Internships

Thank you for your interest in being an Amphorae Intern. At Amphorae, interns are appreciated and valued members of our team.

While an intern is selected to fill a certain role, if at any time you are curious about another aspect of publishing, you will have the opportunity to take on additional projects to learn about other areas in publishing.

You will work remotely on your own schedule. A member of our team will coordinate closely with you and meet with you at least weekly to answer your questions, assist with your projects, and provide you guidance. Your workload is generally only ten hours per week.

An internship with Amphorae Publishing offers experience across all aspects of publishing from acquisition through publication. We are happy to provide our interns with letters of recommendation on request. 

Please send an email to lisa.miller@amphoraepublishing.com that describes your interest and goals and include your resume as an attachment.

Our goals:

    • Help you learn about the publishing industry and gain meaningful and educational experiences
    • Identify potential candidates for part-time hire
    • Develop Amphorae’s name recognition
    • Supplement author’s publicity efforts
    • Improve our acquisition, editorial, and production process

General Responsibilities

    • Editorial: Evaluate manuscript submissions, keep log of manuscript submissions, write reader reports, edit flap copy.
    • Design: Assist with cover designs, seasonal catalogue, generating creative assets, and image research.
    • Publicity: Create social media posts for assigned titles on Facebook, X, Threads, and Instagram. Plan a month-long social media campaign and put together monthly analytics reports. Write press releases and social media campaigns, and design media kits and sell sheets for assigned titles. Assist authors with their book promotion activities.

Qualifications

    • Interest in book publishing
    • Passionate about books
    • Knowledge of Excel, InDesign, and Photoshop preferred but not required
    • Self-motivated and able to multi-task
    • Excellent communication and writing skills

Internship Dates & Deadlines

Fall: September 1 – Dec. 20 (Application deadline: August 15)
Spring: January 10 – April 30 (Application deadline: December 15)
Summer: June 1 – Aug. 31 (Application deadline: May 15)

*Dates can be flexible based on individual’s schedule and needs.
*Late applications may be considered depending on need, priority will be given to early applicants.

Internship Descriptions

Editorial Intern

    • Review submitted manuscripts
    • Write reader reports
    • Keep running log of manuscript submissions and ratings
    • Edit flap copy
    • Edit chapter sample and review with editor for feedback (learning opportunity)

Social Media Intern

    • Make daily social media postings
    • Take promotional photos
    • Generate weekly analytic reports for review and analysis
    • Develop one social media campaign to promote a title, author, Amphorae, or other subject. Ideas must be approved by Managing Editor. Must be completed during second month of internship and run for at least one month.

Marketing Intern
You will be assigned your own title to promote and complete all components of marketing campaign. This includes:

    • Contact author to define target audience and marketing strategy
    • Create author Q&A
    • Write press releases and acquisition announcement
    • Create sell sheet
    • Create monthly social media calendar for their book

Design Intern

    • Assist with cover designs
    • Assist with seasonal catalogue
    • Perform image research
    • Create creative assets for social media

Publicity Intern

    • Contact bookstores about setting up author events
    • Attend events to assist author with money management / book sales
    • Compile contact lists for each author assigned to of media and reviewers
    • Develop and schedule all event-related social media posts

Administrative Intern

    • Submit titles for contests
    • Submit titles for Library of Congress and Copyright registration
    • Develop content for monthly newsletter