Pamela Martin ('10)

•  Digital Content Manager, Albright-Knox Art Gallery

• Editorial Assistant and Assistant Editor at Albright-Knox Art Gallery (after graduating from the Arts Management program)
• Project Manager and User Experience Lead at Threespot Media and Web Project Manager at American Apparel (before the Arts Management program)

After earning a BA in Print Journalism from American University, I worked as a Project Manager and User Experience Lead at Threespot Media, focusing on digital projects such as websites, and as a Web Project Manager at American Apparel.

I really wanted to work at an art museum and I was not getting any traction applying to jobs at art museums with my BA in Print Journalism. I thought that a master's in Arts Management would help me break into the field, and I was right!

Our trip to the 2009 Venice Biennale, specifically, getting a tour of the group exhibition at the Arsenale from that year's curator, Daniel Birnbaum.

I manage digital initiatives at the Albright-Knox, including the museum's website, email communications, and social media. I am currently managing a complete redesign of the Albright-Knox's website. I also co-founded and lead the museum's cross-departmental Digital Engagement Group.

The Arts Management program helped me make connections that have been invaluable in both my personal and professional life. I also find myself calling on the information I learned in the business and legal classes that I took as part of the program. I think this classes are a very important component of the program.

I would encourage them to get as much hands on experience in the field as possible, through field work, internships, volunteer work, etc.