Summer internship at Penguin Books

Make your mark by spending 8 weeks with the UK's largest publisher in one of 9 different London-based teams.

Whether you’ve always known you want to work with books or want to dip your toe in the water – work alongside the best, behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest publisher.

Our paid training programmes are perfectly positioned to set you up for future success. We’ll teach you everything you need to know about publishing and Penguin. You don’t need to have a degree or any industry experience – just start here.

As a Summer Intern at Penguin, you could spend 8 weeks working in one of the following roles:

• Michael Joseph Marketing Intern
• Harvill Editorial Intern
• Digital Marketing and Ecommerce Intern
• Children's Licensing Editorial Intern
• Hamish Hamilton Editorial Intern
• Commercial Legal Intern
• Audio Publishing Operations Intern
• Vintage Fiction Editorial Intern
• Penguin Classics Marketing Intern

Applications close on Sunday 29th March at 23:59.

Our Summer Interns are paid the London Living Wage - £14.80/hour.

The programme starts on Monday 6th July and finishes on Friday 28th August.

Please note that this is a full time hybrid position. You will be working from 9:30am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday. You will be expected to be in person in our London office for at least 2 days per week.

Eligibility criteria

You'll need to be over 18 by the programme start date (6th July 2026).

You'll need to have the right to work and train in the UK for the duration of the programme. It is your responsibility to check whether this is the case and we're afraid that we're unable to sponsor applicants.

Not have completed the Summer Internship or The Scheme programme in previous years.

Identify as coming from a lower socio-economic background, based on the following criteria.

You’ll either have been eligible for free school meals, or at age 14 your highest-earning parent/guardian was not self-employed or in senior management, and was employed in one of the following categories:

• Technical and craft occupations such as: motor mechanic, fitter, inspector, plumber, printer, tool maker, electrician, gardener, train driver
• Semi-routine manual and service occupations such as: postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, receptionist, sales assistant
• Routine manual and service occupations such as: HGV driver, van driver, cleaner, porter, packer, sewing machinist, messenger, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff
• Unemployed but seeking work.

We recognise these are broad categories that may not fully reflect the many hundreds of jobs out there, or exactly fit your family situation. Please use your judgement when self-identifying.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.