Editorial Internship

Overview:
The Joint Commission Enterprise is a global driver of quality improvement and patient safety in health care and is nationally recognized for its achievements in the health care accreditation process. Joint Commission Resources, the global publishing, educational, and consulting affiliate of The Joint Commission Enterprise, is currently seeking an Editorial Intern to join our team in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, for the summer of 2024. This internship is ideal for a college student interested in gaining hands-on experience in publishing. The intern will have the opportunity to work on a variety of different projects, including our standards manuals, digital newsletters, and books and e-books. This is a great opportunity to become familiar with all facets of the editorial process.

Responsibilities:
Intern will assist editorial staff with the following:

Editing copy; checking and entering subject matter review comments and copyedits

Working in Oxygen XML editor to assist with changes to standards manuals

Working in Adobe InCopy to make proofreading corrections to digital newsletters

Assisting with content updates for our winter 2024 publications, including print and digital books

Preparing manuscripts for production

Assisting with art, resource, and permissions logs

Writing short summary pieces for digital newsletters

Performing quality control for publications

Attending editorial team meetings and huddles

Qualifications:
We are looking to hire a detail-oriented intern who meets the following requirements:

Currently enrolled student majoring in English, rhetoric, journalism, publishing, or communications

Entering their junior or senior year of college preferred

Has maintained at least a B average in their major

Has an interest in book/newsletter/web publishing and/or health care publishing

Is available 20 hours a week—8 hours in person on Wednesday and Thursday of each week and 4 additional hours of remote work

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