
• Equip facilitators and seasonal staff with core instructional…