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| Company Name: | W. W. NORTON & COMPANY |
| Description: | Who we are
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. About the internship 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 educational 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, metadata, 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. Internship details • Interns are paid $16 per hour, subject to applicable law, and work a maximum of 20 hours weekly. • Internship period is twelve weeks from 2/3/25 – 4/25/25. • Our workday is 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time; specific work hours are flexible to accommodate an intern’s schedule. • This internship is remote. • Eligibility to work with W.W. Norton & Company in the US is required. |
| Length of Internship: | 12 weeks: 2/3-4/25, up to 20 hours per week |
| Requirements: | Why you’ll be a great fit
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, recent graduate, or someone looking to make a career change. • 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. |
| Location: | Remote within the US |
| Application Due Date: | 1/3/25 |
| Payment: | $16/hour, subject to applicable law |
| How To Apply For This Internship: | If you are interested in applying, please submit your resume and cover letter to Olga Koutseridi (okoutseridi@wwnorton.com) no later than January 3, 2025. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and if enough applications are received, this listing may close early. 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 1/21/25, 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. |
