Panorama City, CA 91402
The Business Intern will contribute to FASO's expanded resource development efforts for the organization to meet the increasing demand for programs that promote cultural equity. The Development Intern's primary responsibility will be to assist development efforts focused on:
- providing administrative support to increase earned income in memberships, online income streams, corporate sponsorships, merchandise sales, ad sales, and bookings;
- Implementing FASO's business plan and supporting relationship-building with donors, partners, and sponsors;
- Increasing sponsor / business / donor / community engagement in-person and online.
Successful interns will learn what it takes to become valuable team players and collaborative leaders with an emphasis on work relevant to what skills they want to develop. FASO internships provide participants with experience working with diverse groups of people, musicians, arts producers, and community leaders. The intern will be required to attend weekly meetings to engage with the Development, Business, Marketing, Production teams, as well as the Board Program Committee. Interns are encouraged to contribute ideas, feedback, and their unique cultural context to these meetings, bringing diversity to the organization's dialogue and developing strong working relationships with the staff. Interns are also assigned to the team(s) to develop themselves in the expertise of their choice. The interns' work week starts with the weekly staff meeting to determine the work plan, assign roles, work deadlines, assess the progress of goals and workload, and determine additional support where needed. They clock in and clock out using an online tool, Homebase, and check in with their supervisor. The interns complete their assigned tasks, referring to the work plan, and presents their work to their supervisor or team(s) at meetings for final completion.
The intern should be a self-motivated, highly focused, and team-oriented with a general knowledge of social media platforms preferred. Some knowledge in content creation with basic graphic design is preferred. An interest in the arts and community-building is preferred but not required. The intern is expected to take an active role in understanding and supporting all aspects of the organization in order to better inform and supplement their experience.
The Filipino American Symphony Orchestra is a community orchestra that serves to provide access and reduce barriers to cultural participation for communities of color through music production and education.
To apply for this internship, please submit a resume with a cover letter stating why you chose this internship to FASO Business & Marketing Manager Michele Staheli at michele@fasomusic.org.