Internships

Internships in English are available for qualified graduate and undergraduate English majors. Internships—which offer on-the-job training for students as interns for regional or online employers—are designed to give students practical experience applying the writing, research and editorial skills learned in the classroom. Internship students will gain a solid understanding of employers’ requirements; employers, in turn, will become acquainted with the intelligence, versatility, and skill of WPU's best students. Internships will thereby serve to suggest and develop realistic career choices for students after graduation. For a full list of paid and unpaid internships as well as employment opportunities, please use the Career Center's online computerized job matching service at WP Internal Jobs.

Information on Applying to Internships and Enrolling in the Internship Course
 
Sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students in good standing should consider enrolling in the Internship Course (490 or 590) for the fall, spring, or summer semester. If you are interested in pursuing an internship, you should begin your research immediately. Please note that, during the academic year, the course meets once a month face-to-face. All other meetings are online. During the summer, our course meets strictly online. If you have any questions after having carefully reviewed the following steps for enrolling in the Internship Course, please contact Professor Martha Witt.

Instructions
 
1. Review the course requirements: ENG 4900 for undergraduates, ENG 5900 for graduates.


2. If you are eligible and interested, please visit the following two links:

3. Prepare an appropriate cover letter and resume for each individual internship to which you are applying. Be sure to address your letter to the correct person, and be sure to tailor your letter to the internship advertised. DO NOT send a letter or resume until you have had an appointment at the Career Development Center for editorial feedback.  The phone number is 973.720.2281. Their website is http://www.wpunj.edu/career-advisement/.


4. When your cover letter and resume are error-free, please follow instructions for applying to the internship.


5. Once you have been accepted to an internship, ask the employer to send an e-mail to Professor Martha Witt at wittm@wpunj.edu verifying the type of work and number of hours you are expected to work. Please remember that this is an English Department Internship, which means that your work must entail primarily writing, reading, and research.


6. Once I have received a letter from your employer, I will give you permission to enroll in the Internship Course. Please note: Most programs require that interns receive university credit for internships; however, we do offer a few non-credit-bearing internships. Please contact Martha Witt if you are interested in a non-credit-bearing internship.


WP English majors have interned at the following places (and more!): 
Teen Vogue (tasks: fashion writing, editing, working with fashion samples) 
Elevated Learning (Creating materials for workshops about teaching English Language Learners) 
Hertz Rent-a-Car (public relations, business correspondence, copy editing) 
Simon and Schuster, Free Press (reading submissions, writing rejection letters, writing flap copy, writing reader’s reports, attending editorial meetings)
IntrigueMag (working on an online platform, writing articles, editing) 
IT! Public Relations (marketing luxury products) 
W.W. Norton and Company (tasks: writing rejection letters, writing reader’s reports, reading submissions) 
Sandbox Strategies (PR and marketing)
Advantage Business Media (technical writing) 
MTV Press Department (writing press releases and pitches) 
Marc Aronson Company (marketing) 
Map Literary (editorial work with WPU's literary magazine) 
New Jersey Film Office (analyzing outlines and screenplays) 
Rutgers University (researching and writing press releases) 
Maximum Exposure (editing, writing press releases, pitches, and media alerts) 
stylesalt.com (writing articles, assisting with maintaining the website) 
B. Swibel Presents and Playing Pretend Productions (creating storyboards, reading, reporting on submissions) 
CBS Sports (writing synopses of clippings, organizing stats, attending office meetings, contacting various colleges/universities) 
Ebony Magazine (writing letters, transcribing, assisting with celebrity interviews) 
Dunlow, Carlson and Lerner Literary Agency (reading queries, ms submissions, and writing reader’s reports) 
WPU HSS Newsletter (writing all copy for the HSS newsletter)
Wunderkind PR (press releases) 
Wiley and Sons Publishing (reviewing textbook materials) 
The DailyKey: An online magazine dedicated to health and wellness 
New Jersey Film Office Internship (reading scripts and working with filmmakers)