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2027 Summer Internship- Editorial, Harper Influence(NYC)

HarperCollins Publishers · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
Education$18/hrVolunteer
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role (maybe from first paragraph), Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills? There's a list of ideal candidate traits: "Proactive and attentive to detail Engaged and thoughtful communicator willing to coordinate cross-departmental work Immense love for contemporary fiction in these categories particularly: book club fiction, women’s fiction, literary fiction, mystery/thriller/crime/suspense". That could be Skills or Qualities. Also Pay: compensation $18 per hour. Schedule: Monday-Thursday 28 hours per week, June 7 – August 12, 2027. Also note about availability for full-time capacity in 2027 or 2028 etc. Also note about application deadline etc but we must remove application instructions? The instruction says: remove application instructions. The deadline to apply is October 1, 2026 by 11:59 pm ET. That's an application instruction? It's a deadline; maybe considered application instruction? The instruction says remove application instructions. Likely we should drop deadline and cover letter instructions etc. Also remove EEO boilerplate. Also remove accommodation request line? That's also maybe not needed? It's not boilerplate but could be considered accommodation statement; but it's not EEO? Might keep? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The accommodation request is not EEO but could be considered legal? Might be safe to keep? However it's a statement about accommodation; could be considered legal. Safer to remove? The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Accommodation request is not exactly EEO but could be considered legal. I'd remove it to be safe. Also remove "HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation..." line. Also remove "HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer." line. We need to preserve all substantive information: role description, responsibilities list, qualifications (availability, hours, compensation, eligibility, work authorization, resume/cover letter? Actually cover letter requirement is application instruction; we should remove that. But the requirement of resume and cover letter is application instruction; we should drop. However "Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States." is substantive qualification; keep. "Ideal candidates are either currently enrolled in or have recently graduated from an undergraduate or master’s program." keep. "A passion for books is highly valued!" keep. Then list of traits. We need sections: About the role (first paragraph). Responsibilities (list). Qualifications (maybe combine eligibility, availability, work auth, etc). Skills (maybe the traits). Pay (compensation $18 per hour). Schedule (Monday-Thursday 28 hours per week, June 7 – August 12, 2027). Benefits? Not mentioned. So we omit Benefits. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have concrete pay and schedule. We must output only HTML fragment. Let's craft:

About the role

In this role, you will be involved across aspects of the editorial administrative day-to-day of the Harper Influence group. You will report to a senior editor and assistant editor on the team, and will learn and be responsible for key tasks involved in author relations, manuscript routing and evaluation, seasonal book launch preparation, fact sheet and copy writing, jacket design, and other areas. This is a great opportunity to do hands-on work with the editors responsible for internationally prominent titles in fiction and select nonfiction.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a working understanding of the teams and tasks involved in publication of the Harper imprint’s books.
  • Learn important publishing software programs and use them to assist in author communications, expense processing, and other departmental functions.
  • Help read and evaluate submissions.
  • Help prepare submissions to literary awards.
  • Contribute to preparation for the launch of upcoming titles.
  • Attend meetings of interest.
  • You’ll have a great chance to get to know editors and other staff.

Qualifications

  • Candidates must be available to work in our NYC office from Monday – Thursday for a total of 28 hours per week, from June 7 – August 12, 2027.
  • Compensation for this internship is $18 per hour.
  • Candidates who are available to work in a full-time capacity in 2027 or 2028 are eligible for this internship; open to rising seniors, recent graduates, master’s students, or entry level candidates with up to 1 year of work experience.
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
  • Ideal candidates are either currently enrolled in or have recently graduated from an undergraduate or master’s program.
  • A passion for books is highly valued!
But we also have traits list: "Proactive and attentive to detail Engaged and thoughtful communicator willing to coordinate cross-departmental work Immense love for contemporary fiction in these categories particularly: book club fiction, women’s fiction, literary fiction, mystery/thriller/crime/suspense". Could be a Skills section. Let's create a Skills section:

Skills

  • Proactive and attentive to detail
  • Engaged and thoughtful communicator willing to coordinate cross-departmental work
  • Immense love for contemporary fiction, particularly book club fiction, women’s fiction, literary fiction, mystery/thriller/crime/suspense
But we already have Qualifications list; maybe better to split: Qualifications (eligibility, availability, work auth) and Skills (traits). However the instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We have About, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule. That's many sections. Could combine Pay and Schedule into Qualifications? But they said include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Pay and Schedule are specific. Could combine Pay and Schedule into a "Compensation and Schedule" section. But they said use headings like Pay, Schedule. However they said "Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So they expect those headings if content exists. We have Pay and Schedule content, so we should include them as separate sections. But we also have Qualifications and Skills. That's many sections but maybe okay. We could combine Qualifications and Skills into one "Qualifications" section that includes both eligibility and traits. But they said prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Having many thin sections may be discouraged. Let's see: we have About (substantive), Responsibilities (substantive list), Qualifications (could include eligibility, work auth, passion, etc), Pay (single line), Schedule (single line). That's 5 sections. Could we merge Pay and Schedule into a "Compensation and Schedule" section? But they didn't list that as example heading; they gave Pay and Schedule as examples. However we could still create a combined section with heading "Compensation and Schedule"? The instruction says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests using those. Safer to follow examples: use Pay and Schedule as separate headings. Thus we will have About, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule. That's 6 sections. Might be okay. But we need to ensure we don't repeat content. Let's extract qualifications: availability, compensation, full-time capacity eligibility, work authorization, ideal candidate enrollment, passion for books. That's a lot; we could keep them in Qualifications. Skills: proactive, attentive to detail; engaged communicator; love for contemporary fiction categories. Now check for any duplicated lines: we have "Candidates must be available to work in our NYC office from Monday – Thursday for a total of 28 hours per week, from June 7 – August 12, 2027." That's schedule; we also have that in Qualifications if we keep there. Better to move schedule to Schedule section and remove from Qualifications. Similarly compensation to Pay section. Thus Qualifications will contain: eligibility (full-time capacity 2027/2028, rising seniors etc), work authorization, ideal candidate enrollment, passion for books. Also maybe "Candidates who are available to work in a full-time capacity in 2027 or 2028 are eligible for this internship; open to rising seniors, recent graduates, master’s students, or entry level candidates with up to 1 year of work experience." That's eligibility. Also "Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States." Also "Ideal candidates are either currently enrolled in or have recently graduated from an undergraduate or master’s program." Also "A passion for books is highly valued!" We could also include "Candidates must be available to work in our NYC office from Monday – Thursday for a total of 28 hours per week, from June 7 – August 12, 2027." but that's schedule. Thus Qualifications section will have those points. Now Skills section: proactive, attentive to detail; engaged and thoughtful communicator willing to coordinate cross-departmental work; immense love for contemporary fiction in these categories particularly: book club fiction, women’s fiction, literary fiction, mystery/thriller/crime/suspense. Now Pay section:

Compensation for this internship is $18 per hour.

Schedule section:

Candidates must be available to work in our NYC office from Monday – Thursday for a total of 28 hours per week, from June 7 – August 12, 2027.

Now ensure we didn't include any boilerplate: removed EEO, accommodation request, cover letter requirement, deadline, etc. Check for any leftover boilerplate: "HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation..." removed. "HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer." removed. "Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests." removed. "The deadline to apply is October 1, 2026 by 11:59 pm ET." removed. "A resume and cover letter are required; applications without a cover letter will not be considered. Please address your cover letter to “Hiring Team.”" removed. Now output HTML fragment. Let's craft:

About the role

In this role, you will be involved across aspects of the editorial administrative day-to-day of the Harper Influence group. You will report to a senior editor and assistant editor on the team, and will learn and be responsible for key tasks involved in author relations, manuscript routing and evaluation, seasonal book launch preparation, fact sheet and copy writing, jacket design, and other areas. This is a great opportunity to do hands-on work with the editors responsible for internationally prominent titles in fiction and select nonfiction.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a working understanding of the teams and tasks involved in publication of the Harper imprint’s books.
  • Learn important publishing software programs and use them to assist in author communications, expense processing, and other departmental functions.
  • Help read and evaluate submissions.
  • Help prepare submissions to literary awards.
  • Contribute to preparation for the launch of upcoming titles.
  • Attend meetings of interest.
  • You’ll have a great chance to get to know editors and other staff.

Qualifications

  • Candidates who are available to work in a full-time capacity in 2027

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