Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA

Attorney

• Conduct legal research
• Review books for legal concerns
• Draft contracts
• Assist PRH’s legal team with challenges associated with publishing English-language books
• Gain exposure to defamation, copyright, right of publicity, privacy, trademark, and commercial law
• Participate in panels, networking events, and employee speaker series
• Work four days per week, Monday through Thursday

Legal Intern

Editor

• Support a team of 7 editors working on board books, storybooks, leveled readers, chapter books, and activity books based on major licensed properties
• Schedule meetings
• Maintain publishing lists
• Write title information sheets and web copy
• Create and track P&Ls (Profit and Loss documents)
• Obtain licensor approvals
• Order author and licensor book copies
• Brainstorm new book and series ideas with editors and licensors
• Assist the editorial team with manuscript and book development
• Create presentation decks for licensors and sales conferences
• Present individual titles and book series at sales conferences
• Handle sensitive embargoed materials

Editorial Assistant

Marketing

• Conceptualize and design materials for books across PRH Christian’s 7 imprints and corporate design needs
• Produce digital content for web, social, and email marketing platforms
• Design and produce Amazon A+, back-of-book ads, social media images, display ads, website assets, email creative, motion graphics, book club kits, presentation decks, lifestyle imagery, postcards, bookmarks, and other print collateral
• Work closely with the Marketing team to refine designs, incorporate feedback, and route work
• Manage projects through Monday.com and Ziflow
• Communicate on project threads, traffic creative, and prepare and release files to stakeholders
• Archive work and reinforce department systems and naming structures
• Stay current on art, design, and publishing trends, including approved AI tools
• Participate in Creative Services Team and departmental meetings
• Perform other duties as requested by the Creative Director
• Report to the Creative Director
• This is not a cover design position

Senior Designer, PRH Christian Marketing

• Design high-visibility campaigns for Middle Grade, Picture, and Board books
• Create printed and digital marketing materials for web, social, email, advertising, and marketing campaigns
• Produce printed promotional collateral, point-of-purchase displays, and signage
• Develop fresh concepts with campaign teams while maintaining visual consistency across campaign touchpoints
• Assist with managing and delegating campaign design work to out-of-house freelance talent
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, artists, and agents
• Prepare files for final printed or digital release
• Manage project tracking and file archiving daily
• Work with Book Design staff to obtain current assets
• Work with Production staff to ensure projects meet specifications
• Stay current on illustration, design, technology, and publishing trends
• Collaborate with marketing, publicity, cover art, and editorial departments on campaigns for books, series, and brands
• Report to the Art Director

Junior Marketing Designer

• Support the Penguin Random House Christian division across WaterBrook, Multnomah, Align Insight, Forum Books, and Image imprints
• Work on hardcover and trade paperback titles, including hardcover-to-paperback conversions and original titles, some with 4-color content
• Report to the Executive Managing Editor/Copy Chief
• Work closely with editorial, design, managing editorial, and production groups
• Supervise freelance copy editors, cold readers, proofreaders, sluggers, and indexers
• Provide production editorial expertise from copyedit through completed printed books and e-pub files
• Work with editors and authors to ensure the quality of books beginning with copyedit
• Schedule and assign freelance editorial work
• Review freelancers’ work and authors’ changes and input corrections into Word documents or Adobe Acrobat PDFs
• Interact with authors to resolve queries and ensure final products meet expectations
• Manage an assigned list of production editorial work, including copyediting, cold reading, and proofreading
• Keep books on schedule and error-free through all production stages
• Ensure consistent house style and apply The Chicago Manual of Style 18th Edition
• Review e-pub files before finalization
• Proofread cover copy, jackets, bound galleys, ARE covers, back ads, and reprint corrections
• Code/tag manuscripts for design, typesetting, and e-pubs
• Resolve production editorial problems under supervision
• Create timelines and troubleshoot project concerns with cross-functional teams
• Provide feedback to freelancers
• Perform other related duties as assigned or required

Production Editor

Sales

• Provide general administrative and sales support to the Associate Sales Director and sales teams responsible for selling English language titles within Asia
• Support the coordination and execution of dropshipment and local reprints for Asia and BCW territories
• Prepare and circulate DSCs and P&Ls for reprint and dropshipment projects
• Facilitate the returns process for sales managers in Asia
• Develop materials for customer meetings and sales presentations, including PowerPoint decks, title lists, reports, and sell sheets
• Run sales reports for sales managers in Asia
• Create curated title lists and assemble digital assets for customer requests and sales outreach
• Assist with customer-requested catalogs, newsletters, and other sales support materials
• Design and produce monthly newsletters incorporating guides, videos, and related assets
• Support traffic-driving efforts to the international sales website through content planning and creation
• Partner with colleagues to create bi-annual education catalogs
• Process orders and manage the international education inbox

Sales Assistant

• Support marketing projects across social media, digital ads, video, motion graphics, and print materials
• Create graphics and conduct image research
• Assist senior designers with creative projects
• Contribute to visual packaging direction for books, covers, jackets, and interiors
• Help oversee implementation of visual-packaging concepts that represent books’ essence and attract target audiences
• Participate in publishing panels, networking events, and employee speaker series

Internship, Art & Design, Creative Marketing Services

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Support the Global Finance and Strategy teams
• Create business analyses outlining problems, opportunities, and solutions
• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, planning, and monitoring
• Perform variance analyses
• Develop account reconciliations
• Compile and analyze data, ensuring accuracy
• Prepare special projects
• Learn about the publishing process through panels, networking events, and employee speaker series
• Work on strategic and operational topics with a fast-paced, collaborative team

Finance Intern

• Learn about the publishing industry and career opportunities in production editorial and managing editorial
• Assist with in-house editorial, pre-press, and manufacturing processes that turn manuscripts into bound books
• Copyedit and proofread TI sheets, reader guides, cover copy, and marketing materials
• Learn how to check changes
• Assist with freelancer communication
• Attend book scheduling meetings
• Participate in panels, networking events, and employee speaker series

Production Editorial, Managing Editorial Intern

• Evaluate submissions and write reader’s reports
• Assist with copywriting and research comparable titles
• Attend virtual editorial meetings
• Provide insights based on personal reading and editors’ submissions
• Support editors working with authors to develop manuscripts into finished books
• Contribute to editorial processes including content, structural, and line-by-line editing
• Collaborate on book packaging, marketing, and publicity
• Gain exposure to publishing through panels, networking events, and employee speaker series

Editorial Internship, Children's

Designer

• Learn about the world of publishing
• Work in the Art and Design department within adult, children’s, or corporate divisions
• Create covers and interior designs for books
• Set up hardcover and paperback mechanicals
• Conduct image, type, and illustrator research
• Create social media assets
• Collaborate with editorial and marketing departments on visual-packaging direction
• Gain exposure to the publishing process through panels, networking events, and employee speaker series

Art & Design Internship

• Evaluate book submissions and write reader’s reports
• Assist with copy writing
• Research comparative titles
• Attend virtual editorial meetings
• Provide insights based on personal reading and editors’ submissions
• Gain exposure to the publishing process through panels, networking events, and employee speaker series
• Support editorial work helping authors develop manuscripts into finished books

Editorial Internship

• Research new media contacts, influencers, and brand partnerships for title marketing campaigns
• Collaborate with the team to create content for author and imprint social media platforms
• Assist in select marketing book mailings remotely
• Attend team meetings and brainstorm promotional opportunities for titles
• Learn about the publishing process through panels, networking events, and employee speaker series
• Work with marketing and sales teams to promote books and writers

Intern, Marketing

General

• Research media contacts
• Craft pitches for publicity campaigns
• Track media coverage
• Mail books to media contacts
• Assist in select publicity book mailings remotely
• Attend team meetings and brainstorm new outlets or contacts
• Learn how to create publicity campaigns
• Develop skills in publicizing books
• Participate in panels and networking events
• Support publicity teams in adult publishing divisions

Publicity Intern

• Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion special projects
• Support third-party partnership activities
• Research DEI consultants and other service providers as potential PRH partners
• Research DEI standards across various industries
• Assist with reporting and data tracking
• Support the DEI team and leadership groups across the company
• Participate in panels, networking events, and employee speaker series to learn about publishing