Spring 2025 Intern

The Boston Book Festival, New England’s largest literary event, seeks interns for the Spring of 2025.

Come join the BBF team and go behind the scenes to produce this spectacular in-person festival of authors, illustrators, and spoken word performers.
 

BBF Interns work on a variety of projects, so we are looking for self-starters with a willingness to learn about the following:

• Copywriting and editing.
• Digital content creation and marketing.
• Communicating with media outlets, community partners, volunteers and publicists.
• Social media trends.
• Scheduling program line-up.
• Disseminating promotional materials/Working with Street Teams.
• Surveys and data collection.
• Various administrative tasks.

Office Culture:

We are a small but mighty and committed team in a casual office environment. We do require 2 days a week in-office (10 Guest St. in Brighton), although some days may end up being remote. Working on the BBF Team, interns have exceptional opportunities to learn about the publishing and book business and large-scale event production.

Schedule:

The ideal candidate will be able to join the team towards the end of February and stay on until the middle of May, working 10-12 hours per week. Interns are required to have and use one’s own cell phone and laptop/Chromebook.

Preferred Experience:

• Event production.
• Logistics/Operations.
• Social media content creation
• Demonstrated success working independently and on a team.

Preferred Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Superior organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong comfort with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Meta Suite, and Canva.
• Social media video editing experience.
• Attention to detail.
• And of course, a love of books and the written word!

Please send a cover letter and resume to info@bostonbookfest.org. Please put “2025 BBF Spring Internship” in the subject line. Please also include in your cover letter your availability, ie M, W, F or M-F. Candidates who are invited to interview will be asked to provide a writing sample, content creation samples and 2 references. Applications are due by January 15th, 2025.