Ad Sales & Marketing Internships – Summer 2024 (New York, NY)

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. 

In addition to all of our internships being paid, we will also offer the following for our Summer 2024 interns:  

• Paid company holidays for full-time interns.
• Robust networking, learning and development opportunities.
• 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 2024 Recruitment Timeline:  

• November 13 – December 8: 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 2024 Internship Program:

• Applications Close: December 8th at 11:59pm ET. Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – applications could close earlier due to applicant volume!
• Program Dates: June 3 – August 9, 2024
• Time Commitment: 40 hours per week. Exact schedule to be determined based on business need.
• Format: Opportunities listed will require an intern to work fromNew York, NY 3-5 days per week.

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.
   

Advertising Sales has been united as one seamless portfolio with a powerful ability to amplify an advertiser’s message and reach the right consumer in precise, targeted ways. With two broadcast networks (English and Spanish language), 15 cable properties and more than 50 digital properties, advertisers can build ideas around their brands that leverage our unparalleled range and diversity of networks, channels and digital platforms.     

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

• Sales: This division consists of our client facing teams. The sellers are responsible for filling all ad space across the entire NBCU portfolio. Within our sales division we also have subject matter experts and research teams that help inform our salespeople.
  • Agency Partnerships: The Agency Partnerships team serves as the central point of contact between NBCU Sales, and the major agency holding companies. This team works in collaboration with the Client Team, Sales, Research, Data, and Marketing teams to create new ways of working with our agency partners to grow revenue for our portfolio of advertising products and services.
  • Business Development: This team is comprised of Business Development professionals who drive new and incremental revenue to the local division, mostly client-direct.
  • Client Team: Our goal is to act as a strong and valuable client-direct resource by providing solutions, insights, and thought leadership to help brands better navigate our vast portfolio and discover new and exciting opportunities. This team stewards relationships with our key accounts and categories.
  • Global Sales: This team represents media opportunities across our local networks in the North America, Europe, and Asia – specifically NBCU US Portfolio, CNBC International, Apple News UK, Sky & RTL Ad Connect.
  • NBC Sports Sales: The Sports Sales teams work directly with client and agencies that want to promote their products in sporting events specifically. They work across our sports platforms and deliver campaigns by request of our clients.
  • SMB Growth: This team represents our entire NBCU portfolio and partners with brands of all sizes, specifically targeting small to medium sized businesses.

• Marketing & Content: This is the creative/marketing part of Ad Sales. This is the team that designs and even create the ad campaigns in response to RFP’s brought in by the Sales team.  They also work with Research for data supporting an ad campaign strategy, and operations to execute the ad campaigns.
  • Creative Partnerships Dev. – Olympics: This team is responsible for the advertising sales marketing and sponsorship integrations of every advertiser within Paris 2024.  The platforms cross linear, digital and social platforms both on- and off-domain (Snap, X, Tiktok, etc.).
  • Trade Marketing: This team is responsible for generating demand for NBCUniversal in the advertising marketplace.  Our mission is:  Create awareness and generate demand in the marketplace for NBCUniversal – its premium content, products, thought-leadership and technology – through best-in-class marketing materials, campaigns, client experiences and other B2B marketing tactics.

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.).

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

• Digital: This 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 Content Distribution Sales team that negotiates the distribution rights of the NBCUniversal broadcast/cable portfolio, the Peacock app and FAST channels in the United States. Interns will learn about the media landscape and, specifically, how NBCU network distribution contracts are managed. Account support will be focused on, but not limited to, DirecTV, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Verizon and several other partners.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Must be actively enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited institution during the entire duration of the program.
• Current class standing of sophomore or above (30 credits).
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by NBCUniversal.
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY.

Desired Characteristics:

• Students with class standing of junior or above preferred.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Strong interest in the media industry.
• Commitment to building an inclusive work environment.
• Ability to multitask and highly organized.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Previous internship experience and on-campus involvement.
• A background in any of the following areas: Business, Communications, Psychology, Marketing, Advertising, Research and/or Strategy, with a desire to learn about different areas of the Advertising field.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite is strongly recommended.
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, SPSS, or other tools is preferred.

The hourly rate for student interns is $17.00

Additional Information

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