The Minnesota Historical Society is committed to program evaluation as a valuable tool for strengthening the quality of our programs and to measure and improve outcomes for those we serve. This Intern will support various projects to develop staff resources for program evaluation. Several visitor studies will be conducted throughout the year.  The major focus is to support the development of an institutional dashboard for reporting and sharing performance results. This includes data collection, data entry and cleaning, graph creation for internal and external dashboards, as well as written dashboard reports.

Intern Tasks May Include:

• Collect dashboard data from multiple data “owners”
• Verify and/or correct discrepancies in data
• Enter data into online dashboard database
• Create charts and graphs for visual display of data
• Create written dashboard reports from templates
• Conduct visitor intercept surveys
• Conduct qualitative data analysis
• Other evaluation projects as assigned

Knowledge and skills intern is expected to gain:

• Knowledge of program evaluation in a museum environment
• Experience working with museum professionals and program evaluators
• Experience designing and implementing dashboards for reporting performance results
• Experience with evaluation capacity building

Student Responsibilities:

Marketing

• Meet with Marketing staff at the beginning of the internship to learn about department functions
• Research markets, new books, and available print and online marketing tools for the industry
• Brainstorm marketing ideas with the Marketing department
• Design new book covers and academic print or electronic direct mailing pieces
• Provide assistance in delivering image files for publicity and online use
• Provide production and design assistance for press kits, etc.
• Web site and blog design, including production of audio/video podcasts & book trailers

Editorial

• Meet with the Editorial department to learn about department functions
• Conduct library and Internet research for potential books/anthologies/reprints
• Conduct photo and art research for covers and interiors, including permissions and ordering
• Read trade journals and attend acquisitions meetings

Production

• Meet with the Production Manager to learn about department functions and attend production meetings
• Complete production and design work on print-on-demand titles and reprints, including reworking existing cover and text files
• Provide production and design support for new titles, including cover and interior designs
• Support E-book production management

Administrative

• Attend staff meetings; meet with the Press Director and other divisional staff to learn the business
• Production and design presentation assistance, including charts, graphs, and PowerPoint

Knowledge intern is expected to gain:

• Knowledge of the MHS Press overall business, strategy, and function
• Experience in all aspects of working with the MHS Press
• Design samples for student portfolio