What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer 2025 Marketing and Publicity Internship, Basic Books position at Hachette Book Group?
Hachette Book Group’s summer internship program offers students 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: Hybrid (three days per week on-site (Tu-Thurs) in our NYC office with one day remote). Company laptop will be provided for the duration of the program.
Weekly schedule: 28 hours per week, 9:00am-5:00pm, with a one-hour lunch break.
Pay rate: $16.50/hour
As a Basic Books Group Intern, 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.
Intern Responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with and assist the Basic Books Group’s marketing & publicity teams on promotion
- Design social media banners, Amazon A content, postcards, bookmarks, and flyers
- Use a graphics tracking sheet to stay on top of design tasks and meet deadlines
- Attend 1-on-1, team, and departmental meetings
- Media monitoring
- Writing and compiling press materials, including press release and praise sheets
- Researching new media contacts and outlets that would be interested in covering our books
- Assisting with administrative tasks, including organizing mailings, managing spreadsheets, saving press clips, etc.
- Attending department meetings and actively contributing ideas
Requirements
- Knowledge of layout, typography, line composition, color, and other graphic design fundamentals
- Experience with InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and/or Canva
- Strong creative and analytical skills
- Strong examples of prior graphic design work
- An interest in non-fiction books
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment under deadlines
- Ability to learn new software programs
- The ability to multitask, prioritize and manage time effectively while also maintaining accuracy
- Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment
How to apply:
In order to be considered, all candidates must submit both a resume AND cover letter.
In order to be considered, all candidates must submit both a resume AND cover letter.
As a leading book publisher, we believe that including and representing diverse voices in all aspects of our business is fundamental to what we do. Our publishing programs must reflect the broad range of backgrounds, experiences, political views and ideas that shape our society and publish books for all readers.
Hachette Book Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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