• Summer Internship - Marketing, Thomas Nelson…

    HarperCollins Publishers (Nashville, TN)


    Overview

     

    The marketing intern will gain broad exposure to the publishing process as well as be responsible for assisting in various marketing and publicity functions for the Thomas Nelson fiction team.

    Responsibilities

    + Attend team meetings, including but not limited to titling, staff, title alignment (TAM), marketing team meetings, and sales conference

    + Assist in creating social media marketing assets (i.e. social graphics) and content schedules/calendars

    + Help to implement promotional campaigns

    + Learn to manage Librarian and Reviewer requests through NetGalley

    + Help manage the creation and distribution/mailing of book copies to reviewers, media, authors, and sales

    + Assist in the creative pieces of writing advertising, keywords, email, website, and ad copy

    + Research marketing trends and industry competitors, as well as compile marketing data from internal sources, such as Power BI

    + Some clerical work (i.e. photocopying, printing and binding manuscripts, filing, email, note taking, etc.)

    Qualifications

    + Candidates who are available to work in a full-time capacity in 2026 or 2027 are eligible for this internship; open to rising seniors, recent graduates, master’s students, or entry level candidates with up to two years of work experience.

    + Candidates must be available to work 28 hours per week, Monday through Thursday, from June 8 to August 13, 2026. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are mandatory in-office days at our Nashville headquarters, while Mondays and Thursdays are remote workdays. Compensation for this internship is $18 per hour.

    + Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

    + A resume and cover letter are required; applications without a cover letter will not be considered. Please address your cover letter to “Hiring Team.”

    + Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)

    + Canva design experience a plus

    + Basic knowledge of social media and digital marketing

    + Excellent communication skills, both interpersonal and written, with strong knowledge of English grammar and usage, and good use of tact and diplomacy

    + Team player

    + Research skills

    + Candidates should have a working knowledge of how Marketing, Public Relations and Sales work together. General understanding of the fiction market is a plus but not required.

     

    HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job. **That’s why cover letters are strongly preferred.**

     

    HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected] . Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests.

     

    The deadline to apply is October 10, 2025 by 11:59 pm ET.

     

    _HarperCollins Christian Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Employer._

     

    **Job Locations** _US-TN-Nashville_

    **Category** _Marketing_