Norton Critical Editions Editorial Internship, Summer 2025
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 Norton Critical Editions team may include the following:
- Reviewing proof passes for house style, consistent format, typos, etc.
- Aiding in researching and/or obtaining text and art permissions
- Updating spreadsheets of NCE contributors, NCE frontlist and backlist, eBooks, etc.
- Aiding in hard-copy manuscript preparation
- Tracking down affordable text and photo options
- Compiling sales data for prospective acquisitions and backlist titles
- Auditing book metadata online
- Mailing books to contributors and scholarly journals
- Searching for recently published reviews on NCEs
- Miscellaneous administrative tasks
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 are able to juggle multiple projects with competing deadlines.
Internship details
- Interns are paid $16.50 per hour, subject to applicable law, and work a maximum of 20 hours weekly.
- Internship period is twelve weeks from 6/2/25-8/22/25.
- 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.
- 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.