The City College of New York and publishing company Hachette Book Group partner for the CCNY+HBG Associates Program with the goal of making publishing more inclusive, diverse and accessible for all.
The City College of New York and publishing company Hachette Book Group partner for the CCNY+HBG Associates Program to further improve recruiting, training, mentorship and support for diverse individuals with a passion for writing and publishing.
HBG is also partnering with the Hurston/Wright Foundation, Lambda Literary and We Need Diverse Books with the goal of supporting a broader community of emerging writers and early and mid-career publishing professionals from diverse backgrounds.
“We have worked with these excellent organizations in different ways for many years, but we see these expanded relationships and specialized programs as our opportunity to make a greater positive impact on the reading community,” said Carrie Bloxson, chief diversity officer at Hachette Book Group. “Together we’ll strive to open up publishing to a far broader array of talents, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Our partners’ goals align with HBG’s goals: to make publishing more inclusive, more diverse and more accessible for all.”
The new CCNY+HBG Associates Program will be a salaried, full-time, full-year work experience at HBG for a recent graduate of CCNY’s Publishing Certificate Program (PCP), which was established in 1998 by best-selling author and CCNY graduate Walter Mosley.
The newly launched CCNY+HBG Associates Program includes a financial stipend to ease the transition of expenses from college student to employee, as well as career counseling, mentorship and one-on-one guidance from HBG employees—both in their areas of interest and in the job search and interview process.
In addition, HBG will continue their longstanding CCNY internship placement program, hosting one to two interns per year with mentorship and career development support.
“I am absolutely thrilled with the creation of the CCNY+HBG Associates Program,” said David Unger, director of the Publishing Certificate Program. “The kind of support that HBG is offering PCP graduates feels transformative: competitive starting salary; bonus for the purchase of incidentals; a rotational program; and dedicated mentoring. This is threading the needle.”
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