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 🔗NPS Unigrid Brochure Publications Intern – 400 hours

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Harpers Ferry, WV (Remote)
  • $17.00 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Harpers Ferry Center for Media Services - Publications Office
  • Job Reference #: 4113c
  • Job Summary: The intern will support the production of printed Unigrid brochures for national parks through writing, editing, and production-related tasks.
  • Job Qualifications:

    Ideal for a student or recent graduate with significant coursework in English, writing/editing, journalism, communications, marketing, or allied fields. Must have excellent writing, editing, and organizational skills and attention to detail. Must be able to work independently and communicate via email and video conferencing. Must have access to Microsoft Teams. Experience using the Chicago Manual of Style or other style guides is preferred but not required.

  • How to Apply:

    Click on the application button at this listing and follow the instructions to apply online.

  • Job benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Application Email: waso_cr-intern@nps.gov

Website National Park Service/NCPE Internship Program

Harpers Ferry Center is the interpretive media center for the National Park Service. HFC creates a variety of interpretive products including audiovisual programs, historic furnishings, indoor and wayside exhibits, maps, signs, publications, and virtual tours. The Center also maintain the Commissioned Art Collection and NPS History Collection.

The Harpers Ferry Center (HFC) Publications Office produces the iconic “black band” Unigrid brochures distributed at national parks (see collection). There are about 400 titles for most official National Park Service (NPS) units. In an average year, HFC prints over 20 million copies of about 200 different titles. The small-but-mighty team includes writer-editors, designers, cartographers, and program and print production staff.

The successful candidate will work with writer-editors to update and maintain the HFC Editorial Style Guide, which is used by staff across the NPS for communicating with the public through NPS.gov, printed products, and exhibits. They will compare the current style guide with selected dictionaries and style guides to ensure consistency and accuracy of entries and will draft suggested changes. They will propose copyedits to selected park Unigrid text using HFC style. They will also assist printing specialists with project management of Unigrid brochures by monitoring schedules and status reports. Additional duties could include assisting with the creation of accessible PDFs through tasks like drafting alternative text for images.

This position is part-time, with an approximate and flexible schedule of 10–15 hours per week that may be adjusted according to the intern’s needs.

This is a remote position; work will be performed in the intern’s work environment using their personal equipment.

This position is part of the Internship Program administered by the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE). The program is a partnership between the National Park Service and NCPE. The successful applicants must be 30 years of age or younger (or 35 years or younger if a Veteran) when they begin the internship. Other eligibility requirements apply; visit https://preservenet.org/ncpe-internships/ for details and instructions on how to apply.

Qualified NCPE interns who complete their internships may count their position towards earning a Public Land Corps (PLC) Non-Competitive Hiring Authority certificate.  Once earned, the PLC hiring authority certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal temporary, term, or permanent positions. Visit the website listed above for details about this benefit. Successful completion of the internship does not guarantee Federal employment.