Universal Destinations & Experiences Internship Program:
- Applications Close: June 20th 2025 at 11:55PM ET. Submit your application as soon as possible dont delay!
- Spring 2026 Program Dates: Approximately January 2026 April 2026.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Data Scientist Intern will be part of UDXs Global Product and Pricing team. The intern will train under the guidance of a data scientist in price optimization for admissions. The intern will learn end-to-end (systems models processes and business) how admission prices are optimally generated and implemented.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Learns the process systems models and business rules in the optimization of admissions pricing at Universal Destinations & Experiences.
- Prototypes models for forecasting demand and optimizing prices of admissions.
- Creates forecasting models at the optimal level of disaggregation and fine-tunes regressors/parameters for optimal accuracy.
- Creates optimization models in dynamic programming and fine-tunes parameters for generating actionable price recommendations.
- Conducts data analysis and identifies pricing strategies to generate incremental revenue.
- Constructs hypotheses to test pricing strategies and implements measures and reports on pricing tests.
- Practices programming skills in Python SQL; working with Tensorflow Prophet SciPy NumPy libraries; working in AWS Snowflake.
- Understands and actively participates in Environmental Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy procedures training and Team Member involvement activities.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- In pursuit of an Associate Bachelor or Graduate degree at an Accredited Institution with current class standing of Sophomore or above.
- Minimum cumulative 2.8 GPA is required.
- A transcript is required upon application.
PREFERRED SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:
- Preferred majors include: Statistics Operations Research Data Science or similar.
- Preferred coursework completed: Linear Programming Mixed-Integer Programming Probability Statistics Machine Learning or similar.
- Preferred modeling skills in forecasting and optimization.
- Familiarity with Revenue Management Dynamic Programming Price Elasticity of Demand Tensorflow Prophet SciPy NumPy AWS Azure Snowflake PowerBI and/or Excel.
Please note the following:
- This internship will be an in-person experience based in our Orlando offices.
- Interns must be currently pursuing a degree at an accredited university and must have a graduation date later than April 2026.
- Universal Orlando does not provide housing. Interns are responsible for their own housing and transportation.
- All of our internships are paid and you may also qualify for housing financial assistance if applicable. The Recruiter will provide specific eligibility details.
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