Digital Publishing Remote Internship, Spring 2025

Job DescriptionWho we areFounded 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 internshipW. 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 Digital Publishing team may include the following:Setting up ebook code repositories and cleaning them up for new projectsEarly in the development process of an ebook, when producers are converting print book or manuscript files to code, much of the raw material needs to be manually cleaned up and prepared for digital conversion. These steps happen at the earliest stages of the production process and will give a view into how code is organized, maintained, and controlled.Generating "Book Previews" for promotional and specific adopter needsBook Previews are a unique product that serves an important purpose in the promotion and management of certain adopter relationships. They are generated from print book PDF files and require the same tooling knowledge as the production of our flagship frontlist titles.Digital archiving of Instructor Resources, art logs, and ebook production filesAt the end of the publishing process, producers in Media and Ebook production bundle all the assets they have built (and the raw material they were built from) and generate an archival copy. These archives must be maintained according with preservation, organization, and cataloguing standards so they may be easily referenced, and files readily retrieved, when we start projects for new editions.Implementing post-publication corrections to the ebook backlistOccasionally, the titles we already published need to be corrected. These corrections may involve legal changes, fixes to errata, or fixes to functional problems.Experience and SkillsWhy you'll be a great fitWe 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 have an interest in digital publishing or in developing your technical skillsInternship detailsInterns 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 will be fully remote.Eligibility to work with W.W. Norton & Company in the US is required.If you are interested in applying, please submit your resume and cover letter to Kate Barnes and Katie Pellegrino (kbarnes@wwnorton.com and kpellegrino@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.

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