Seattle Publishing | Jobs
Employment Information
Our application process begins by sending a cover letter and resume: Attention Jobs, Seattle Publishing, 68 South Washington St, Seattle WA 98104. Call 206-903-1333 or email jobs@seattlepub.com if you have any questions. Our fax number is 206-903-8565.
Current Openings
None at this time.
Internship Information
Seattle Publishing, a company specializing in custom publishing, is offering four internships per quarter to qualified individuals. Quarters typically include Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep and Oct-Dec. Positions are available now for editorial-, marketing-, programming- and graphics-based internships on a part-time basis. Application to these internships can be completed by sending a cover letter, resume and samples to Amber Zapffel, Seattle Publishing, 68 South Washington Street, Seattle, WA 98104. Call 206-903-1333 for more information.
Editorial Intern
Our Editorial Internship introduces the publishing industry and its editorial procedures. Our editor (to whom the intern will report) works with clients, sets the editorial theme, works with other staff, works with freelancers, prepares mailings, researches, writes, proofreads, selects photographs, and prepares files for production. The intern will be exposed through demonstration and participation to all aspects of the editorial process.
Graphics Intern
Our Graphics Internship introduces the publishing industry and its production procedures. Our production manager (to whom the intern will report) works with clients, designs the publication, works with other staff, works with freelancers and vendors, builds ads, builds specific graphics, scans photos, assembles pages, prepares finished pages for pre-press and manages the print run. The intern will be exposed through demonstration and participation to all aspects of the design and production process.
Marketing Internship
Our Marketing Internship introduces the publishing industry and our company’s marketing practices and procedures. Our president (to whom the intern will report) creates monthly journals, works with other staff and freelancers, develops marketing strategies and then helps to implement. The intern will be exposed through demonstration and participation to all aspects of the marketing process.
Programming Internship
Being a part of our programming department means working on the supporting systems of Bicycle Paper, making our production staff’s lives easier by automating as much of the pre-press workflow as possible, developing and maintaining our clients’—and our own-websites, and making our clients happy by building solid, easy publication systems. We’re a small shop that accomplishes big things by always striving to work smarter, not harder. Programming is therefore key to our endeavors! We expect an incoming intern will have a solid, not necessarily deep, understanding of both front-end and back-end web development; semantic (X)HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and MySQL are the norm.
Intern Skills
The skills needed to succeed in this position are enthusiasm, honesty, a positive attitude and a willingness to learn and accept challenges. Good written and oral communication skills are essential. Familiarity with the Macintosh operating system using MS Word, email, web browsers, and Filemaker Pro (for editorial interns), and page layout software, Photoshop and HTML editors (for graphic interns) are a plus.
Commitment
The intern must be willing to commit for a period of time determined at acceptance of position. Most often this ranges averages 18 hours a week for 10-12 weeks. If the intern is obtaining college credit, school requirements must be submitted before start date.
Compensation
Internships are volunteer positions. Each intern will receive professional training inside a publishing company, access to otherwise hard-to-get experience, academic support with reports and meetings as required for credit, and the opportunity to fully "own" a published project — nothing is better for future job interviews than to tell stories to a committee about a piece you've published.
Seattle Publishing is a non-smoking environment. Seattle Publishing is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, age or disability.