PUBLICITY AND MARKETING summer internship for Quirk Books

Program Details:
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Quirk Books has a part-time, paid internship position that allows the candidate to learn about the publicity and marketing process in book publishing through hands-on experience. The summer internship runs from May through August and requires a minimum commitment of 20 hours a week. It will take place in Philadelphia.

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Position Overview:
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• Publicity Support: Assisting the publicist and director of publicity on publicity campaigns, including writing press materials and pulling media lists.
  
  
• Clerical Support: Fulfilling mailings, tracking, and logging publicity clips, sending weekly status reports, filing/copying, and taking minutes during weekly marketing meetings.
  
  
• Content Production: Creating and posting content on Tumblr and Pinterest, photo editing, writing press materials and blog posts, and brainstorming ideas for the Quirk blog.
  
  
• Research: Media contacts, library and retail marketing contacts, and digital marketing.
  
  
• Digital Support: Back-end maintenance of QuirkBooks.com, including uploading and tracking blog posts.

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Required Skills and Knowledge:​

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  
  
• Must have good time-management skills and be organized and detail oriented
  
  
• Must be proactive, flexible, and adaptive in a rapidly changing environment
  
  
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and work independently
  
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Google Docs
  
  
• Knowledge of Canva or Adobe Spark a plus

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QUALIFICATIONS:

• Undergraduate or graduate student, preferably majoring in a relevant subject area
  
  
• Must be able to commit to a minimum of 20 hours a week
  
  
• Previous internship experience in publishing a plus

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To Apply:
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Please submit cover letter, resume, and one-page writing sample (such as a blog post, press release, or book review) to [email protected].

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To learn more about the internship, click here.
To learn more about Quirk Books, click here.