Hachette Book Group’s summer internship program offers individuals an opportunity to learn about the publishing industry and explore an area of interest. To learn more about the company, visit our career site: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/about/careers/
Program dates: June 2nd, 2025 – End date: August 7th, 2025
Location: Three days per week on-site in our midtown NYC office. Company laptop will be provided for the duration of the program.
Weekly schedule: 28 hours per week (M-Th), 9:00am-5:00pm, with a one-hour lunch break.
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Pay rate: $16.50/hour
As an HBG editorial intern at Workman Kids, you will have the opportunity to work closely with seasoned professionals and gain hands-on professional experience as you own day-to-day tasks, help with special projects, and attend departmental meetings.
To enhance your work experience, we offer educational sessions featuring speakers from all departments of the company as well as networking and career development opportunities.
Who you are:
- An individual interested in exploring a career in book publishing
- Self-starter with strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Eager to become an active team member on Day 1
- Passionate about children’s literature and familiarity with current children's non-fiction
- Curious about how children learn and excited to support them on their educational journeys
- Possess a great attitude and a desire to learn as well as excellent organizational and attention-to-detail skills
- Able to work collaboratively with a team and contribute insights
- Able to receive, distill, and apply feedback
- Resourceful and able to balance multiple responsibilities and work independently
- Must be results driven, and take appropriate steps to achieve goals while taking ownership of situations as needed
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Recent experience spending time with children in any capacity: camp counselor, babysitter, student teacher/tutor, etc. (not a requirement)
Tasks you’ll perform:
- Research industry trends and movements in the educational market with goal of creating resource databases and documents for the editorial team
- Perform analysis of competitive titles
- Review, edit, and write curriculum-based activities for early learners
- Assist with mailings and events as requested
- General administrative duties
How to apply:
In order to be considered, all candidates must submit both a resume AND cover letter.
To learn more about Workman Kids, check out our website: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/imprint/workman-publishing-company/workman-kids/.
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