Editorial Internship - 20 hours per week - The Joint Commission

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