Call for Departmental Interns: Spring 2025
Deep Vellum seeks interns for part-time educational internships for Spring 2025, running from mid-January through mid-May 2025. All internships are remote unless otherwise specified. Interns will work on a variety of titles from the Deep Vellum and Dalkey Archive catalogs.
This call is open through December 12, 2024.
Through this internship, regardless of the position you choose, you will learn the ins and outs of working at an independent publisher and will get face time with various departments. Our goal is that by the end of the season, you’re able to use the vocabulary of a small publisher, know your way around the departments, and have learned more about what it takes to bring out a book and support its journey.
In order to apply, please send an email to jobs@deepvellum.org. In the title of your email, please use the phrase “Internship Spring 2025.” In your email, please attach your resume and cover letter, alongside the departmental positions for which you’d like to be considered.
Departments seeking interns:
Deep Vellum Bookstore (hybrid/in-person at our Dallas store):
Interns will gain on-the-ground experience at our in-person hub, assisting with programming and book clubs as well as the physical management and organization of inventory, shelving, and fulfillment.
Production (10-20 hours/week):
Production interns will learn about the practical side of how a manuscript becomes a physical book, from Word Doc to printer. This internship will include learning about the logistics that keep the wheels of publishing turning, as well as giving interns significant training and experience in copyediting, proofreading, and design/layout.
Marketing (10 hours/week):
Interns will participate in a variety of tasks to familiarize themselves with the Dalkey Archive, Deep Vellum, Phoneme, A Strange Object, and La Reunion catalogs. Tasks will include research and assistance pertaining to forthcoming titles, including book descriptions, regional promotions, academic marketing, social media, and eBlasts, alongside more technical aspects of metadata, sales, and distribution.
Publicity (10 hours/week):
Interns will learn about what goes into a book’s promotional plan at an independent press and get hands-on experience crafting and executing publicity plans and outreach. Tasks may include designing press releases, researching outlets and angles, assisting in the planning of book tours, maintaining records of press coverage, submitting books for literary awards and festivals, and crafting individualized pitches for forthcoming titles.
Development (10 hours/week):
The development intern will support fundraising initiatives, including managing donor records in Salesforce, researching funding opportunities, coordinating grant applications, and maintaining the grant calendar. This role provides hands-on experience in nonprofit development, including fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and grant management. .
Rights (10 hours/week):
The rights intern will assist in building and maintaining a rights database from the ground up. In addition, interns will gain experience drafting submission letters as part of our subsidiary rights program.