Programming- Intern - Summer 2023 - Bay Area

Company Description

NBCUniversal owns and operates over 20 different businesses across 30 countries including a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service. Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. We believe that our workforce should represent the communities we live in, so that together, we can continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world. Click here to learn more about Comcast NBCUniversal’s commitment and how we are making an impact.

NBCUniversal Local is NBCUniversal’s local media division that delivers English and Spanish-speakers and bilingual audiences in 31 U.S. markets and Puerto Rico, the very best in local sports, news, weather, consumer and investigative reporting, and lifestyle entertainment across any platform and screen. NBCUniversal Local is comprised of three individual media groups including the NBC Owned Television Stations, the NBC Sports Regional Networks and the Telemundo Station Group. The division is also home to multicast networks NBCLX, COZI TV and TeleXitos, the regional cable news network NECN, as well as NBC Spot On, an advanced video advertising business designed for local/regional CTV and OTT advertisers and several in-house companies including production company LXTV, marketing and promotions company Skycastle, its out-of-home business NBC Everywhere, and the Arthouse, a graphics design group. With seven regional sports networks and 42 NBC and Telemundo stations serving 38 percent of U.S. homes, NBCUniversal Local is the only network-owned local media division that is home to the largest bilingual local newsrooms within the country’s top 10 TV markets. NBCUniversal Local’s stations and networks serve diverse audiences and communities across linear, streaming, OTT, digital web, mobile and audio, and cable platforms and work together to keep local audiences informed anytime and anywhere. For more information, visit NBCUniversal.com.

Job Description

NBC Sports Bay Area, the broadcast home of the Golden State Warriors, San Francisco Giants, Oakland A’s, San Jose Sharks, Sacramento Kings, and San Jose Earthquakes, is looking for a Program Intern to undertake a variety of administrative and program management tasks. You will help in planning our schedule, analyzing our viewership, and carrying out important operational duties. We are excited about the work we do, and we are looking for a Program Intern who is just as excited! 

To succeed as our program intern, you must be organized and detail-oriented, comfortable working with diverse teams. If you also are a self-starter who can juggle wide-ranging responsibilities and can proactively find ways to improve the company, we’d like to meet you.

The goal will be to facilitate the effective management of content according to the organization’s standards.

A snapshot of your responsibilities:

• Tabulate, maintain, and analyze content performance metrics
• Assist with cross-department communication regarding initiatives and analysis
• Help organize and execute the delivery to audiences of over 500 live events per year
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Must be actively enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited institution during the length of the program.
• Current class standing of sophomore or above (30 credits).

Desired Characteristics:

• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.
• Able to work effectively under deadlines and extreme pressure
• Able to interface maturely with all levels of company management, and able to participate in execution of strategic division and departmental initiatives
• Excellent organizational skills. Able to maintain departmental operational standards
• Excellent written, verbal, and proofreading skills
• Excellent computer skills including working knowledge of various MS systems, e.g., Windows Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high-pressure environment
• Strong work ethic, positive attitude, multi-task abilities a must
• Bay Area Sports knowledge a plus

Additional Requirements:

• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from