Internship and assistantship opportunities

The University of Georgia Press offers a number of unpaid internships and one paid assistantship.

These positions allow students who are interested in a career in book publishing to learn about scholarly and trade book publishing and to gain valuable on-the-job experience.

College credit may also be available for internships (consult your major department).

A reliable means of transportation is required, as the Press is located off campus on Research Drive.

Acquisitions

• Unpaid internships each semester and summer.
  
• Interns work at least ten hours per week, providing ongoing support for proposed book projects; sending letters to prospective authors; shipping manuscripts to reviewers; working with information in the Press database; performing Internet research; and helping with image and permissions inventories.
  
• Interns are encouraged to attend in-house meetings with staff and authors.
  
• Candidates must be comfortable using Microsoft Word and capable of writing clear, professional correspondence.
  
• Prior experience with databases is helpful.
  
• To apply, send résumé and cover letter by March 15 for a summer or fall internship and by October 1 for a spring internship to Margaret Swanson.

Editorial

• One unpaid internship each semester and summer.
  
• Interns work ten to fifteen hours per week, learning the basics of the editorial process as texts move from manuscript to bound book.
  
• Processes covered include how project editors coordinate the work of freelance copyeditors and authors; use of The Chicago Manual of Style; use of design elements; how editors track art, permissions, and other materials; how to edit indexes; how to prepare art inventories; preparation of disks for copyediting; coding manuscripts for design; and proofreading texts.
  
• Candidates must have a working knowledge of Microsoft Word; a thorough understanding of grammar, spelling, and punctuation; and an ability to attend to detail.
  
• A proofreading test is required.
  
• To apply, send résumé and cover letter by March 15 for a summer or fall internship and by October 1 for a spring internship to Jon Davies.

Design, Production, and Restocking Program

• Several unpaid internships are available year-round as part of a team providing support for all aspects of the design and production process as copy-edited and coded/styled manuscripts evolve into books in many different formats and as previously-published titles are processed for restocking.
  
• Interns provide general clerical support for staff of 5 publishing professionals.
  
• Interns work six to twelve hours per week in flexible shifts within Press office hours 8:00-5:00 M-F.
  
• Interns will have opportunity to learn:
  
  • basics of book design
    
  • production of cover mechanicals for POD printing
    
  • management of illustration programs from analysis of reproducibility to prepress preparation
    
  • detailed typesetting conventions specific to bookmaking
    
  • tracking and entering essential information in Press-wide database
    
  • quality control checks for different stages of proofs and samples
    
  • research method for reprint permissions.
    
• Candidates must have knowledge of or ability to quickly learn following programs within Mac-based platform and workflow including Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Excel, Filemaker Pro, and Word programs. The ability to attend to detail is essential.
  
• Duration of the internship is open-ended, depending on the intern's availability and interest.
  
• To apply, send résumé and cover letter to Kathi Dailey Morgan.
  

Marketing

• Unpaid internships each semester and summer.
  
• Interns work ten to fifteen hours per week.
  
• There are opportunities for interns to work in a variety of areas depending on their interests, including advertising, sales, publicity, Web marketing, and marketing design.
  
• Experience from these internships can translate well to marketing jobs in other art and entertainment industries.
  
• To apply send résumé and cover letter to Regan Huff.
  
• Students may be eligible for credit if they apply early enough and go through the right channels. Regan can provide details.

• Direct Mail Intern:
  
  • Will work with sales and marketing director on direct mail efforts ranging from targeting course adoptions for scholarly books to reaching specialized retailers for general interest titles.
    
  • Work includes building mailing lists, researching niche markets, helping create mailing pieces, and assisting with mailings.
    
  • No design skills necessary.
    
  • Working knowledge of Excel a plus.
  
  
• Online Marketing Intern:
  
  • Being able to look and search inside a book online has become a crucial bookselling tool.
    
  • Intern will help with an ongoing project to list as many books as possible with three prominent online programs: Amazon Look Inside, Barnes & Noble See Inside, and Google Book Search.
    
  • Work with our marketing designer to format files, submit files, and track submissions.
    
  • Will be working on a PC and a Mac and will use Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, Excel, Filemaker Pro, and Word programs.
    
  • Knowledge of or ability to quickly learn these programs needed.
  
  
• Publicity Intern:
  
  • Will work with the publicity manager to help capture print and online reviews and excerpt key quotes for our database and online sales outlets.
    
  • Will also research niche publicity outlets and carry out specialized publicity mailings for new books, as time and interest allow.
  
  
• Publishing Project Intern:
  • The Press is currently working on a project that will bring a large number of out-of-print titles back into print.
    
  • Will help rewrite old descriptive copy of books, update author bios, format copyright pages, find archived reviews, and process books for re-publication.
    
  • Should be detail oriented and possess basic writing and copy editing skills.
  
  
• Web Intern:
  
  • Strong computer programming or information systems background to help support its web-based marketing and promotional activities.
    
  • Requires a ten-hour-per-week commitment.
    
  • Flexible schedule.
    
  • Duration of the internship is open-ended, depending on the intern's availability and interest.
    
  • Experience with content management systems, php, sql, javascript, ajax, html, and css.
  
  
• The Georgia Power / Grady College Assistantship
  
  • Available to graduate students in the UGA Grady College of Journalism.
    
  • Sixteen hours per week and receives a tuition waiver and $1,200 per month.
    
  • Responsible for acquiring advance praise from writers and scholars to run on the back covers of books, working closely with authors and coordinating and tracking a large amount of correspondence.
    
  • Helps John McLeod, Sales and Marketing Director, with a variety of work as time allows.
    
  • Organization skills a must.
    
  • Knowledge of Excel and FileMaker Pro and good writing and copyediting skills are helpful.
    
  • This position is currently open for spring 2010.