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- Applications closed Feb 9
- Last verified Nov 4
About the job
Yale University Press offers competitive paid internship opportunities to learn about publishing in various business areas including Acquisitions Editorial, Art Workshop, Marketing/Publicity, New Business, Production, and Product Development and Sales. By participating in the internship program, students observe the inner workings of a major university press and successful business. The value of this internship is to gain experience and to show a potential employer your skills and abilities to obtain future employment.
The Summer Publishing Internship Program requires a commitment of 30 hours a week for 10 consecutive weeks from June 1 to August 7, 2026. Applicants must commit to the full 10 weeks for consideration in the program. Each summer intern is paid at a rate of $16.94 per hour, the Connecticut minimum wage.
Internships may be in person, remote, or hybrid depending on the position and current Yale guidelines.
Marketing Department
Our Marketing department is responsible for promoting Yale University Press books to a variety of audiences, from general consumers to faculty. The department handles the coordination of advanced materials for media, email marketing, exhibits, print and digital advertising, catalogue production, social media, blogging and podcasting, and website content. Marketing department interns assist with a variety of tasks related to promotional activities, which may include research assignments, culling citations from reviews, assisting with catalogue and galley production, blogging, designing digital marketing assets for social media and advertising, photographing books, and producing short videos. The intern will have the opportunity to attend press-wide launch meetings and focused marketing meetings. Experience with Excel, HTML, Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere a plus.
Yale University Press encourages its staff to possess an understanding of the value of diversity and the importance of inclusion as demonstrated through a commitment to apply and incorporate the differences, complexities, and opportunities that diversity brings to an organization.