Content Distribution Marketing, Sales, and Digital Internships – Academic Year

Company Description

See yourself at NBCU! Be a part of our intern community, a diverse group of curious and passionate trailblazers who we believe are the future of our industry. 

The NBCUniversal Internship Program allows students to unlock their potential by contributing to big projects in meaningful ways that matter. To thrive as an NBCU intern, you are ready to bring your passion for media, entertainment, and technology along with your desire to learn each day. 

Your professional development is important to us. NBCU interns receive career prep, leadership exposure, connection to other interns, networking, and of course, all the fun you can imagine along the way. Because we know it can be challenging to balance coursework and internship commitments, we offer interns paid time off for mental health, school exams, and personal holidays. 

To meet students where they are, we will host internships in both a virtual and in-person format. Opportunities listed will either be in-person based on the location mentioned or virtual, depending on business needs. Some of our internship opportunities that begin in September will continue through the Academic Year and end in April. Please be sure to read this job description carefully and note the internship dates, locations, and departments before applying.   

Job Description

Academic Year Internship Program: 

• Applications Close: June 9, 2023 at 11:59pm ET. Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – don't delay! 
• Program Dates: September 18, 2023 – April 19, 2024 
• 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. 

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. 
   

Content Distribution is a division of NBCUniversal which drives the North American distribution of NBCUniversal’s multi-billion-dollar broadcast and cable network portfolio, accounting for a large percentage of the total NBCUniversal TV revenue. We ensure NBCUniversal’s networks, Peacock and the Olympics have the widest possible distribution across cable, satellite, telco and streaming distribution platforms that reach more than 90M households (e.g. Comcast, DIRECTV, Verizon, Hulu Live TV, YouTube TV, Optimum, Spectrum, etc.). 

Content Distribution Academic Year interns will have the opportunity to rotate between two of the three businesses below. Placements and interest will be discussed and determined with the hiring team. 

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

• Digital: The Digital Distribution team is responsible for managing the day-to-day relationships with NBCUniversal’s distribution partners and networks, tracking content rights, monitoring VOD availability across all VOD platforms, ensuring compliance with distribution deals and successful execution of VOD content on various platforms. The team also leverages initiatives, content curation opportunities, business needs and related analytics to drive digital programming strategy, user engagement and revenue growth. The intern will have exposure to key business and technology drivers that contribute to successful launches and product experiences on VOD platforms.  

• Marketing: The Comms, Marketing, and Strategy team represents the entire NBCU portfolio of networks from broadcast (NBC), to Sports (Golf Channel), to News (MSNBC, CNBC, NBC News), to Entertainment (USA, SYFY), to Lifestyle (Bravo, E!, Oxygen, Universal Kids), to Hispanic (Telemundo, Universo) and also includes major NBCUniversal tentpoles (Olympics, FIFA World Cup). We provide support to our distribution partners on behalf of our networks, ranging from event access, experiential opportunities, and marketing materials/toolkits to help drive awareness for NBCU’s major programming priorities and initiatives across all platforms. 

• Sales: Intern will support the Sales team that negotiates the content distribution rights of NBCUniversal broadcast/cable portfolio and the Peacock app in the United States, Canada, and Caribbean. Interns will learn about the media landscape and specifically how NBCU network distribution contracts are managed. The intern will support the strategic opportunity analysis of the distribution of Peacock on va