Summer Internship - Sales
About The Position
Ready to launch your career in book publishing? Join Sourcebooks, the fastest growing publisher in the U.S., and the home of an unparalleled number of bestselling books where creativity, innovation, and storytelling collide. We’re a team of passionate book lovers who bring extraordinary authors to readers in bold, data-driven, and entrepreneurial ways. 👉 This isn’t a coffee-run internship. You’ll contribute meaningfully to projects, collaborate with publishing professionals, and discover how your ideas can impact readers everywhere. This internship is ideal for a current college student or recent graduate eager to dive into the world of book publishing — especially the side that connects books with media, events, and promotion with the readers. You’ll get hands-on experience working on real publicity campaigns, collaborating with passionate team members, and you’ll learn how publicity helps stories reach new audiences. The Sourcebooks Sales department is responsible for presenting our titles to national bookstore chains and independent retailers, online retailers, wholesalers, jobbers, educators and librarians. The sales team prepares title presentations that they pitch to their accounts to secure orders and distribution.
Requirements
- Current college sophomores, juniors, seniors, or recent grads
- Cover Letter: Why publishing — and why Sourcebooks — excites you
- Cover Letter: What you hope to learn and contribute
- Cover Letter: How your creativity, curiosity, or love of books shines through
Responsibilities
- Become familiar with sales processes for all sales channels
- Trained on creating retail sales presentations and identifying comp title information with sales analytics
- Run and analyze weekly sales reporting
- Attend print decision meetings, launch and sales conference meetings, changing consumer needs, SB Connects and SB Breakthrough meetings.
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- Attend local store visits
Benefits
- Named #2 Most Loved Workplace by Newsweek (2024)
- Recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies (2024)
- Over 300 million lives changed through books — and counting
- A culture built on creativity, innovation, and impact
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
