W. W. Norton & Company’s internship program is designed to introduce engaged, motivated college students to publishing and to Norton. Internships provide valuable hands-on experience with the day-to-day business of bookmaking, as well as opportunities to network with employees at the company and with fellow interns who frequently go on to become colleagues in the field.
Interns at W. W. Norton are paid $7.25 per hour for a maximum of 20 hours per week. Internships are available year-round and last for three months. W. W. Norton, an equal opportunity employer, is fully independent, and employee-owned. Our offices are located at 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.
Permissions Department
Permissions Summer Internship
The College Permissions Department at W. W. Norton & Company is seeking a summer intern for June through August, 2013. The intern will assist in maintaining a digital permissions archive by organizing and converting physical files onto disks, build permissions logs within the department’s database for upcoming publications, send payments to rights holders of permissive material, compile book distribution lists, and assist with various administrative tasks.
The intern will work 2-3 days per week at a rate of $7.25 per hour (with a maximum of 20 hours per week). The schedule is flexible and will be established based on the intern’s availability. Candidates should have experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, as well as Adobe Acrobat. Candidates must be detail-oriented, highly organized, and interested in a career in publishing or law.
Qualified candidates should apply by sending a copy of their resumé and cover letter as an email attachment to: Bethany Salminen. Our application deadline for the summer internship program is May 10, 2013.
Digital Media Department
Digital Media Summer Internship
W. W. Norton’s digital media department is seeking two interns to assist with editorial and production tasks for Summer 2013. The digital media department supports the college department in editing and producing online teaching and learning materials for instructors and students across disciplines. Duties may include working with websites, surveys, research, and assessment products.
Candidates must be interested in book publishing as a career, particularly in college textbooks. The ideal candidate will also be detail-oriented, organized, self-starting, comfortable working with minimal supervision, willing to learn new programs and skills on the job, and have excellent communication skills. Knowledge of Mac and Windows OS and Microsoft Office is preferred but not required. Specific work hours are flexible, but interns usually work three or four days per week, up to 20 hours total per week. Juniors, seniors, and recent graduates preferred.
If interested, please e-mail a cover letter and résumé to: Zach Miller
Production Department
Production Internship
The Production Department at W. W. Norton & Company is seeking an intern for Fall 2013 (September start). The production intern will gain exposure to all facets of book production for both trade and college textbooks, including manufacturing, composition, art and design, paper selection, and budget estimating. In addition, all interns participate in a brown bag lunch program with department heads throughout the company.
Qualified candidates will be self-motivated with strong communication skills, the ability to manage several projects at the same time, and, most importantly, a demonstrated interest in publishing.
If interested, please e-mail a cover letter and résumé to: ProductionJobs@wwnorton.com
College Department
College Editorial Internship, Political Science
The college division at W. W. Norton & Company is seeking a fall intern to assist with editorial projects in the Political Science department. The internship will offer insight into the editorial, marketing, and sales aspects of textbook publishing. Responsibilities will vary, but will include assisting with the preparation of manuscripts and electronic ancillary materials, researching market data, assisting with various stages of production, and other day-to-day administrative tasks.
Ideal candidates are detail – oriented, organized, able to complete projects under minimal supervision, and have an interest in learning more about textbook publishing. Specific work hours are flexible, though interns typically work three or four days per week for a total of 20 hours. College juniors, seniors, and recent graduates preferred.
If interested, please e-mail a cover letter and résumé to: Courtney Shaw
College Editorial Internship, Manuscript Editorial
The Manuscript Editorial Department intern in Norton’s College Division will assist all project editors and developmental editors as well as the department’s managing editor. As a result, the intern will have the opportunity to work on numerous projects in a variety of ways—from learning the basics of proofreading and copyediting, to reviewing chapters and giving written feedback to developmental editors, to helping build manuscripts and cross-check galleys and proofs.
Applicants should possess strong writing skills and be organized, detail-oriented, able to work independently in an office environment, and curious about the world of textbook publishing. Specific work hours are flexible, but interns typically work three days a week for a maximum of 20 hours per week.
If interested, please e-mail a cover letter, résumé, and writing sample of at least 500 words to: Caitlin Moran
Editorial Internship, Biology
The college division at W. W. Norton & Company is seeking a spring intern to assist with editorial projects in the Biology department. The internship will offer insight into the editorial, marketing, and sales aspects of textbook publishing. Responsibilities will vary, but will include assisting with the preparation of manuscripts and electronic ancillary materials, researching market data, performing database work, organizing manuscript review programs, assisting with various stages of production, and other day-to-day administrative tasks.
Candidates should have good writing skills, be detail-oriented and organized, be comfortable working independently in an office environment, and have an interest in learning more about textbook publishing. Specific work hours are flexible but interns usually work three or four days per week for a total of 20 hours.
If interested, please e-mail a cover letter and résumé to: Sarah Wolf
Editorial Internship, Psychology
The college division at W. W. Norton & Company is seeking a summer intern to assist with editorial projects in the Psychology department. The internship will offer experience in the editorial, e-media, and marketing aspects of textbook publishing. Responsibilities will vary, but will include assisting with the preparation of manuscripts and ancillary materials, researching market data, organizing book review programs, assisting with various stages of production, and other day-to-day administrative tasks.
Candidates should have strong writing and communication skills, be detail-oriented and organized, be comfortable working independently in an office environment, and have an interest in learning more about textbook publishing. Coursework experience in psychology is a plus but is not required. This is a paid internship. Specific work hours are flexible but interns usually work three or four days per week for a total of 20 hours. College juniors, seniors, and recent graduates preferred.
If interested, please e-mail a cover letter and résumé to: Shira Averbuch
Trade Department
The trade department at Norton publishes nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Recent titles include Michael Lewis's The Big Short, Carl Jung's The Red Book, The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb, Fareed Zakaria’s The Post-American World, Globalization and Its Discontents by Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, Irvine Welsh's Porno, The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith, Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm, The Collected Poems by former Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.
Trade Editorial Fall Internship
The trade editorial department at W. W. Norton & Company seeks bright, detail-oriented, and reliable candidates who enjoy reading, write well, and, above all, want to learn about book publishing, to participate in our Fall 2013 internship program.
Interns in the trade editorial department are asked to do everything from read manuscripts and proposals to write reader’s reports, assist with permissions for forthcoming books, handle galley mailings, draft catalog and jacket copy, and perform basic office tasks like filing and copying. In general, their job is to help the editorial assistants move projects along from the manuscript stage all the way to publication.
If interested, please e-mail a cover letter, résumé, and short nonfiction writing sample (no more than 3 pages, double-spaced, please) as a single attached file to: Jeff Shreve. Our application deadline for the fall term is July 17, 2013.
W.W. Norton & Company is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.