Jobs & Internships
Earning Academic Credit for Internships
An internship is a practical work experience that synthesizes knowledge and skills learned in your BYU linguistics and English language classes and will enhance learning about your field.
The Internship Coordinator for the Linguistics Department is Professor Nicole Bay. After you have arranged an internship, here are the steps for signing up for internship credit:
- Complete the Pre-Approval form linked below and return it to Professor Bay
- Submit the student internship application on experience.byu.edu
- Meet with Professor Bay to discuss the academic requirements for an internship
Once you have completed those steps, you will be allowed to register for Ling 399R. You can reach the Internship Coordinator at nicole_bay@byu.edu. (office 4065 JFSB).
The Missionary Training Center is looking for a Tool Design Specialist to work on improving and maintaining language learning online resources for missionaries. Specialists are responsible for managing visual and instructional designs, accessibility standards, and quality control/analysis. Applicants should have one year of experience or coursework in computational linguistics and preferably have served a mission speaking a second language, although not required.
Learn more and apply.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is looking for a Community Project Intern to join in The FamilySearch Global Community Team. Interns will be asked to effectively communicate with team members and volunteers/missionaries, organize and train multiple language teams remotely of volunteers and missionaries, crowd-source and motivate team volunteers, and find and fix website translation errors.
Learn more and apply.
Assistant Managing Editor
BYU's Faculty Publishing Services (FPS) is helping produce world-class research and they are looking for an Assistant Managing Editor who will play a role in ensuring high-quality editing and publishing for BYU's faculty.
Professional Editor
BYU's FPS is also looking for a Professional Editor who will provide in-depth editing on a variety of academic manuscripts, ensuring they meet the highest editorial standards.
Both positions are listed for graduated students with their bachelor's degree, but currently graduating students are also considered. Check the links to learn more and apply.
The Church Publication Internships are now open again! There are many options from writing, editing, social media, etc.
Learn more and apply.
Further Resources
Handout: What can I do with a degree from a linguistics program?
Career options for linguists beyond academia: Linguistics Career Launch (Website / YouTube presentations)
Still can't find the job you're looking for? Check out these external resources for linguistics jobs:
- Linguist List: https://linguistlist.org
- Modern Language Association (MLA): https://mla.org/Resources/Career/Job-Information-List
- Chronicle of Higher Education: https://jobs.chronicle.com
- HigherEdJobs: https://higheredjobs.com