Program Director, Arts Internship

Founded in 1969,
Enterprise for Youth empowers San Francisco youth ages 14 to 25 through a continuum of workforce development programs. We offer job-readiness training, paid internships, and access to employment opportunities—preparing youth with the skills and experience needed to thrive in the workplace and pursue their dreams. Our work centers equity, opportunity, and economic mobility for young people from under-resourced communities.

This is a mission-critical leadership role ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of youth development, arts and culture, partnership building, and program strategy. The Program Director will cultivate relationships with San Francisco’s most respected arts institutions, inspire and support young people who are passionate about the arts, and contribute to a gold‑standard internship model that blends professional development with arts‑specific career exploration.

Enterprise for Youth is proud to be the California designee for the Arts Internship program—an exciting, multi‑year, multi‑million‑dollar investment to launch and grow a paid summer arts internship program for high school students in San Francisco. The Program Director, Arts Internship Programs will lead this high‑profile initiative from inception, scaling from 20 interns in Year 1 with planned growth of 20‑25% over 3 years.

The Program Director will be responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of an internship program, spanning from recruitment and onboarding of interns and partners, designing and implementing programming focused on workforce readiness, coordinating payroll processes, and supporting with data and evaluation.

• Lead the vision, design, and execution of the Arts Internship program in San Francisco.
• Integrate the arts internship requirements into pre-existing programming with an explicit focus on arts‑specific offerings.
• Manage and grow the annual program budget (over $1MM total), ensuring responsible use of funds, tracking outcomes, and aligning spending with goals.
• Update, facilitate, and oversee a holistic curriculum blending general career readiness (resume writing, professional communication, networking, college essay writing) with arts‑specific career skills (arts management, arts administration, curation, production).
• Responsible for hiring, training, and managing seasonal and permanent staff, facilitators, and interns, while supporting the Program Team’s leadership with payroll, HR onboarding, and data collection (pre‑ and post‑program and session surveys).
• Oversee the development and execution of communications and social media strategies for programming, in close collaboration with Communications staff.

• Maintain, build, and nurture relationships with prestigious San Francisco arts and cultural organizations—such as SF MOMA, African American Shakespeare Company, 826 Valencia, A.C.T., SF Ballet, and more—to secure meaningful internship placements.
• Act as a liaison and thought partner to internship host sites, ensuring alignment of youth experience with educational goals and partner needs.
• Represent Enterprise for Youth and the Arts Internship at events, conferences, and convenings.

• Develop and implement inclusive outreach and recruitment strategies to identify and enroll high school students—particularly those from communities underrepresented in the arts.
• Create systems of support to help interns navigate their first workplace experience and explore pathways into college and careers in the arts.
• Work closely with families, schools, and community‑based organizations to ensure strong wraparound support.
• Serve as the primary contact for arts internships participating in regular reporting, convenings, and knowledge‑sharing.
• Share outcomes, best practices, and innovations from San Francisco with other grantees across the country.
• Ensure program fidelity with the core expectations and values while adapting to the unique context of San Francisco.

• Participate in agency‑wide meetings and events, special projects, and other tasks as assigned.
• Support organization‑wide…