TV Entertainment USG Marketing Communications Brand Strategy Internships Academic Year 2025-2026

If you think all the fun only happens in summer think again! As an NBCUniversal Academic Year intern youll get immersed in exciting work experience our unique NBCU culture and feel the real support and guidance for 2 whole semesters. 

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 our internships being paid we will also offer the following for our Academic Year interns: 

• Paid time off for mental health school exams and personal holidays. 
• Robust networking learning and development opportunities. 
• Complimentary Peacock subscription during your internship. 
• Free admission to Universal Parks to use during your internship. 

At our Universal City office interns will have access to the NBCUCommutes program which provides fully subsidized transit passes to fulltime lower lot employees good for unlimited rides on all Metro bus and rail such as the Metro Red Line. 

Academic Year Recruitment Timeline: 

April 21 May 9: Applications Open (may close early due to applicant volume) 

Early May Mid June: First round video interviews  

Mid June Mid July: Second round interviews 

Throughout July: Selected candidates receive offers 

Academic Year Internship Program: 

• Applications Close: May 9th at 11:59pm ET. Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible applications could close earlier due to applicant volume!  
• Program Dates: September 15 2025 April 17 2026 
• Time Commitment: 1624 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 onepage 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 degreegranting program. 
   

TheEntertainment Groupdevelops and schedules the networks primetime latenight and daytime entertainment programming. NBCs quality programs and balanced lineup have earned the network critical acclaim numerous awards and ratings success including most recently winning the traditional SeptembertoMay season in primetimes key demo marking the networks third win in four years. NBC has earned more Emmy Awards than any network in television history. 

Universal Studio Group (USG) encompasses NBCUniversals television production studios: Universal Television (UTV) Universal Content Productions (UCP) NBCUniversal International Studio and Universal Television Alternative Studio (UTAS). USG produces over 100 scripted and unscripted series across multiple countries around the globe for buyers in broadcast cable and streaming. Network partners include NBC Peacock Netflix Amazon Hulu Apple HBO BBC ITV Channel 4 CTV ABC FOX and ABC among many others. 

Areas of placement may include but are not limited to: 
  

• Entertainment Communications Unscripted: Support communications efforts by maintaining and updating press lists preparing for press junketsmonitoring press breaks and compiling clip packets researching media outlets & contacts and compiling coverage reports draft tuneins assist with press releases and various writing assignments/research projects 
• Entertainment Communications Scripted: The scripted comms team supports PR efforts for all scripted series across NBCU broadcast and cable TV networks. While every day will be different the scripted comms intern can expect to work with team members across both coasts and on a variety of series. Opportunities include (but are not limited to) helping track big stories surrounding series research journalists publications and trends garner experience in PRcentric writing attend team and series meetings and more 
• Live Events & Specials: Research and share knowledge of current events and trends in the pop culture zeitgeist as they relate to organizational objectives for the team assist Live Events team with show leadup materials day of event needs and postshow recaps including collecting content links competitive outlet research screen recordings etc assist with administrative tasks and projects as needed. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about live events and the hardwork it takes to put a show together behind the scenes 
• NBC Marketing & Brand Strategy: The Marketing and Brand Strategy team communicates with all departments to build strategies and marketing campaigns for NBC Entertainment primetime and latenight programming in addition to leading promotional activations. The marketing intern will support the brand team throughout these processes partake in weekly trainings attend meetings and assist in daily tasks to understand brands role throughout a shows lifecycle 
• Social Marketing Bravo: Intern will Identify moments from our series in advance of airing to be clipped for social use monitor social sentiment on behalf of the networks write and edit compelling social media copy and schedule content to be dispersed through Bravo social media 
• USG Marketing & Awards: Ideating and producing social media content for studio and brand handles supporting the awards team through research asset management and administrative duties updating and tracking department documents for overall campaign timelines reading scripts and summarizing for brand guidelines brainstorming and presenting ideas (e.g. campaign opportunities social media initiatives marketing creative etc. and more 
• USG Publicity & Corporate Communications: Intern will support the team across series publicity talent relations and corporate communications initiatives. Duties include but are not limited to brainstorming and presenting ideas for talent relations/gifting editorial and press opportunities speaking engagements etc. assisting publicists during inperson press opportunities (shoots junkets interviews etc. compiling comprehensive coverage reports for senior executives and flag breaking news researching media outlets/contacts and maintaining the teams master contact data base auditing critical team documents and reviewing releases/external announcements and more 
• E! News Social & Strategy (SpinCo): Create lifestyle and shoppable social videos posts and stories for E! Insider E! News and Kards Katch Up TikTok Instagram Twitter Facebook Threads and YouTube Shorts source and repost influencer and celebrity posts Reels and TikToks related to fashion beauty wellness fitness travel home and relevant pop culture topics write both assigned and selfpitched commerce articles to correspond with influencer collabs fashion beauty wellness fitness travel home and relevant pop culture topics 

Qualifications :

Basic Requirements: 

• Must be actively enrolled in a degreegranting program at an accredited institution during the entire duration of the program (September 2025 through April 2026. December 2025 graduates are not eligible for ourAcademic Year Internship Program. 
• Current class standing of sophomore or above 30 credits). 
• Must be presently authorized to work for any employer in the United States and must not require work visa sponsorship from NBCUniversal now or in the future toretain authorization to work in the United States. 
• Must be available to work 1624 hours per week from September 15 2025 April 17 2026.  
• Must be willing to work in Universal City CA. 

For further clarification candidates currently on any student or exchange visa (e.g. F1 CPT F1 OPT J1 M1 are not eligible to apply unless they will be able to change or adjust to another status that grants work authorization without NBCUniversal sponsorship.  

NBCUniversal is an EVerify company requiring all employees to have an active Social Security number. Any candidate receiving an internship offer must complete I9 form with Social Security number within 3 days of hire.   

Desired Characteristics: 

• Students with class standing of junior or above preferred. 
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above. 
• Previous public relations experience is a plus but not required. 
• Familiarity with Muck Rack Cision and Google Alerts a plus but not required. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint Excel and Word. 
• Ability to write clean copy quickly and efficiently. 
• Experience creating content for various social media platforms. 
• Ability to multitask highly organized and strong attention to detail. 

The hourly rate for undergraduate student interns is $17.50. 

Additional Information :

As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals 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 or arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .

Although youll be hired as an NBCU intern your internship and the responsibilities associated with it may transition to SpinCo in the future. You will be joining at an exciting and pivotal time for the business as it evolves.