Development Intern, Drama – Summer 2026
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Job Location:
Culver, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
14 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Application Deadline: March 24 2026
Program Dates: June 1 8 or 15 2026 August 28 2026
Start and end dates are flexible. Interns must be available to work full-time (40 hours/week) in person at the designated office location.
Our Emerging Talent Programs including Internships and Trainee roles provide hands-on opportunities for students and early-career professionals to contribute to the teams behind our film television and entertainment experiences.
These paid seasonal assignments deliver meaningful high-impact work designed to accelerate your growth. Youll take on real responsibilities build practical skills and gain exposure to the business through structured learning executive engagement and networking opportunities.
Our internship program is designed for students currently enrolled in an accredited college or university as well as individuals seeking to deepen their education through immersive professional experience in the entertainment industry.
Our team sees projects through the entire development process from a pitch to a fully-written script through casting and attaching a director into production of a pilot to in success a series on air. Interns will gain experience in reading and analyzing incoming material. They will be exposed to writers directors and producers throughout the creative process. Interns may be able to join table reads casting sessions pitch meetings general development meetings and will work closely with the entire drama team.
Responsibilities:
- Interaction with the close-knit drama team on a daily basis
- Learning to write coverage on script
- Reading and analyzing incoming material as well as scripts our team is developing
- Compiling research on properties for possible option
- Being trained to have the skills of a working assistant on an entertainment desk
- Rolling calls the very specific way to do this for the creative community
- Note-taking on calls exposure & experience in understanding whats important
- Scheduling meetings with key leaders and producers in the creative & production industries this assists in the development of the key players and stakeholders in the industry
- Updating status reports for all series
- In addition to this the interns will get exposure to some of the critical meetings development meetings production meetings and the issues discussed there
Qualifications:
- Enrollment in an accredited college/university for the duration of the internship
- Pursuing a Bachelors in film or tv
- An ambitious proactive personality
- A passion for television with a creative bent
- Good eye for creative
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Someone with a great attitude and passion for television and film
Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability veteran status age sexual orientation gender identity or other protected characteristics.
SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.
Sony Pictures does not allow audio recording video recording or use of AI note-taking tools during interviews. Please be aware these tools may be enabled as a default and can be difficult to disable once the interview has started so we recommend you check your device and disable these tools prior to the start of your interview. If recording or the use of the tools occurs during the interview and cannot be promptly turned off or disabled the interviewer may end the interview.
To request an accommodation for purposes of participating in the hiring process you may contact us at
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Public Relations
- Google Docs
- Data Collection
- MailChimp
- Microsoft Word
- Dermal Fillers
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Photoshop
- Writing Skills
About Company
The toga lady holds her torch high for film audiences everywhere by representing Columbia Pictures, the studio through which Sony Pictures Entertainment produces its big budget movies. The studio was founded in 1924, and in 1982 it was purchased by Coca-Cola. Sony purchased ...
