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!

The Marketing department develops and implements creative marketing campaigns including advertising, social media, and bookstore displays. Marketers work closely with sales to learn what’s happening in the market and, to help them promote and share their enthusiasm about books and writers.

Some responsibilities may include:

Researching new media contacts, influencers, new audience opportunities and brand partnerships for title marketing campaigns
Collaborating with the team to create content for author and imprint social media platforms
Copywriting for marketing materials
Assisting in select marketing book mailings (remotely)
Attending team meetings to help brainstorm promotional opportunities for titles

Departments

The departments seeking an intern may include:

Penguin Young Readers

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM DETAILS

Penguin Random House offers a 10-week PAID, REMOTE internship opportunity available in our adult, children’s, and corporate divisions. Interns are exposed to the publishing process and our business through panels, networking events, and employee speaker series!

Summer interns work for 28 hours per week and are paid $21/hour.

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: October 6th 2025 at 11:59pm EST

Program Dates: June 8th, 2026 – August 13th, 2026

REQUIREMENTS & ELIGIBILITY

Must be ready to work full-time on or before June 2027 (You do not need to be enrolled in college or have a degree to apply to our internship program).
Able to work 28 hours/week throughout the program
Available and commit to the program working June 8th, 2026 – August 13th, 2026
Must reside in the U.S. for the duration of the internship program
Must be over the age of 18

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About the company

Penguin Random House

Company overview

Penguin Random House is a global trade book publisher that releases adult, children’s, and young adult books across a large portfolio of imprints. Penguin Random House publishes print, ebooks, and audiobooks, and works with authors from debut to bestselling. Penguin Random House operates internationally across multiple markets and languages, with major publishing operations in the US and UK. Penguin Random House is owned by Bertelsmann.

Locations and presence

Penguin Random House is headquartered in New York City and has a major UK presence in London, alongside other offices and operations across many countries. Working patterns vary by role and region, with US corporate publishing roles often advertised with remote options and UK early-career roles commonly set up as hybrid.

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Penguin Random House is unusually accessible for early-career candidates because paid internships recur across many functions, and the UK “Scheme” style pathways reduce common barriers like CV gatekeeping. Pay signals are better than the publishing industry baseline, including paid internships and a raised US entry-level salary floor, backed by a benefits package that helps early-career stability. The limiting factor is outcomes evidence: public proof of typical progression and retention is patchy outside of individual stories and review-site sentiment.

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2026 Summer Remote Internship: Marketing -- Childrens

Penguin Random House

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Penguin Random House

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