By Lindsay Kaplan- Associate Publicist
I was once an English major. I know. Hard to believe.
In the sweet days of my youth I foolishly decided I would waltz into New York upon graduation, diploma in hand, and land a career in Publishing. My naïveté was as common as my resumé, which is to say laughable and extremely unimpressive. Yet I thought that if I could manage to get a foot in the door, I would talk my way into a career at a prestigious house.
I did.
But most undergrads out there lack my charm, sass, and willingness to blackmail. After all, that was way back in 2006, back when an assistant like myself had to walk to Madison Avenue uphill both ways.
Times have changed. Nowadays, an impressive internship is more important than an ordinary sheepskin. Publishing is a hard industry to crack without the right connections. That’s why I’ve decided to organize a publicity internship program starting in January.
If you or someone you know is a student in New York and want to put Oxford University Press on your resume this spring, read on. If not, skip right down to the comments and tell us all about your internship horror stories! (more…)