Assistant Festival Coordinator & Social Media​/Marketing Intern

Assistant Festival Coordinator & Social Media/Marketing Intern!

WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company (WW) is a nonprofit arts organization founded in 1988 and dedicated to expanding the boundaries of contemporary dance through performance, artist development, festivals, education, and community engagement. WHITE WAVE provides opportunities for emerging and established dancers and choreographers to create, rehearse, perform, connect with audiences, and build professional relationships through artistic exchange and collaboration.

In 2001, WHITE WAVE founded the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) in response to the dance community’s need for professionally produced performance opportunities accessible to independent choreographers and companies. Over its history, WHITE WAVE’s festivals have presented more than 3,800 choreographers/dance companies and 26,500 performers, reaching more than 92,000 audience members.

WHITE WAVE seeks an energetic, organized, and creative Assistant Festival Coordinator & Social Media/Marketing Intern to support the planning, promotion, and implementation of our festivals and year-round programming.

Working closely with the Artistic Director, Festival Coordinator team, publicist, participating artists, production staff, photographers, and videographers, the intern will gain hands‑on experience in arts administration, festival production, social media, digital marketing, public relations, fundraising, and audience development.

This position is ideal for someone interested in arts administration and marketing who enjoys both creative communications and the behind-the-scenes work required to produce major performing arts events.

• Assist with planning and day-to-day administration of WHITE WAVE festivals and special events.
• Communicate program, scheduling, promotional, and technical information to participating artists.
• Organize artist materials, contact information, schedules, production documents, and festival records.
• Assist the Artistic Director and Festival Coordinator team with correspondence and administrative projects.
• Support fundraising events and work with the Gala Committee to help maximize attendance, donations, and community engagement.

• Help develop and implement social media campaigns promoting WHITE WAVE performances, festivals, open calls, artists, fundraising initiatives, and special events.
• Create engaging content for Instagram, Facebook, and other digital platforms, including posts, Stories, Reels, artist spotlights, countdowns, and behind-the-scenes content.
• Maintain a consistent posting schedule and help manage WHITE WAVE’s social media calendar.
• Write compelling captions and promotional copy consistent with WHITE WAVE’s artistic identity and voice.
• Coordinate with participating artists to collect photos, videos, biographies, social handles, and other promotional materials.
• Assist with basic graphic design and preparation of digital promotional assets.
• Encourage participating artists and partners to cross‑promote festival content and expand audience reach.
• Monitor social media engagement and help track growth, reach, and campaign performance.
• Identify creative opportunities to increase ticket sales, applications, donations, and awareness of WHITE WAVE programs.

• Draft press releases, performance listings, artist announcements, newsletters, and other materials for review by WHITE WAVE and its publicist.
• Assist with the creation and distribution of posters, postcards, programs, digital advertisements, and other promotional materials.
• Prepare and distribute email campaigns and e-blasts.
• Assist with website updates, including festival…