About the internship Join the small and friendly team at our independent bookshop in south London for the summer and take your first steps on a career in retail or publishing. The Bookselling and Website Editing Intern will join us full-time for eight weeks at our bookshop in Balham. This is a full-time placement based at our bookshop, with no working from home. The successful candidate will join us for eight weeks beginning 8 July 2025, working Tuesdays to Saturdays, with regular daytime and evening shifts. The summer intern will be paid the London Living Wage (£13.85 an hour). Applications close at midnight on 18th May. What the role will involve We're a very small team so tasks will be different from day to day. The successful candidate will be a good team player who can adapt to the changing requirements of the bookshop. You will gain broad experience of bookselling, ecommerce and marketing. You will work with enthusiastic and book-loving customers and colleagues, meeting authors at in-store events, reading proof copies of forthcoming books and talking about your favourite reads. You will be on your feet for most of the day, five days a week. Enthusiasm, a good sense of humour and a willingness to work hard are essential. Required: Useful but not essential: Tasks will include: Skills you'll develop: customer service, copywriting, proofreading, knowledge of the publishing industry, retail skills, inventory management, attention to detail, ecommerce skills, content creation, time management, organisation, teamwork and multi-tasking. Please email your answers to the following, as PDF attachments with your name at the top of each page to [email protected] by midnight on 18th May: In no more than 100 words, please describe a book you recently enjoyed. Job Description
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