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Internships
NOW CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS
PFD offers bright and enthusiastic first-timers an opportunity to discover what agencies are all about through our paid internship scheme. All applicants must be a British citizen or have a valid work permit, which we are unfortunately not able to organise on your behalf.
PFD interns work across all departments on a rotational basis: Books, Foreign Rights, Contemporary Classics, Broadcast, Film & TV, and Children’s. We aim for our interns to gain wide-ranging, hands-on experience of work in a literary agency, as well as a general sense of the different parts of the publishing industry. Day-to-day tasks may range from managing our social media accounts to reading submissions, writing reader reports to scheduling meetings, alongside many others.
You should have excellent administrative skills and great attention to detail, as well as the ability to juggle and prioritise multiple tasks at the same time – good time management is essential. A hard-working and enthusiastic attitude is also a must. No prior experience in the publishing industry is needed.
Our internship runs on 1 + 2-month basis, in which we initially take on our intern for one month, and if all is going well on both sides, we then extend the term for a further two months. We are a London based company, located at 55 New Oxford Street, and work in the office for a minimum of 4 days per week, with the option to work from home on Fridays. As this internship is a predominantly in-office, we cannot accept remote candidates. Office hours are 9:30am – 5:30pm with an hour-long break for lunch, and we pay our interns London Living Wage.
While we understand that AI tools may be helpful when writing cover letters and CVs, we would rather hear from you directly, with your own voice.
We are now CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS for our summer internship cycle. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications, we will not be unable to respond to each candidate individually. If you have not received a response from us by 1st May, please consider your application unsuccessful.