Description:

Asta Publications’ Internship Program will provide students a carefully monitored work experience with the ability to learn valuable skills relevant to their particular area of study. Students will experience an educational work environment with proper training and will ultimately take with them practical real-world business experiences taught and shared by our current Asta Publications’ employees. Students will complete their assignment being adequately prepared for an entry-level position in their field.

We are looking for an Editorial Intern to work and support our editors. The ideal person should be detailed oriented, independent, reliable with excellent written and verbal communication skills, and thrive in a fast-paced, hard-working environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a college student to gain experience in business development in the publishing industry.

Work is primarily done virtually through e-mail communications and meetings are held virtually.

Qualifications:

Edit and proofread manuscripts/documents; books are between 20-400 pages in preparation for print. Intern will be awarded editing credit on manuscripts published. The intern will be tasked with following the latest developments in the publishing, drafting blog posts, assisting with our social networking efforts and performing general administrative tasks.

Requirements:
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Strong online research skills
Ability to contribute to multiple projects on any given day
Ability to work with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word documents
Desire to learn about the editorial, communications, and marketing departments of a publishing division as well as their counterparts in a large and publishing company
Must have access to and the ability to use Word, Excel, the Internet and other relevant programs.

Hours:

15

Length/Availability:

one year

Start Date:

10/1/12

End Date:

12/31/12, 6/3012

Deadline:

12/31/12

Tags:

editing    internship    publishing    writing    publishin 

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