Chemistry and Astronomy Editorial Internship
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 Chemistry and Astronomy team may include the following:
- Researching market data of competing texts by enrollment numbers
- Organizing data of adopters and potential reviewers for projects such as our Chemistry: An Atoms-Focused Approach book
- Analyzing and compiling survey respondent data for our General Chemistry titles
- Updating art logs to reflect current manuscripts for our biochemistry manual and others
- Reading and editing submissions for the Teach the Mechanism blog
- Curating posts for the discipline’s social media and increasing engagement
- Reviewing animations, producing thumbnails, and copyediting closed captioning for Organic Lab technique videos
- Assisting in the review process of Smartwork, our online homework system, for rolling updates to our chemistry titles
- Producing art and updating metadata for homework questions
- Implementing learning objectives to maintain consistency across media resources
- Learning the basics of copyediting and proofreading
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 have interest in chemistry and publishing.
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 9/23/2024-12/13/2024.
- 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.
If you are interested in applying, please submit your resume and cover letter to Nicole Falcone (nfalcone@wwnorton.com) and Olganydia Plata Aguilera (oplataaguilera@wwnorton.com) no later than August 23, 2024. 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 9/13/24, 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.