Arts Programs & Outreach Assistant — Student

The New School; United States; Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/Split

Hourly rate $21/hour

Job summary

The New School's Vera List Center seeks a graduate student for a part-time, in-person student assistant role to support administrative, programmatic, social media, and design tasks. The position includes assisting with VLC Forum 2026, preparing materials, updating the website, and coordinating data for outreach and development.

Hours are 7–12 per week, with at least 4 hours in person, including some evenings or weekends.

Qualifications

• Passion for engaging with diverse communities and art/social justice work.
• Strong office, administrative, and organizational skills.
• Independent worker with self-motivation and initiative.
• Commitment for two semesters and availability for evenings/weekends for events.
• Outstanding research, writing, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative support (mailings, website updates, filing, itineraries).
• Support program evaluations, attendance, statistics, and data gathering for outreach and development.
• Research and organize information for VLC events and Fellows library.
• Organize VLC collections of books, papers, and art materials.
• Survey contemporary art landscape to build a dataset of collectors with VLC interests.
• Assist with VLC outreach and social media, including photos and posts.

Skills

Administrative skills

Research skills

Writing skills

Communication skills

Education

Graduate student status

Tools

FileMaker

WordPress

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Job description

The New School's Vera List Center seeks a graduate student for a part-time, in-person student assistant role to support administrative, programmatic, social media, and design tasks. The position includes assisting with VLC Forum 2026, preparing materials, updating the website, and coordinating data for outreach and development.

Hours are 7–12 per week, with at least 4 hours in person, including some evenings or weekends.