Marketing Coordinator

About the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.

Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as the audiences we engage. Our staff members are art lovers who are passionate about working toward a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world.

At The Met, every staff member – from security officers to researchers to scientists and beyond – lives by our core values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration, excellence, and integrity.

Respect: Engage one another with collegiality, empathy, and kindness, always.

Inclusivity: Ensure that all are and feel welcome and valued.

Collaboration: Reach across boundaries to exchange ideas and work together toward our shared mission.

Excellence: Lead the cultural world in quality and expertise—and inspire curiosity and creativity.

Integrity: Hold ourselves to the highest moral standards, admit when we fall short, and then evolve.

About the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Since it was founded in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum's galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing both new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

As the Marketing Coordinator, you will coordinate marketing for institutional, exhibition, and program-related marketing efforts with a primary focus on Met Live Arts programs including copywriting, editing, and asset and website production, among other activities. You will be responsible for all marketing materials and strategy for Met Live Arts programming, including materials such as digital programs, event web pages, signage, and print materials such as postcards or direct mail. You will foster regular and collaborative communication with colleagues in Met Live Arts, Education, Communications, Digital, Visitor Experience, and the Front of House team. You will report to the Senior Manager of Marketing.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

• Assemble all Met Live Arts event information, checking dates, times, and venues, confirming artist details with Met Live Arts Production Manager, and proofing exhibition/gallery information.
• Write and edit all Met Live Arts program materials (performance program, email newsletter, donor communications, digital advertising, print materials, signs) with an eye toward audience appeal and ticket sales.
• Work with the Marketing team to develop, design, and produce communications to current Met Live Arts audiences and prospective buyers and suggest potential growth opportunities
• Oversee publication and distribution of performance videos on the Met’s digital channels.
• Manage all web content for Met Live Arts, ensuring updates are reflected across all platforms and stakeholders are informed.
• Serve as point person with third party partners, co-producers, and funders as it relates to promotion and marketing of Met Live Arts events.
• Oversee internal communications with Met colleagues around performances and their impact on operations and visitors.
• Maintain performance photo archives.
• Coordinate with the Box Office to receive and report weekly ticket sales, tracking sales projections versus actuals and developing new strategies based on sales goals.
• Manage strategy and content production for the Met Live Arts Instagram account in collaboration with the Social Media and Met Live Arts teams.
• Support Marketing colleagues with copywriting and editing for institutional Met programs, events, signage, print materials, emails and more.
• Support Marketing colleagues in institutional website production for the homepage, Visit and Exhibition pages, Date Night web pages, and other areas of the site.
• Support Marketing colleagues to manage production of institutional promotional materials such as digital invitations and printed postcards.
• Support Marketing colleagues and Social Media team in event production (e.g. creator events, receptions).
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• Strong skills with Microsoft Office Suite, as well as Adobe. InDesign and video editing capabilities a plus.
• High level of comfort with digital platform, databases and digital editing tools.
• Two years' related production experience strongly preferred.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Must demonstrate high level of interest performing and visual arts.
• Must be highly organized, flexible, and able to balance multiple competing demands.

COMPENSATION RANGE:

• Pay Rate: $35.00 - $38.50 / Hourly

The advertised pay scale reflects the good faith minimum and maximum salary range for this role. The advertised pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage for any specific employee. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, special licensing or qualifications, and other factors.

Visa Sponsorship

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Location Requirements

At time of employment, employees are expected to be located within commuting distance of the Museum. “Commuting distance” means that they are located in one of following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Pennsylvania (the “Tri-state and PA” areas), and be able to commute to and from the Museum in a single day.

Benefits Offerings

The Museum provides competitive compensation, and generous benefits and perks for all eligible employees. Note: Benefits Offering may differ based on Employee Status.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 403(b) basic retirement plan and optional matching retirement plan with an outstanding employer match
• Considerable paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and 13 Museum holidays
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Account (pre-tax income for eligible health care expenses)
• Commuter benefits (pre-tax income for parking or mass transit expenses)
• Free financial-planning services
• Financial assistance for relevant coursework, seminars, and training programs
• 25% discount for staff in Museum shops
• A subsidized staff cafeteria
• Access to the Museums Council pass, which grants free admission to various museums and cultural institutions

We recognize that it is highly unlikely that someone meets 100% of the desired attributes for a role. If much of this job description describes you, then please apply for this role.

The Met is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, The Met will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed in this process, please contact View email address on aiapply.co.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.