Publishing & Manuscript Production Volunteer

Unpaid Developmental Internship • 3–6 Months • On-site, hybrid, and virtual opportunities are available depending on the role and location.

Osinachi (oh-SIN-ah-chee), which means “Gift of God,” is a nonprofit organization working to improve literacy, increase reading, and help create lifelong readers—beginning with children.

Real Work. Real Training. Real Experience. Greater Employability.

Gain hands-on experience helping turn recordings, drafts, illustrations, and creative material into organized, publication-ready books and educational resources under the guidance of experienced professionals.

This is an unpaid developmental apprenticeship, not a clerical-assistant position. You will work on real projects while receiving hands-on, on-the-job training.

What You May Work On

• Organize manuscripts, illustrations, chapter files, revisions, and production assets.
• Support Apple a Day Children’s Bible Experience and First Steps: The Believers Training Kit.
• Convert approved audio or video material into organized manuscript text and review transcripts for accuracy.
• Maintain correction logs, proofing notes, file names, version control, metadata, ISBN information, and proof-copy notes.

As your skills grow, your responsibility will grow.

What You Can Learn

Publishing • Manuscript Production • Editorial Workflow • Proofreading

Version Control • Metadata • Book Production • Quality Assurance

You will also receive practical exposure to AI-assisted business tools for research, organization, quality control, project management, and productivity, while learning when human judgment and review are essential.

Our goal is that after six successful months, you are more employable than when you arrived and can point to meaningful professional accomplishments on your résumé.

Who Should Apply

A strong fit may be a college student, recent graduate, English or communications major, aspiring editor or writer, career changer, or highly organized person interested in publishing, literacy, education, or nonprofit work.

Applicants should be dependable, teachable, detail-oriented, comfortable with technology, and willing to receive constructive feedback. You are not expected to know everything already—the purpose is to learn through meaningful work.

You should be organized, dependable, teachable, comfortable with technology, able to work independently, and willing to accept constructive feedback.

Supervision & Development

Interns receive orientation, defined assignments, regular supervision, feedback, and periodic check-ins. As skills grow, responsibility can grow. Academic-credit requirements can be coordinated with eligible schools when available.