Work with Us

Alexis Bagley has worked for the Mint Creative Summer Jobs program for three years, including two as a team leader. (Photo: Vickie Elmer)

Mint Artists Guild hires young creatives, emerging professionals and adults for a variety of roles. Mint is dedicated to full, fair and open opportunities for all and commit to equal employment opportunities, equitable hiring practices and transparency in hiring and pay. We’d love to have you as part of our program! Descriptions of various roles are outlined below.

Program coordinator

Summary:  Assist in planning and running with Mint Creative Summer Jobs program, coordinate the marketing and other interns work, assure they have meaningful assignments, and assist with planning team building, marketing workshop and other activities for artists. Assist as needed with youth programs , activities and engagement.

Work around 7 to 10 hours a week starting May 1 through June 15 AND then 15 or so hours a week during July and August, during the Creative Summer Jobs program . September is 7 or so hours a week. This is anticipated to be a five-month contract job, with any extension or renewal based on successful fundraising and contributions. About half the work may be done remotely, and the rest must be in person.

Opportunity / impact:  Help develop creative summer jobs programming for Detroit youth. Develop training materials, supplies, systems to track interns work. Support and provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, earn money and give back in Detroit.

 Pay: Monthly stipends. Approximately $20 – $23 / hour, depending on experience 

Essential skills: Understand marketing and communications, including video editing and social media; youth development; project management and time management; excellent written and verbal communications, a positive, make-things-happen attitude, lead a marketing workshop for youth, able to coach youth and bring out their best.

  • Assist with planning and coordination of Mint programs and activities.
  • Develop creative briefs for intern marketing / communications projects and activities.
  • Support program growth and development as necessary, including outreach, orientation, systems and more.
  • Supervise interns during the Mint Summer Jobs program, assuring they meet deadlines and quality standards.
  • Edit and critique interns videos, posters, social posts so they are ready to run and reflect Mint brand guidelines and standards.
  • Coach interns on professional behavior and model successful career behaviors.
  • Create at least one marketing or business of art workshop to offer to Mint Summer Jobs program.
  • Edit and pull together an intern guide to Mint
  • Identify resources, videos, training materials focused on creative marketing and communications
  • Execute / complete one social media campaign for fall programs.
  • Organize interns work and write brief performance reviews.
  • Other assignments to be determined.
    • Please apply by Sunday, March 23. Email your resume and work samples to us.

Summer Creative Jobs / youth artists

For summer creative jobs, Mint accepts applicants through Grow Detroit’s Young Talents. Young Detroit residents ages 14-24 are eligible and must apply by the end of April. (Sometimes we are able to add people in May so be in touch if you missed the deadline.) Youth must be 14-22 by June 15 and demonstrate excellence in creating art to join Mint’s summer program. They also must be hard-working and deadline oriented.

After applying, please contact Mint director Vickie Elmer and share two to three pieces of your work and a resume and / or letter of introduction. Explain why you want to work for us.  

Youth who are selected to work for Mint in the summer must attend unpaid orientation and pre-employment training from June 20-28.  Young artists work approximately 120 – 130 hours in July and August for Mint Artists Guild and may earn up to $1,440.

For more on our summer jobs program, please see these blog posts.

Lead Artists – Summer Arts & Crafts / Emerging art teachers

We are seeking one lead artist / art teacher to work with us this summer on youth-led arts and crafts in Detroit parks.

  • Teach youth artists how to plan for and lead an art activity in a park. Help them develop art teacher mindset. 
  • Select at least seven YouTube videos that share insights and advice on running successful arts and crafts.
  • Need someone who loves children and youth and is very organized and creative. 
  • Must have reliable transportation and plenty of fun art projects you will recommend for families and children and youth. 
  • Send your resume to mintartistsguild@gmail.com by April 15.
  • Part-time – 3 to 10 hours a week
  • Pay is stipend based, and averages $25 an hour.

Marketing intern

Mint Artists Guild seeks a professional, hard-working marketing intern for a part-time role We seek a self-starter, very productive, good at videos and social media campaigns and able to join us by mid-March.   We need someone who will contribute to our nonprofit immediately and learn new skills with Mint.  This is a hybrid role and the intern must be available to work in person at events, activities and other times.

This internship is open to responsible high school students or college students. Learn more about the Mint marketing internship here and apply today.

If you are interested in applying for any of these positions, please send an email with any required information (resume, role applying for, cover letter, etc.) to mintartistsguild@gmail.com.