Job Description

Job Description

UNPAID Internship

About Us:

**** Founded in 1949, ABRAMS was the first company in the United States to specialize in publishing art and illustrated books. The company continues to publish critically acclaimed and bestselling works in the areas of art, photography, cooking, craft, comics, interior and garden design, entertainment, fashion, and popular culture as well as narrative non-fiction and new works of fiction for adults; children’s books ranging from middle grade to young adult fiction to picture books to board books. ABRAMS creates and distributes brilliantly designed books with the highest production values under the following imprints: Abrams; Abrams ComicArts; Megascope; Surely Books; Abrams Image; Abrams Press; The Overlook Press; Cernunnos; Cameron + Company; Abrams Books for Young Readers; Amulet Books; Abrams Appleseed; and Magic Cat. ABRAMS also distributes books for Booth-Clibborn Editions, Bungie, Alain Ducasse Édition, Èditions de La Martiniére, Editions BPI, Global Golf Group, Lucky Spool, Milky Way Picture Books, The Museum of Modern Art, SelfMadeHero, Tate Publishing, V&A Publishing, and The Vendome Press.

Internship Overview

ABRAMS seeks an enthusiastic children’s book lover interested in learning more about publicity to join the team as a summer intern! We are seeking a summer intern who can work 20-25 hours per week in ABRAMS downtown NYC office location.

Ideal candidates are detail-oriented, resourceful, and highly organized with the ability to manage and meet deadlines. A strong interest and experience in publicity and/or publishing is required.

You will also attend key meetings and have the chance to observe and participate in the development and execution of Marketing & Publicity campaigns. This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience in each of the growth avenues of Publicity/Public Relations!

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Key Responsibility

We’re looking for an intern to work closely with the close-knit, dynamic children’s publicity department on the promotion of children’s books ranging from picture books to middle grade and young adult (YA) novels. The intern will play an integral role in supporting the day-to-day operations of the department and work on wide-ranging projects across publicity campaigns, including:

• Maintain title information, media clips, press contacts, and detailed logs of publicity projects in an internal database system

• Coordinate details and travel logistics for book tours, festivals, conferences, and launch events

• Draft press releases and media pitches

• Create publicity mailing lists to further relationships and managed outreach to relevant parties

• Place orders with the warehouse to send books to reviewers and media contacts.

• Proficiency in Mac OS and MS Office Suite, with strong knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, and AdobeAcrobat; experience with Muck Rack a plus