Academic Year Internship Program:Applications Close: April 26th at 11:59 pm 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 require an intern to work from Universal City, CA. To Apply:Submit a one-p... more details
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 require an intern to work from Universal City, CA.
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:
Bravo, E! and Oxygen Multiplatform Strategy & Planning: We are looking for an intern who can join the team and make a large impact across the biggest show campaigns, scripted and non-scripted series, news and live events within our portfolio. 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
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
E! News Digital Video & Booking: Write video scripts based on E! Online news articles, gather video assets, and edit 2–5-minute news videos using Adobe Premiere, write engaging news video headlines and descriptions, create captivating thumbnail images to accompany news videos with Adobe Photoshop, screening new shows and films as well as reading books to take notes about major storylines and talent of interest to make recommendations to bookers what talent we should be trying to book, researching past interviews of talent and projects to help come up with smart, fresh, relevant questions, helping news booking team with outreach to institutions and public agencies to confirm and acquire details, and more.
Entertainment Casting: Maintain internal talent database, curate daily casting news from trades, research upcoming theater and comedy shows, compile ongoing lists of TV premiere dates and cancelled series, manage the Competitive Pilot Report and track showcases during pilot season
Entertainment Scripted Content: Schedule and track meetings and pitches for junior executives on the team, file and submit development pitches in online filing system, create weekly “Premiere Week” newsletters detailing all upcoming premieres, releases and finales, competitive or internal, script coverage, take notes during creative calls and pitches
Game Show, Lifestyle & True Crime Production Operations: The Game Show, Competition, True Crime, Documentary, and Live Events vertical in the Production & Operations department is the heart of production management for all cable networks, broadcast, and streaming for NBCU alternative content. Interns will attend and participate in all production operation meetings, manage FineCut, NBCU’s internal screening system, review and audit post-production materials in wrap bibles, support Production Managers with document review, updating production spreadsheets, and distributing production information, and liase with asset storage facilities (Bonded/Iron Mountain)?
Marketing Shoots Production: Backup PA’s, PC’s, Producers, Executive Producers, and VP of Shoots Team on shoot preparation and wrap, provide production related and archive related support to Shoots Team when needed, such as taking notes, collating information for agendas, backing up files via Dropbox, SharePoint and Airtable, initiating conversations with vendors on certain projects, shoot related research, etc, provide production related support on remote & physical marketing shoots when needed, such as logging takes, script notes, putting together talent packets
Scripted Production Operations: The scripted?intern?will work with the?scripted?Production & Operations team?on?various scripted projects across the networks.?We as a department oversee all scripted series and MOW for?NBCUniversal Television and Streaming?(Peacock, NBC, USA, SYFY & E!)?to ensure they stay on time and budget, adhere to company?policies?and submit the necessary deliverables.? An intern will get a broad overview and understanding of physical production and how it is tracked at the network level
Television & Streaming DEI: NBCUniversal’s TV DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) team, also known as NBCU LAUNCH, is one of the longest standing diversity, equity and inclusion departments in the entertainment industry. Our team is committed to discovering and developing the next generation of content creators from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds through our groundbreaking talent development programs that focus on helping to launch careers and forging pathways to continued success within NBCUniversal. Our programs and partnerships provide creators with access to networking and staffing opportunities, professional mentorship, and career growth, while also honing their self-branding strategies, pitching skills, and overall knowledge of the network and studio landscape. The TV DEI team comprehensively supports and tracks creators’ career momentum as they move through the business and reach new creative heights
Unscripted Content- Alternative, Lifestyle & Documentary: Prep for, attend, and take notes in current production and show development meetings, conduct research and create documents tracking talent, competition, industry trends and new show ideas, assist with scheduling, phones, and expenses when requested, help track and organize all incoming pitches and creative materials in our development grid, 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 current series
West Coast Content Acquisition: NBCU’s Content Acquisition team is seeking a proactive self-starter to join our West Coast content acquisition efforts. As the Content Acquisition Intern, you will be a vital part of after deal end-to-end partner relationships, including working cross-functionally with NBCU leadership and business units to ensure strategic and operational alignment. This role will require you to be fluent in media and technology, as you help guide our partners through our onboarding process
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 willing to work in Universal City, CA.
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.
Excellent project and time management, problem-solving, and research skills.
Social media savvy and awareness of latest global trends.
Interest in production/development, casting and/or talent management, unscripted content, crime and documentary content, entertainment news and pop culture.
Script coverage experience preferred, but not required.
Experience in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) & Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides), Airtable. IMDBPro.
Basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere, Media Encoder, After Effects, etc.).
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
NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.
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