2025 Fall - 2026 Spring Internship Program: Publicity, Adult Books ID-13526

About the role

Learn about the world of publishing! Discover career opportunities with our PUBLICITY department in our ADULT divisions. WHO WE ARE: Our dedicated team of publishing professionals is committed to helping authors realize their very best work and to finding innovative new ways of bringing stories and ideas to audiences worldwide. Find your story in our books! Publicity professionals generate exposure and "buzz" for new books and are the biggest advocates of the titles to the media. Publicists pitch newspapers, television, radio stations, websites and bloggers with the hope the press will review our titles and feature stories about forthcoming books and authors. Publicists also help create social media outreach, author tours, author signings, readings, and other events. 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contacts Assisting in select publicity book mailings (remotely) Attending team meetings to help brainstorm new outlets or contacts to pitch our books Departments The departments seeking an intern may include: Dutton, Crown, Knopf Doubleday INTERNSHIP PROGRAM DETAILS Penguin Random House offers an immersive 20-week PAID, REMOTE internship opportunity through the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026, available in our adult, children's, and corporate divisions. Interns will have the opportunity to learn how to create publicity campaigns, work on projects to develop skills in publicizing books and receive robust training from our publicity teams to support professional growth. Our interns are also exposed to the publishing process and our business through panels, networking events, and a mentoring program! What you study does not matter! We are looking for your desire to work with books, your drive to learn and your curiosity for the publishing industry.

About the company

Penguin Random House is the leading adult and children's publishing house in North America, the United Kingdom and many other regions around the world. In publishing the best books in every genre and subject for all ages, we are committed to quality, excellence in execution, and innovation throughout the entire publishing process: editorial, design, marketing, publicity, sales, production, and distribution. Our vibrant and diverse international community of nearly 300 publishing brands and imprints include Ballantine Bantam Dell, Berkley, Clarkson Potter, Crown, DK, Doubleday, Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, Little Golden Books, Knopf, Modern Library, Pantheon, Penguin Books, Penguin Press, Penguin Random House Audio, Penguin Young Readers, Portfolio, Puffin, Putnam, Random House, Random House Children's Books, Riverhead, Ten Speed Press, Viking, and Vintage, among others.
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