Job Description

Academic Year Internship Program:

• Applications Close: April 26th at 11:59pm ET. Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – applications could close earlier due to applicant volume!
• Program Dates: September 16, 2024 – April 18, 2025
• Time Commitment: 16-24 hours per week. Exact schedule to be determined based on business need. We will do our best to accommodate course schedules.
• Format: Opportunities listed will be fully virtual.

To Apply:

• Submit a one-page resume that outlines your work experience, accomplishments, and your graduation month and year.
• Submit a cover letter that highlights your passion for NBCUniversal, the locations (listed below) you are open to for internships, and your top areas of interest (opportunities listed below).
• Upload a transcript (unofficial transcripts are fine) that confirms your status as an actively enrolled student in a degree-granting program.

The Entertainment Group develops and schedules the network’s primetime, late-night, and daytime entertainment programming, including USA, SYFY, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, and Universal Kids. NBC’s quality programs and balanced line-up have earned the network critical acclaim, numerous awards and ratings success, including most recently winning the traditional September-to-May season in primetime’s key demo, marking the network’s third win in four years. NBC has earned more Emmy Awards than any network in television history.

Areas of placement may include, but are not limited to:

• Campaign Project Management: Assist Production Assistants and SYFY/Oxygen teams with various on-air and off-air projects, Monthly Music Reporting for all on-air deliverables for USA and SYFY shows, organize and manage show assets and deliverables via Dropbox, organize production trackers in Airtable, assist Press leads with creating screeners, pulling press clips and/or images for broadcast appearances and/or article features for USA/Universal Kids shows, pitch and edit promotional content for on-air and off-air for Oxygen and SYFY shows, and regulate and arrange asset logs - watching and sorting through Oxygen/SYFY footage
• Entertainment Digital, Oxygen & SYFY: The Audience Acquisition & Growth team is looking for a Media Ops intern who is driven in media production across multiple disciplines. Media Ops is a cross-functional, crossbrand team that creates and publishes digital content, ranging from short form video to branded games and apps. The team also oversees the development and QA of the brand sites with the objective of using data to grow and engage fans. The intern will be working alongside several teams throughout the brands and will be exposed to content production as well as technical production
• Post-Production Operations: The Post Operations team partners with team members across the Creative Marketing, Engineering, Technology, Digital and Social teams. This arm of our team helps innovate, align and improve efficiencies for all post production workflow across the ELG Marketing Supply Chain. Interns will assist the Operations and Post Operation team with fulfilling media requests; maintaining team documents, support Creative and Production, effectively, continuously, in a timely manner communicate project status and delivery timelines to all parties, lead and maintain trackers and communication for tasks including onboarding new Production Companies, Vendors and Staff to NBCUniversal servers, tools and workflows
• Unscripted Development- Lifestyle, Crime, Documentary : Prep for, attend, and participate in weekly development meetings, conduct research and create documents tracking talent, competition, industry trends and new show ideas, watch cuts of new programming in various stages of completion, providing feedback and assisting with the creative process, manage, update and take ownership of grids outlining various information pertaining to slate of series in development, research case checks for crime development projects, provide creative input on pitches, cuts, casting, talent bookings and digital extensions
• USA & Sports Multiplatform Strategy & Planning: The Multiplatform Strategy and Promotions Team within NBCU oversees linear promotions on NBC Sports and Entertainment Networks (NBC Sports, USA, GOLF, SYFY and Universal Kids Channels). The team works with content services to create promotional content which helps promote all linear programming on a daily basis. We are looking for an intern who can join the team and make a large impact. This individual will be tasked with planning and scheduling daily logs on selected networks and working with the overall marketing group to determine the best approach to take when we receive our plethora of promotional content

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Must be actively enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited institution during the entire duration of the program (September 2024 through April 2025). December 2024 graduates are not eligible for our 2024-2025 Academic Year Program.
• Current class standing of sophomore or above (30 credits).
• Must be authorized to work in the United States throughout the entire duration of the internship (September 2024 to April 2025). Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Must be available to work 16-24 hours per week from September 16, 2024 to April 18, 2025.
• Must be working from a location within a U.S. state during all hours worked.

Desired Characteristics:

• Students with class standing of junior or above preferred.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Strong writing, communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Social media savvy and awareness of latest global trends.
• Interest in production/development, casting and/or talent management, unscripted content, entertainment news and pop culture.
• Script coverage experience preferred, but not required.
• Familiarity with Adobe Premiere + Adobe Creative Suite, Media Encoder, video editing, and/or media management software.
• Familiarity with HTML & Web technologies.

The hourly rate for student interns is $17.00.

INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ATTENDING U.S. UNIVERSITIES:

To participate in NBCUniversal’s 2024-2025 Academic Year internship program, you must confirm at the time of interview that you will be able to provide US work authorization documentation for the entire duration of the internship. Since the NBCU Academic Year Internship Program spans the traditional “Fall” and “Spring” semesters, you should talk to the DSO at your school’s International Students Services Office about your need to apply for CPT work authorization twice to ensure you are authorized to work both semesters and throughout the entirety of the program.

Please also note that future visa sponsorship at NBCUniversal is rarely available for post-grad employment opportunities.

NBCUniversal is an E-Verify company, requiring all employees to have an active Social Security number. Any candidate receiving an internship offer must complete Form I-9 with their Social Security number within 3 days of hire.

Additional Information

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