Creative Business Internship: Gallery Assistant at Mara Projects

Main Duties

Main activities are:

• Supporting artist research and helping to develop the gallery’s future exhibition pipeline.

• Researching and compiling funding opportunities, residencies, open calls, and art fair applications relevant to the gallery’s programme.

• Assisting with the preparation of grant and fair applications.

• Supporting participation in Minor Attractions art fair, London — including logistics, installation preparation, and on-the-ground assistance.

• Coordinating press outreach: drafting press releases, maintaining media contacts, and managing image requests.

• Managing the gallery’s Mailchimp newsletter, including building and scheduling email campaigns.

• General gallery administration: correspondence, maintaining records, coordinating logistics around exhibitions and events.

• Supporting exhibition documentation: photography coordination, artwork checklists, archiving.

What we are looking for

Required:

• Strong written English

• Genuine interest in contemporary art

• Highly organised with good attention to detail; much of this role involves keeping track of multiple things at once

• Confident and comfortable communicating with new people

• Comfortable with administrative tasks

Preferred:

• Background in Curating, Art History, Fine Art or similar

• Familiarity with basic design tools (Adobe Illustrator)

• Interest in international or cross-cultural practices

• Some knowledge of the gallery/art market world

• Additional languages are a plus.

• Availability to work some evenings or weekends is desirable.

About us

Mara Projects is a nomadic gallery based between London and Tirana. Through collaborations with galleries, institutions, independent spaces, and international art fairs, it develops site-specific projects with emerging and mid-career contemporary artists.

The programme operates across two registers: an international exhibition circuit and a sustained investment in building a commercial art infrastructure in Albania.

www.maraprojects.com

https://www.instagram.com/mara_projects/

What will the internship offer the student and what will they learn while they are with you? E.g. skills they could learn/develop and experience they could gain.

This internship offers hands-on experience of how a young, ambitious gallery operates nomadically across programme development, communications, and administration. The intern will work closely with the Director and gain a real understanding of art fair participation, exhibition organisation, artist liaison, and outreach for finding new opportunities.

A key moment in the internship will be participation in Minor Attractions, a London art fair, giving the intern direct experience of how galleries present and sell work in a fair context. Specific skills developed will include: arts writing and editing for public audiences; building and maintaining press and collector contacts; using email marketing tools (Mailchimp); researching funding opportunities and art fair applications; project coordination and production scheduling; and archiving and documenting artworks and exhibitions.

The intern will leave with a strong foundation in gallery operations and a practical understanding of two very different art market contexts — the established infrastructure of London, and the work of building one from the ground up in Tirana.

Disability Confident Employer

We can confirm that we are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 1-3) who can welcome a wide-range of disabled applicants within our level of training.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and caring responsibility. We are committed to offering a working environment where everyone is valued and feels appreciated.