Editorial Intern (Graduate-Level) – Fall 2017 Semester job – Harvard Business Publishing – Brighton, MA

The editorial intern will take on a mix of longer-term, more challenging projects as well as daily assignments.

Projects may include:

• Curating content for HBR’s email newsletters;
• Writing and posting social copy;
• Editing digital articles and other content;
• Conducting research and organizing information for editors;
• Writing video scripts;
• Moderating comments;
• Scanning RSS feeds and databases for new management research and the news for relevant stories;
• Performing competitive analysis and research
• Tracking performance metrics to help guide editorial thinking

To be successful, applicants must:

• Be pursuing a graduate level degree;
• Be an excellent writer and editor;
• Love the Internet;
• Believe that ideas have the power to change the world;
• Have great interpersonal and communication skills;
• Have an energetic and positive attitude, as well as a desire to learn;
• Be a self-starter;
• And have demonstrated an interest in exploring a career in media.

You do not need a knowledge of business content, but you’ll get more out of this experience if you’re interested in any or all of these types of things: psychology; diversity; group dynamics; economics; income inequality; what makes companies succeed or fail; problem solving; personal productivity; environmental challenges; and the kind of leadership the world needs now.