2025 Fall - 2026 Spring Internship Program: Publicity, Children's Books

Learn about the world of publishing!

 

Discover career opportunities with our PUBLICITY department in our CHILDRENS 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.

 

Some responsibilities may include:

• Researching media contacts
• Crafting pitches for publicity campaigns
• Tracking media coverage and mailing books to media 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:

Random House Childrens Books and Penguin Young Readers

 

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.

 

Application Deadline: March 17th, 2025 at 11:59pm EST

Program Dates: September 15th, 2025 – November 21st, 2025 AND January 12th, 2026 – March 20th , 2026

 

REQUIREMENTS & ELIGIBILITY

• Must be ready to work full-time on or before June 2026 (You do not need to be enrolled in college or have a degree to apply to our internship program).
• Able to work 21 hours/week throughout the program
• Available and commit to the program working September 15th, 2025 – November 21st, 2025 AND January 12th, 2026 – March 20th , 2026
• Must reside in the U.S. for the duration of th