Position Announcements
Alabama Heritage currently has no positions available for full-time or part-time regular employment. For other opportunities within the University of Alabama, please visit jobs.ua.edu. The magazine is always in search of highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students. See below for more details on internships.
Graduate Internship
Duties and Responsibilities:
The graduate internship at Alabama Heritage is a unique opportunity for University of Alabama graduate students in the humanities to immerse themselves in the everyday experience of publishing a quarterly magazine. Whether you have had prior experience in a magazine environment or not, the graduate internship at Alabama Heritage presents an opportunity to broaden your marketable skills as either an editor or an academic.
Your daily responsibilities will vary, depending mainly on where the magazine is in the production cycle. Like the rest of the editorial staff, your main focus in the proofing stage of the magazine will be copyediting and proofreading. In less-intense periods, your focus will shift more toward research and writing. You may be asked to research anything from photograph rights to gravesites, and all points in between. You will also be called upon to write a wide variety of text, up to and including a feature-length article that will be considered for publication in the magazine or entries for our online Intern Blog.
Excellent writing and research skills are mandatory.
Interns will receive 3.0 hours graduate credit for working ten hours per week during the semester. Bring a letter of interest, current resume, list of three references, and a writing sample of up to ten pages.
Apply in person:
Alabama Heritage
200 Hackberry Lane
Suite 231 McMillan Building
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Internships begin in August, January, and May of each year, and last approximately four months.
Graduate Internship
Duties and Responsibilities:
The graduate internship at Alabama Heritage is a unique opportunity for University of Alabama graduate students in the humanities to immerse themselves in the everyday experience of publishing a quarterly magazine. Whether you have had prior experience in a magazine environment or not, the graduate internship at Alabama Heritage presents an opportunity to broaden your marketable skills as either an editor or an academic.
Your daily responsibilities will vary, depending mainly on where the magazine is in the production cycle. Like the rest of the editorial staff, your main focus in the proofing stage of the magazine will be copyediting and proofreading. In less-intense periods, your focus will shift more toward research and writing. You may be asked to research anything from photograph rights to gravesites, and all points in between. You will also be called upon to write a wide variety of text, up to and including a feature-length article that will be considered for publication in the magazine or entries for our online Intern Blog.
Excellent writing and research skills are mandatory.
Interns will receive 3.0 hours graduate credit for working ten hours per week during the semester. Bring a letter of interest, current resume, list of three references, and a writing sample of up to ten pages.
Apply in person:
Alabama Heritage
200 Hackberry Lane
Suite 231 McMillan Building
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Internships begin in August, January, and May of each year, and last approximately four months.
Undergraduate Internship
Duties and Responsibilities:
The internship at Alabama Heritage is a unique opportunity for UA students to learn the basics involved in publishing a quarterly magazine. Upon completing an internship at Alabama Heritage, students should be able to a) know whether a career in editing interests them, and b) step into an entry-level editing position knowing what will be expected of
them. An undergraduate intern's daily responsibilities will vary, depending mainly on where the magazine is in the production cycle. Like the rest of the editorial staff, interns' main focus in the proofing stage of the magazine will be copyediting and proofreading-over and over again. In less intense periods, an intern's focus will shift more toward his or her research of a semester-long research project and/or various topics that crop up from time to time. Interns may be asked to research anything from photograph rights to gravesites, and all points in between. You may also be asked to write an entry for our online Intern blog.
Excellent writing and research skills are mandatory.
Interns will receive 3.0 hours undergraduate credit for working ten hours per week during the semester. Bring a letter of interest, current resume, list of three references, and a writing sample of up to ten pages.
Apply in person:
Alabama Heritage
200 Hackberry Lane
Suite 231 McMillan Building
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Internships begin in August, January, and May of each year, and last approximately four months.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The internship at Alabama Heritage is a unique opportunity for UA students to learn the basics involved in publishing a quarterly magazine. Upon completing an internship at Alabama Heritage, students should be able to a) know whether a career in editing interests them, and b) step into an entry-level editing position knowing what will be expected of
them. An undergraduate intern's daily responsibilities will vary, depending mainly on where the magazine is in the production cycle. Like the rest of the editorial staff, interns' main focus in the proofing stage of the magazine will be copyediting and proofreading-over and over again. In less intense periods, an intern's focus will shift more toward his or her research of a semester-long research project and/or various topics that crop up from time to time. Interns may be asked to research anything from photograph rights to gravesites, and all points in between. You may also be asked to write an entry for our online Intern blog.
Excellent writing and research skills are mandatory.
Interns will receive 3.0 hours undergraduate credit for working ten hours per week during the semester. Bring a letter of interest, current resume, list of three references, and a writing sample of up to ten pages.
Apply in person:
Alabama Heritage
200 Hackberry Lane
Suite 231 McMillan Building
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Internships begin in August, January, and May of each year, and last approximately four months.