Data Science & Analytics Internships - Summer 2025

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. 

In addition to all of our internships being paid, we will also offer the following for our Summer 2025 interns:   

• Paid company holidays for full-time interns.  
• Robust networking, learning and development opportunities.
• Complimentary Peacock subscription during your internship.
• Free admission to Universal Parks to use during your internship.
• Access to mental health resources including counseling sessions.
• Financial assistance to offset expenses for transportation and housing may be available on a needs-based basis for eligible in-person interns. More details about eligibility for this assistance will be provided at the time of offer.  

Summer 2025 Recruitment Timeline:  

November 4 – December 6: Applications Open (may close early due to applicant volume) 

Mid November – Late December: First round video interviews  

Mid – Late January: Second round interviews 

Late January – February: Selected candidates receive offers 

Job Description

Summer 2025 Internship Program:

• Applications Close: December 6th at 11:59pm ET. Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – applications could close earlier due to applicant volume!
• Program Dates: June 2 – August 8, 2025
• Time Commitment: 40 hours per week. Exact schedule to be determined based on business need. 
• Format: Opportunities listed will require an intern to work from New York, NY.

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.
   

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

• Peacock Consumer Insights: The Peacock Consumer Insights Team supplies insights in support of strategic objectives to stakeholders across the organization, including the Content Strategy, Content Development & Marketing teams. As an intern on our team, you will be exposed to a variety of quantitative and qualitative primary research methodologies and gain experience in analyzing the output to provide actionable insights for the business.
• Data Science Innovation & AI: We are seeking a passionate candidate to work in the Media Group Data Science Innovation & AI team on finding innovative approaches of applying Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Media Science to NBCU business. If you are enthusiastic about learning new technologies and finding ways to quickly apply them to critical company objectives through rapid prototyping and cross-functional team collaboration, this internship is ideal for you. As the intern, you’ll get to leverage generative AI, machine learning, reinforcement learning, and data mining, to support innovation initiatives in critical business areas and tackle challenging problems with a direct impact on companies OKRs.
• Research Operations: The Analytics, Insights & Measurement team utilizes new data measurement approaches, advanced analytics & tools, to present unified measurement of data across the media landscape, as well as analytics and insights across the NBCU brands. The Research Operations team is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of ratings that power billions in business across NBCU by managing programs, program details, schedules, and affiliate lineups that are utilized in the creation of Nielsen ratings. The intern’s role will be to assist our team with submitting schedule information for NBC Broadcast and 1-2 of the Entertainment cable networks to Nielsen to ensure programming is reported accurately.  The intern would also be involved with helping to link and release VOD assets for NBC Broadcast and Peacock to Nielsen, as well as assisting with ad hoc projects that may come up. 
• Media Group, Data Engineering: The Media Group Data