Publishing Intern at Emotion Press

Job Description

Emotion Press is hiring two interns for a six-month Publishing and Editorial Internship. Internships are being conducted physically at our Ibadan office and applicants must reside in Ibadan or its environs for the duration of the internship.

This internship is intended to provide intensive educational and hands-on experience in the workings of a publishing house, with projects from the Editorial, Marketing and Publicity and Development departments of Emotion Press.

While we understand that applicants will have simultaneous commitments, we will not consider applicants who will be enrolled in another book publishing internship, or who will otherwise be employed by another book publisher at any point during your internship with Emotion Press. We do not discourage you from applying for multiple publishing positions at once, but we ask that you withdraw your application as soon as you accept a position elsewhere. This restriction does not apply to those working in journal and magazine publishing.

We hope at the end of this internship that you will have learned:

• The publishing path from manuscript submission to final printed book
• How the editorial, marketing/publicity, and development departments work together and support each other
• What makes Emotion Press different from other publishers.

Internship Tasks and Duties

• Interns will complete the following tasks and duties assigned to them by their team leaders.
• Interns will work on projects from every department. We anticipate about 50% of worktime being dedicated to editorial work, 35% to marketing and publicity, and 15% to development. 

Internship Qualifications

Due to the number of applications we receive, the acceptance process is highly selective. Ideal candidates will be self-motivated, detail-oriented, energetic, and eager to seek out and support new and original literary voices. Preference will be given to applicants who are freshly graduated or have equivalent experience.