• Summer Internship - Marketing, Gift Books…

    HarperCollins Publishers (Nashville, TN)


    Overview

     

    Gain real-world job experience with a paid summer internship at HarperCollins Christian Publishing. As the world’s largest Christian publisher, we are home to authors: Sarah Young, Candace Cameron Bure, Sadie Robertson, Max Lucado, Louie Giglio, and many more. Build your resume with industry respected training and experience in both publishing and marketing/PR. The gift division prides itself in creating books with great content, as well as beautiful features such as four-color printing, leathersoft devotionals, cookbooks, and much more.

    Responsibilities

    The marketing intern will be responsible for assisting all the specialty marketing and public relations efforts as we prepare for our busy fall book launch season:

    The intern will:

    + Help to implement direct-to-consumer content and marketing campaigns through the following

    + Email and blog post creation

    + Creating inspirational & shareable social content

    + Analyzing real-time data to optimize goals

    + Assist with the discovery of bloggers and influencers for promotional efforts

    + Work with our publicity director to develop media kits and related press materials for authors

    + Put together a multi-faceted marketing campaign plan to reach 18–22-year-old consumers with our devotional content

    + Other duties as assigned

    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.”

    + Basic understanding of the Christian faith is preferred

    + Retail experience – especially in a book or gift store setting – is helpful, but not required

    + College junior or senior majoring in business, communications, English, journalism, marketing, public relations or related fields

    + Understanding of various social media platforms

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

    + Basic knowledge of social media and its benefits for marketing purposes

    + Graphic design experience a plus

     

    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_