Custom Publications Editorial Internship, Spring 2023

Founded in 1923, W. W. Norton is the oldest and largest independent and employee-owned publishing house, publishing works of Nobel laureates, master teachers, and Pulitzer Prize winners. For a century, Norton has been dedicated to achieving a common goal: to bring to readers and students enduring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as high-quality textbooks and digital learning tools.

W. W. Norton is looking for interns to participate in our twelve-week internship program. Our internship program provides participants with an engaging, supportive, and hands-on learning experience in publishing that includes brown bag lunch sessions and networking within the intern class. Your work if you become a Norton intern with the Custom team may include the following:

·      Contributing to the process of customizing textbooks and ebooks to be tailored to a specific class, department, or school’s need, while working with texts across a variety of different disciplines, both in print and digital. Learning the basics of copyediting and proofreading. 

·      Writing abstracts for reading selections in the Norton Custom Library, our print-on-demand branch. 

·      Helping assemble surveys, handouts, marketing materials, and similar materials useful to our customers. 

·      Helping monitor inventory and reprints. 

·      Testing Norton’s digital learning materials such as InQuizitive for Writers, They Say/I Say Blog, and the Everyone’s An Author Tumblr. 

·      Maintaining lists and databases of important information, including information related to ISBNs and project status and tracking pertinent information as a project develops. 

·      Attending meetings to learn how our custom team collaborates closely with a host of teams at Norton and outside of Norton: book production, media producers, editors, customers, designers, fulfillment group, permissions group, vendors, travelers, professors, and bookstores. 

We are excited to add interns who bring diverse perspectives to Norton. The ideal candidate is curious, hardworking, and eager to learn more about the different facets of publishing. Here are some skills and qualities we look for in candidates:

·      You are a college junior, senior, or recent graduate.  

·      You are eager to improve your verbal and written communication skills. 

·      You enjoy collaborating and working in a group to solve challenges. 

·      You have a passion for learning and ideas.  

·      You have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook). 

·      You consider yourself a detail-oriented person. 

·      You are skilled in time-management and prioritization. 

·      You are interested in multiple academic areas and subject matters. 

·      Interns are paid $15 per hour and work a maximum of 20 hours weekly.

·      Internship period is twelve weeks from 2/6/23-4/28/23.

·      Our workday is 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time; specific work hours are flexible to accommodate an intern’s schedule.

·      For interns who reside within commuting distance of the office, this internship will be in-person in our Manhattan offices; those in other locations will work remotely.

·      Eligibility to work with W.W. Norton & Company in the US is required.

·      W. W. Norton & Company ("Norton") strives to maintain a COVID-free workplace. To that end, being fully vaccinated is a condition of employment for any Norton intern who will perform any work in our offices or be physically present at any Norton location or event at any time. Norton makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities, sincerely held religious beliefs, or other conditions protected by applicable law.

If you are interested in applying, please submit your resume and cover letter to Alana Perez (aperez@wwnorton.com) by January 3, 2023. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Once you have submitted your application, please refrain from sending additional follow-up emails, as these will only delay the hiring manager’s ability to read the applications received. Final hiring decisions will be made by 1/20/23, so if you do not hear from us by then, you can assume the internship has been filled by a different applicant. You must follow these submission instructions in order to be considered for the internship. Intern applicants who apply via our website will not be considered.