Employment
Join the Garden's Growing Team
Whether you take part as a professional employee or a valued volunteer, working at the San Antonio Botanical Garden provides a rewarding experience. You’ll cultivate not only the Garden’s growth and your love for nature, but your skills and talents as well. San Antonio Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Garden believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion strengthens the institution and the world around us.
Employment Opportunities
Digital Marketing Manager
The Digital Marketing Manager is responsible for leading the Garden’s digital presence across social media, email, and web platforms. This position develops engaging content, implements data-driven strategies, and maintains consistent messaging to connect the Garden with diverse audiences. The Digital Marketing Manager collaborates with departments across the organization to support exhibitions, programs, fundraising, and membership goals. This position reports to the Director of Marketing.
Seasonal Guest Experience Associate
The Seasonal Guest Experience Associate is responsible for making an exceptional first and last impression on the guests, and provides excellent customer service in a professional, friendly, and positive manner. Guest Experience Associates assist with general admission, as well as supporting special exhibition and event operations. This position reports to the Guest Experience Manager and Event Manager.
Seasonal Guest Experience Team Lead
The Guest Experience Team Lead supports the day-to-day operations of admissions and special exhibition activities. The Guest Experience Team Lead actively engages guests to enhance their experience through outstanding customer service. During special exhibitions, they act as the primary supervisors of assigned areas of trail and parking operations. This position reports to the Guest Experience Manager and Event Manager.
Community Access Coordinator
The Community Access Coordinator position at the Botanical Garden is responsible for furthering the Botanical Garden’s community access initiatives, specifically to coordinate Nature Navigator (Shuttle Access Program) and the Community Access Pass Program. The Community Access Coordinator will oversee all aspects of the Nature Navigator and Community Access Pass programs from building and maintaining relationships with community partners, scheduling groups, providing guests with an experience of their choosing, leading or coordinating educational experiences for groups, and evaluating the programs.
Youth and Family Programs Coordinator
The Youth & Family Programs Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and facilitating family and youth programs in collaboration with the Director of Family, Youth & School Learning. Using best practices and audience feedback they will design and provide relevant, engaging, and high-quality programming to deepen youth and family connections with plants and nature.
Internship Opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers must commit to 24 hours annually. Volunteers must attend volunteer orientation and any additional training needed for each program. Volunteer orientation is online. The cost of joining the volunteer program is a one-time fee of $30 background check. If this is cost prohibitive, please reach out to cblumenberg@sabot.org. Volunteers are required to be over 18.
San Antonio Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants and volunteers without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, age, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other status protected by law.