Intern, Publisher Relations

Summary

Join ITHAKA, the parent organization of JSTOR, as a Publisher Relations Intern! This 12-week internship (June 2, 2025 - August 29, 2025), offers practical experience in managing relationships with academic publishers and learning about scholarly publishing. You'll contribute to projects focused on identifying new content resources, supporting new content acquisition for LLM revenue opportunities, and assisting with the conversion of licensed journals to open access. The role involves market research, collaboration with internal teams, and data analysis. The internship reports to the Senior Publisher Relations Manager and requires strong communication and research skills. Apply by January 31, 2025.

Requirements

• Be a current graduate student or upper-level undergraduate student enrolled in a field related to publishing, library sciences, or information management
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills
• Be comfortable working with data and conducting research
• Be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and Google Suite
• Have the ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Have a passion for learning and contributing to the dissemination of academic knowledge

Responsibilities

• Investigate New Content Resources
• Conduct market research to help identify emerging trends in the academic market and support the inclusion of new, sought-after content on JSTOR
• Explore potential partnerships with new-to-JSTOR academic publishers, including developing tailored outreach strategies to attract new OA content providers
• Expand the pipeline of new-to-JSTOR open access content across content types
• Collaborate with internal teams to streamline workflows and processes for onboarding new OA content, and support these onboarding processes on an ongoing basis
• Provide regular updates and reports to the CSR team on OA pipeline growth, content acquisition metrics, and project status for any ongoing initiatives
• Support the CSR team’s efforts to partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify in-demand content for Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI initiatives
• Assist the CSR team in building a pipeline of content providers interested in licensing their content for use by AI tools and securing permissions to license this content
• Conduct additional research and analysis as needed to confirm the CSR team’s initial determination of a journal’s Open Access status
• Assist in identifying licensed titles that could be added to the JSTOR platform as substitutes for titles that have converted to full-run OA on JSTOR
• Support the onboarding process for existing licensed titles that convert to OA on JSTOR

Benefits

• $20.00 hourly starting salary
• Remote work