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Summer Internship 2018 - Managing Editorial (Children's)
HarperCollins
New York, NY, United States
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Overview
Attention grammar nerds! The managing editorial department of our Children's Books Group is currently seeking a summer intern to help with a variety of projects.
This summer internship is a paid opportunity (28 hours per week), and it will run from June 11 through August 16 for a total of 10 weeks.
Responsibilities
• Assisting in checking late stage book content (galleys, PDFs).
• Assisting in creating and distributing PDFs of final book files.
• Distributing and tracking book metadata (such as selling copy).
• Database management (setting up marketing ISBNs).
• Assisting with digital quality assurance – checking digital version against
source content.
Qualifications
• Applicants must be entering their junior or senior year of college, a grad student, or a college graduate.
• College-level understanding of grammar and spelling is required.
• Some experience working on college and/or high school publications is preferred.
• Experience with copy editing and/or proofreading is helpful.
• Previous part-time work experience is preferred.
• Must have a love of books!
• Applicants MUST submit a cover letter.