Chemistry Print and Media Editorial Internship, Fall 2022

Job 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 almost 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 brown bag lunch sessions and networking within the intern class. Your work if you become a Norton intern with the chemistry 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 General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry book
• Analyzing and compiling survey respondent data for our General Chemistry titles
• Updating art logs to reflect current manuscripts for our Organic Lab 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 Organic Chemistry
• Producing art and updating metadata for homework questions
• Implementing learning objectives to maintain consistency across media resources
• Learning the basics of copyediting and proofreading

Experience and Skills:

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, or recent graduate.
• 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 $15 per hour and work a maximum of 20 hours weekly.
• Internship period is twelve weeks from 9/19/22-12/9/22.
• 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 U.S. is required.
• W. W. Norton & Company ('Norton') strives to maintain a COVID-free workplace. To that end, being fully vaccinated is a condition of employment for any Norton intern who will perform any work in our offices or be physically present at any Norton location or event at any time. Norton makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities, sincerely held religious beliefs, or other conditions protected by applicable law.

If you are interested in applying, please submit your resume and cover letter to Aidan Windorf (awindorf@wwnorton.com) and Manny Ruiz (mruiz@wwnorton.com) by August 24, 2022. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. You must follow these submission instructions in order to be considered for the internship. Intern applicants who apply via our website will not be considered.