Intern Opportunities: 31 March 2015

Paid internships

• Glamour.com is offering a paid editorial internship. 
• Penguin Random House UK is offering various paid internships. 

Graduate opportunities

• Orion books have a vacancy for a marketing assistant (application deadline today).  
• Macmillan has a vacancy for a team assistant (application deadline today). 
• Bloomsbury has a vacancy for a marketing assistant (application deadline today). 

Opportunity of the week…

John Blake Publishing Ltd is a multiple award-winning commercial non-fiction publishing house. They have a vacancy for a full-time Publishing Assistant. This ideal entry-level role will involve everything from doing essential administration and making tea to proofing manuscripts, assisting with publicity and liaising with all levels of management. The successful candidate will be confident and bright, with a good phone manner and ideally some previous work experience within publishing. Please reply with a CV and covering letter to words@blake.co.uk by Thursday 2nd April.

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Intern Opportunities: 24 March 2015

Paid internships

• Penguin Random House UK is offering a selection of paid internships (marketing, publicity and editorial). 
• Harper’s Bazaar is offering a paid 4-week art desk internship. 

Graduate opportunities

• Penguin Random House UK are accepting applications for The Scheme (entry-level marketing). 
• Orion Books has a vacancy for a marketing assistant.

Opportunity of the week…

OLDCASTLE BOOKS, a small book publisher located in Harpenden, has a work experience placement available from 1^st April 2015 until 30^th April. This will include a trip to the London Book Fair. If you’re interested and available please click here to apply. 

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My Pursuit Of Happiness

Einstein once said “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects”, so in a bid to make my 2015 outshine my 2014, I put my running shoes on this week and started training for a half marathon.

I’ve always been a big believer in goal setting – I’ve blogged about it many times before – and so, with my personal development review coming up, this blog post seems somewhat fitting. But not this time, because instead of writing about goal setting in the workplace, I’d like to write about some that are closer to home.

Over the past few years, I’ve been concentrating on my career and my journey at TimeInc, so much so that I now feel like its time for a shift. I think in life it’s easy for moments to just pass us by without a second thought. I’ve certainly been guilty of getting lost in the hustle and bustle of city life, daydreaming on the commute home or getting engrossed in social media. I feel like its time to come back to the present moment, before it slips away from me.

So after a long day at work, I dash to put my running shoes on and allow myself to run away with my own thoughts. As I move swiftly from one foot to the other, I find myself in each moment progressing closer to my goal, and to ultimately finding my own presence. As with all goal setting, it’s about keeping the end in mind and retaining the required focus. It’s that which keeps me going and sets the pace. It’s here I experience being present in the moment, what Patsy Rodenburg coins the ‘second circle’ - an amazing place where you’re focussed and energised – a place where new goals are realised.

It’s here I discover that I want to step outside of my comfort zone and go skydiving, and to take on new challenges like becoming a Tough Mudder. Simply put, I think this is what life is all about – setting and achieving goals. Someone’s words really resonated with me last week - they told me to stop thinking about doing it and to just do it – in other words live in the moment. All I have to do is focus. So as I turn to make my way back home, I carry on running through the breeze, taking a deep breath in and thinking to myself “be happy for this moment; for this moment is your life” (Omar Khayyam).

Intern Opportunities: 16 March 2015

Paid internships

• Vogue is offering a 6-month digital internship. 
• Conde Nast is offering a 6-month business development internship. 
• Cosmopolitan magazine is offering a paid digital internship. 
• Conde Nast is offering a 6-month finance internship. 

Graduate opportunities

• Tatler magazine has a vacancy for an Editorial Coorindinator. 
• Penguin Random House UK has a vacancy for an editorial assistant. 

Opportunity of the week…

Michelle Kass Associates Ltd, a literary agency in central London is looking for interns. The agency is staffed by four people that are passionate about books and film, representing a wonderful bunch of authors, directors and screenwriters. They are currently offering two-week work experience placements throughout Summer 2015. 

If this sounds like your ideal place to work, then apply for the placements via email (office@michellekass.co.uk) with your CV and cover letter by 24^th April. Your letter should briefly explain why you’d like to be considered for a placement, along with your availability between June and the end of September. Travel and lunch expenses will be reimbursed.

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Intern Opportunities: 10 March 2015

Paid internships

• Vogue is offering a 6-month digital internship. 
• MTV is offering an editorial internship. 

Graduate opportunities

• Random House has a vacancy for a publicity assistant (Transworld Publishers). 
• Tatler has a vacancy for an editorial co-ordinator. 
• Random House has a vacancy for a publicity assistant (Vintage Publishers). 

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