Role overview

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.

What you'll do

Develop ebooks for Norton Library and Norton Critical Edition titles. With the assistance of an Ebook Producer, the Digital Production intern will create ebooks of Norton Library and Norton Critical Edition titles. This process includes organizing raw production material, coordinating with editorial throughout quality assurance, and implementing corrections.
Implement post-publication corrections and accessibility updates to the ebook backlist. Occasionally, the titles we already published need to be corrected. These corrections may involve legal changes, fixes to errata, or resolving functional problems. Titles also may need to be updated to improve accessibility, including adding alternative text and improving color contrast.
Digitally archive Instructor Resources, art logs, and ebook production files. At the end of the publishing process, producers in Media and Ebook Production bundle all the assets they have built and generate an archival copy. These archives must be maintained according with preservation, organization, and cataloguing standards so they may be easily referenced when we start projects for new editions.
Create Living Art Logs. Editorial teams request art log set ups in Smartsheet at the beginning of projects. The Digital Publishing intern will help with the creation of new art logs.
Complete Closed Captioning requests. Editorial teams send MP4 files for closed captioning creation. The Digital Production Intern will help with fulfilling these requests.

Qualifications

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 experience or a willingness to learn HTML/CSS.
You have an interest in the digital side of publishing or in developing your technical skills.

Compensation and Benefits

Paid at $17 per hour, subject to applicable law.
Maximum of 20 hours weekly.

Internship details

Internship period is twelve weeks from 9/14/2026 - 12/4/2026.
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.

Application Information

Submit your resume and cover letter to Daria Turner and Jay Barrett ([email protected] and [email protected]) no later than August 14, 2026.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and if enough applications are received, this listing may close early.
Final hiring decisions will be made by 9/1/2026. If you do not hear from us by then, you can assume the internship has been filled by a different applicant.
Your cover letter should be original and not AI-generated; we are interested in your authentic voice!

Digital Production Internship, Fall 2026

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