Stanford Internship Program in the Arts (SIPA) Summer 2026: Marketing Internship @ Stanford Live
The Stanford Internship Program in the Arts (SIPA) provides opportunities to explore career pathways in arts organizations. SIPA is part of Cardinal Quarter, a campus-wide experiential learning initiative.
How It Works: Pre-Arranged Internships
Students participate in a 10-week, part-time placement with one of Stanford’s arts institutions. If accepted into SIPA, students will receive a stipend. (Need-based financial aid is available.) Students are responsible for securing their own housing for the duration of the internship. This option is an excellent entry point into the world of arts administration and college-level internships.
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Marketing Intern @ Stanford Live
Stanford Live presents a wide range of the finest performances from around the world, fostering a vibrant learning community and providing distinctive experiences through the performing arts. With its primary home at Bing Concert Hall and a popular second venue at historic Frost Amphitheater, Stanford Live is simultaneously a public square, a sanctuary, and a lab, drawing on the breadth and depth of Stanford University to connect performance to the significant issues, ideas, and discoveries of our time.
Stanford Live is seeking a Marketing and Communications Intern to support our marketing initiatives, with focus on student marketing and content marketing. Under the guidance of the Director of Sales & Marketing, you will contribute to campaigns that help ensure the performing arts are an integral part of every Stanford student's experience. This internship provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in arts marketing.
Some examples of key responsibilities include collaborating with the marketing and engagement team to plan and implement student outreach initiatives, support grassroots marketing efforts, including postering and distribution across campus, update online event listings and ensure accurate information, create flyers and other marketing collateral to support various campaigns.
You will be required to work two full days on campus (either Tuesday & Wednesday, or Wednesday & Thursday), with the remaining eight hours available for remote work.
Successful interns will have:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong time management skills with the ability to multitask effectively.
- Highly detail-oriented and reliable, with a proactive, self-starter attitude.
- Proficiency in Google Suite.
- Experience with Photoshop and InDesign is preferred, but not required.
- A passion for the performing arts is a plus, though not essential.
- Learn about what it takes to run an arts organization in the United States
- Discover a variety of career pathways connected to the arts
- Deepen your engagement with Stanford's arts institutions
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Open to current Stanford undergraduate frosh, sophomores, and juniors from all academic disciplines.
- Priority will be given to students who have not previously participated in SIPA or the Lyric McHenry Community Arts Fellowship.
- Co-terms and graduating seniors are not eligible for SIPA pre-arranged internships.
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Students are only eligible for one Stanford-funded summer experiential learning opportunity during the 2025-26 academic year (inclusive of summer).
- If students choose to participate in either track of SIPA, they will not be eligible for another Stanford-sponsored full-time funding opportunity (e.g., another Cardinal Quarter opportunity, Global Studies Internship Program, Undergraduate Research Major Grants, Chappell Lougee, VPA Senior Grant, full-time departmental and faculty research grants, Beagle II Award, etc.).
- Part-time opportunities (such as an Undergraduate Research Small Grant or another on-campus part-time internship) are only allowed for pre-arranged internships. Both your SIPA supervisor and Small Grant mentor must agree to your participation in both programs.
- Travel Reservations Requirement: SIPA recipients are required to utilize Stanford Travel, a centralized booking program, when booking air fare, hotels, or rental cars for their internship experiences.
Funding
All students accepted into SIPA receive a stipend to help support basic living expenses during the internship.
- Pre-arranged, part-time: Participants receive a base stipend of $4,800, plus additional need-based aid up to $1,500.
Stipends are paid once students complete all pre-participation requirements including the orientation content in Canvas. For international students: Stipend will be paid through Stanford. Contact the Bechtel Center to review any additional paperwork/authorizations that may be required in order to participate.
