[Spring 2026] Employee Experience Internship

Employee Experience Internship

The Whitney's Academic Year Internship program offers a semester-long paid internship for undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited academic program. The internship is hybrid, with some onsite work. For Spring 2026, interns commit between 1621 hours per week over 1012 weeks for a total of 200 hours. Interns are assigned to a specific department at the Museum for the duration of the internship. The Whitney seeks an Employee Experience intern working in the Office of People and Culture for the Spring 2026 semester.

Expected Projects & Assignments

• Assist Employee Experience team with talent acquisition and staff onboarding efforts, troubleshoot existing hiring workflows
• Instigate outreach to other vendors for employee enrichment programming
• Provide support in event-planning for employees and interns alike, assist with maintaining the administration of the Whitney Museum's future internship programs
• Lending a hand in Learning & Development initiatives
• Redesign and propose new performance management frameworks and toolkits
• Act at the frontline of the department, addressing questions from employees
• Aid with ongoing digitization initiatives
• Draft copy of internal staff memos

Skills & Qualifications

Provided Training

Outcomes

Interns will be paid a stipend of $3000. Generous support for Ostrover Family Academic Year Interns is provided by Julie and Doug Ostrover.

About the Whitney : The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art, which has been championing the most innovative art of the United States for 86 years. The core of the Whitney's mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit American art of our time and serve a wide variety of audiences in celebration of the complexity and diversity of art and culture in the United States. Through this mission and a steadfast commitment to artists themselves, the Whitney has long been a powerful force in support of modern and contemporary art and continues to help define what is innovative and influential in American art today.

EEO Statement : The Whitney Museum of American Art is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Museum does not discriminate because of age, sex, religion, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, gender (including gender identity), sexual orientation, or any other factor prohibited by law. The Museum hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. The Museum encourages all qualified candidates to apply for vacant positions at all levels. This description shall not be construed as a contract of any sort for a specific period of employment