Audio Publishing Operations Intern
| Posting date: | 16 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £14.80 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Penguin Books UK |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Audio Publishing Operations Intern
Are you a creative problem solver, who is detail-driven and ready to get stuck into complex projects? Do you enjoy understanding how systems work and improving them? If audiobooks interest you and you thrive in a fast-paced environment, this could be the role for you.
A bit about the team and projects you'll work on:
Penguin Audio is the UK’s leading audiobook publisher, producing exceptional listening experiences across every division. The Audio Publishing Operations team sits at the centre of the department, ensuring processes run smoothly from acquisition through to post-publication, responding to challenges in real time and connecting teams across the department to keep projects on track.
You’ll support day-to-day operational work, including updating metadata, maintaining our top titles across retailer platforms, assisting with sample clip preparation and contributing to a large-scale archiving project. You’ll attend production meetings and gain visibility into recording schedules, casting and studio operations. A key project will involve analysing and organising data as part of an evolving partnership with Audible, helping strengthen publishing processes and retailer relationships. This role blends logistics, data management and creative awareness, offering a behind-the-scenes view of how audiobooks are produced and positioned.
Knowledge and skills you’ll gain: Understanding of end-to-end audio publishing workflows; insights into retailer platforms and merchandising; data analysis; operational project management; stakeholder communication and cross-team collaboration; quality control processes; audio terminology; studio insight; process optimisation.
About our Summer Internship
This role is part of our summer internship programme at Penguin Random House UK. Please note that our summer internship is a positive action training programme, aimed at bringing new voices into the business. As a result, we will only be accepting applications from candidates who identify as coming from a lower socio-economic background. You can find more information about this eligibility criteria on our careers site or in the application form.
You must also be over the age of 18 and have the existing right to work in the UK in order to apply for this internship role. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas as the summer internship does not meet the minimum requirements for visa sponsorship.
Applications close on Sunday 29th March at 23:59.
Our summer interns are paid the London living wage.
Summer interns will be expected to join us in the business for 8 weeks from Monday 6th July 2026.
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.
Are you a creative problem solver, who is detail-driven and ready to get stuck into complex projects? Do you enjoy understanding how systems work and improving them? If audiobooks interest you and you thrive in a fast-paced environment, this could be the role for you.
A bit about the team and projects you'll work on:
Penguin Audio is the UK’s leading audiobook publisher, producing exceptional listening experiences across every division. The Audio Publishing Operations team sits at the centre of the department, ensuring processes run smoothly from acquisition through to post-publication, responding to challenges in real time and connecting teams across the department to keep projects on track.
You’ll support day-to-day operational work, including updating metadata, maintaining our top titles across retailer platforms, assisting with sample clip preparation and contributing to a large-scale archiving project. You’ll attend production meetings and gain visibility into recording schedules, casting and studio operations. A key project will involve analysing and organising data as part of an evolving partnership with Audible, helping strengthen publishing processes and retailer relationships. This role blends logistics, data management and creative awareness, offering a behind-the-scenes view of how audiobooks are produced and positioned.
Knowledge and skills you’ll gain: Understanding of end-to-end audio publishing workflows; insights into retailer platforms and merchandising; data analysis; operational project management; stakeholder communication and cross-team collaboration; quality control processes; audio terminology; studio insight; process optimisation.
About our Summer Internship
This role is part of our summer internship programme at Penguin Random House UK. Please note that our summer internship is a positive action training programme, aimed at bringing new voices into the business. As a result, we will only be accepting applications from candidates who identify as coming from a lower socio-economic background. You can find more information about this eligibility criteria on our careers site or in the application form.
You must also be over the age of 18 and have the existing right to work in the UK in order to apply for this internship role. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas as the summer internship does not meet the minimum requirements for visa sponsorship.
Applications close on Sunday 29th March at 23:59.
Our summer interns are paid the London living wage.
Summer interns will be expected to join us in the business for 8 weeks from Monday 6th July 2026.
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.
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