What are the responsibilities and job description for the Editorial Internship position at The Joint Commission?
We want to provide an intern a real-world learning opportunity to experience the stages of publishing, from development to publication, first-hand.
The Joint Commission Enterprise is a global driver of quality improvement and patient safety in health care and is nationally recognized for its achievements in the health care accreditation process. Joint Commission Resources, the global publishing, educational, and consulting affiliate of The Joint Commission Enterprise, is currently seeking an Editorial Intern to join our team in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, for the summer of 2025. This internship is ideal for a college student interested in gaining hands-on experience in publishing. The intern will have the opportunity to work on article writing assignments for any one of 3 department newsletters; composing alt text; creating image logs; updates to accreditation/certification standards manuals; other duties tbd. This is a great opportunity to become familiar with all facets of the editorial process.
Responsibilities
Intern will assist editorial staff with the following:
- Editing copy in Word; checking and entering subject matter review comments and copyedits
- Assisting with changes to standards manuals
- Working in Adobe InCopy to make proofreading corrections to digital newsletters
- Assisting with content updates for publications, including print and digital books
- Preparing manuscripts for production
- Assisting with art, resource, and permissions logs
- Writing short summary pieces for digital newsletters
- Performing quality control, research, and fact-checking for publications
- Attending and participating in editorial team meetings and huddles
- Supporting communication/marketing efforts about current department offerings
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
We are looking to hire a detail-oriented intern who meets the following requirements:
- Currently enrolled student majoring in English, rhetoric, journalism, publishing, or communications
- Entering their junior or senior year of college preferred
- Has maintained at least a B average in their major
- Has an interest in book/newsletter/web publishing and/or health care publishing
- Designated days when the department is in office. Currently that is Wednesday/Thursday, may change to Monday/Tuesday.
- Is available 20 hours a week—8 hours in person two days each week and 4 additional hours of remote work
Interested candidates should attach a brief letter of interest (200 words or less) to the application
The Joint Commission offers a comprehensive benefits package. For an overview of our benefits package, please visit our Joint Commission Career Page
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by an employee assigned to this position. The description is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and abilities, and working conditions associated with this position. All requirements are subject to possible modification and reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.