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2027 Spring Internship - Editorial Intern, Zonderkidz/Blink/DaySpring Kids (Remote US)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Available to work in a full-time capacity in 2027 or 2028
  • Open to rising seniors, recent graduates, master's students, or entry level candidates with up to 1 year of work experience
  • Competent in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Teams
  • Strong knowledge of the English language and grammar

Responsibilities

  • Become familiar with the Zonderkidz, DaySpring Kids, and Blink production processes
  • Prepare title information forms for internal use and assist with book-related research
  • Provide input on prospective manuscripts and projects
  • Attend team meetings, editorial boards, title alignment meetings, and production meetings

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Internships
  • Entry-level / graduate
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Organizational Skills
  • Grammar

About the company

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HarperCollins Publishers

Book Publishing

HarperCollins Publishers is the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins has publishing operations in 15 countries. With two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year in 16 languages, and has a print and digital catalog of more than 250,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, and the Man Booker Prize. HarperCollins is a subsidiary of News Corp. The house of Mark Twain, the Brontë sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, and Margaret Wise Brown, HarperCollins has a long and rich history that reaches back to the early nineteenth century and offers our publishing team a depth of experience that few others can rival—from the modest print shop that James and John Harper opened in 1817 to the global house we are today.

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IndustryBook Publishing
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Overview:

The Editorial Intern will work alongside the Zonderkidz, DaySpring Kids, and Blink team to play a key role in helping steward children’s and young adult book projects at various stages of the publishing pipeline. They will assist with book-related research, editing book content, preparing title information forms for internal reference, proofreading typeset content, providing input on prospective future projects, and engaging in other tasks as they arise.

Responsibilities:
  • Become familiar with the Zonderkidz, DaySpring Kids, and Blink production processes
  • Become familiar with the The Chicago Manual of Style and The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style
  • Learn the various types of children’s books (e.g., board books, picture books, middle grade, young adult), common typesettings and layouts, and common ancillary features
  • Learn and practice the various kinds of editorial work, including content editing, copyediting, content proofreading, and typesetting proofreading
  • Prepare title information forms for internal use and assist with book-related research
  • Provide input on prospective manuscripts and projects
  • Attend team meetings, editorial boards, title alignment meetings, and production meetings
Qualifications:
  • Candidates who are available to work in a full-time capacity in 2027 or 2028 are eligible for this internship; open to rising seniors, recent graduates, master’s students, or entry level candidates with up to 1 year of work experience. 
  • Candidates must be available to work 28 hours per week, Monday through Thursday. Compensation for this internship is $18 per hour.  
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. 
  • A resume and cover letter are required; applications without a cover letter will not be considered. Please address your cover letter to “Hiring Team.”
  • Ideal candidates are either currently enrolled in or have recently graduated from an undergraduate or master’s program.
  • Candidates should be competent in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Teams
  • Candidates should possess a strong knowledge of the English language and grammar
  • Candidates should have strong project management and organizational skills and be able to work independently
  • Candidates with copyediting and proofreading experience are preferred
  • A passion for books is highly valued! 

HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at TalentManagement@harpercollins.com. Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests. 


The deadline to apply is October 12, 2026 at 11:59pm EST.

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