Creative Operations & Production Trainee, Game Show Group Spring 2026

Our Emerging Talent Programs which includes Interns and Trainees offer unique opportunities for students recent graduates and emerging talent to work alongside the teams that come together to create movies TV shows and other great experiences. These seasonal paid assignments provide meaningful and productive work that allows you to build on your experience and develop your skills further. You will be provided with challenging tasks real-world experience and many educational and social networking opportunities.

This Spring 2026 Trainee position is from the January 12 20 or 26 2026 to June 26th 2026 (start and end dates are flexible based on your schedule) and all candidates must be able to work 40 hours a week Monday through Friday in the specified location. This type of opportunity will jump-start your career and prepare you for a career in the desired field. This is not a remote role. A hybrid work option may or may not be available.

We work for the Brand Creative & Digital Marketing Team as part of Sony Pictures Television. Our team is part of the Game Show Group and we work across several different lanes/workflows - Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! Raid the Cage and any other property currently in development. We support internal stakeholders (producers content managers creatives executives) and external partners as well as the consumer products mobile games licensing and development teams. Our team works on campaigns and projects for our various workflows and deliverables including events newsletters sizzle & sales reels print ads on-air promos digital and social campaigns show graphics packages logos pitch decks and other custom graphics. Our remit covers the full production lifecycle for content creation video and graphics in marketing/branding space from pre-production and planning through kickoff execution and post-mortem.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Work closely with the Manager and Senior Manager to support creative operations/production duties in Airtable and our DAM such as resource/traffic management scoping & forecasting out-of-office tracking reviewing creative briefs intake and activation of new creative requests and asset management
Distill real-time information and take live notes during meetings reviews briefings kickoff and help identify/execute any action items. This also includes preparing weekly meeting agenda for live syncs with creative and production team members and/or helping to prepare written weekly team-wide status report
Build test launch and troubleshoot grid Gantt Kanban and calendar views along with other interfaces and reporting dashboards for different teams within our division. Help with active Airtable maintenance and evolution - solidifying information hierarchies building and testing formulas and automations customizing interfaces and dashboards researching new product releases and proposing use cases to support team growth
Support Senior Manager with staffing and onboarding/offboarding which includes scheduling interviews updating candidate tracker prepping internal stakeholders for interview panels sending templated emails to new hires adding/removing system access and working with internal teams on equipment needs
Centralize all production calendars (tape days air dates etc.) within Airtable while also helping to audit log organize and add new documentation to our branded assets tracker and library of brand HQs

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum 1-2 years experience in creative operations with at least 1 year producing creative content for a brand and/or agency
Baseline understanding of the creative workflows for graphic design video and animation
Mac Google Suite experience a must
Familiarity with Airtable bases and interfaces is required; at minimum need to be familiar with production & project management SaaS
Can rapidly disseminate and organize data optimize information architecture and craft standardized naming conventions

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Background in television or entertainment is a plus
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Self-motivated quick on their feet with ability to pivot; creative problem solver
Manages time appropriately and meets aggressive deadlines

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