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.  

In addition to all of our internships being paid, we will also offer the following for our Summer 2025 interns:    

Paid company holidays for full-time interns.   

Robust networking, learning and development opportunities. 

Complimentary Peacock subscription during your internship. 

Free admission to Universal Parks to use during your internship. 

Access to mental health resources including counseling sessions. 

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 2025 Recruitment Timeline:

November 4 – December 6: 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 2025 Internship Program:

Applications Close: December 6th at 11:59pm ET. Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – applications could close earlier due to applicant volume!  

Program Dates: June 2 – August 8, 2025 

Time Commitment: 40 hours per week. Exact schedule to be determined based on business need.  

Format: Opportunities listed will require an intern to work from New York, NY. 

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.

Ad Sales: The NBCUniversal Advertising Sales business 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.       

Corporate Functions: NBCUniversal's Corporate groups are uniquely positioned at the core of our organization.  Employees within these groups use their area of expertise to support all businesses across the company, keeping the heart of each brand at the forefront. There are also business-specific opportunities available, which may be included in the description below.   

TV Entertainment: The Entertainment Group develops and schedules the network’s primetime, late-night, and daytime entertainment programming, including USA, SYFY, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, and Universal Kids. NBC’s quality programs and balanced line-up have earned the network critical acclaim, numerous awards and ratings success, including most recently winning the traditional September-to-May season in primetime’s key demo, marking the network’s third win in four years. NBC has earned more Emmy Awards than any network in television history.   

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

Ad Sales HR: The Ad Sales Human Resources team at NBCUniversal is looking for a high-energy, results-driven and innovative HR Intern. The role is a perfect launch pad for someone interested in a career in HR providing experience in both generalist and specialist work. In this role, you will have exposure to HR projects that span onboarding, rewards and recognition, performance feedback, talent attraction and development, and HR’s business impact.    

Corporate Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: The NBCUniversal Corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) team works closely with Learning & Development, Early Careers, Talent Branding, Human Resources, CSR, Corporate Communications and enterprise-wise business units to further the company’s inclusion initiatives. The Corporate DEI intern will have an opportunity to support responsibilities such as providing admin and ad-hoc support to the DEI team, including notetaking, calendar management, and research, maintaining and updating internal databases and distribution lists, coordinating and assisting with diversity events including handling guest registration, logistics, and communications with stakeholders, designing deliverables for external partnerships, and contributing to social media strategy, including by generating custom content. 

Corporate Communications: Working with teams across the NBCU enterprise, Corporate Communications sits in a unique epicenter, touching each business to help share their messages internally to our employees and externally to our corporate stakeholders. This intern will have the opportunity to help amplify the work going on across the company by telling stories that celebrate the full breadth and scope of NBCUniversal and our impact. Supporting platforms such as NBCUniversal.com, NBCU Social Media accounts, employee newsletters, and company-wide emails, this intern will touch on responsibilities such as creating content for internal digital screens, assisting with research of industry trends, building face sheets and key talking point documents, and providing event support. 

Corporate Social Responsibility - Partnerships: The NBCU Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team oversees the Company’s volunteering and social impact efforts including; Comcast NBCUnites, the company’s employee volunteering program; NBCUniversal Local Impact Grant program, the Comcast NBCU Foundation annual grant challenge; tentpole volunteering events like Season of Service and Volunteer Month and external partnerships with nonprofits and changemakers that align with the company’s social impact priorities. The internship will be a great opportunity for a candidate interested in the intersection of business and social purpose, looking to deepen their understanding of employee relations and volunteering and philanthropy while building skills and gaining experience as a researcher, event planner, and communicator. 

Entertainment & Culture DEI: This role will sit with the Culture + DEI team, working to help foster a cohesive company culture across the 7 Entertainment Networks with a focus on inclusion. Projects and responsibilities may include brainstorming culture and employee engagement programming, building the monthly culture newsletter (including content, copy, and design), tracking event and communication metrics (i.e., event attendance + sentiments, eblast CTR + opens, etc.), researching content for culture newsletters, and ensuring content is appropriate and relevant to our audience.   

Executive Search: This is an exciting internship opportunity to learn the ins and outs of NBCUniversal’s Global Executive Search Team. Executive Search is an in-house Leadership Recruiting and Advisory Team working across the NBCU enterprise, Comcast, and Sky, specializing in proactively engaging internal and external talent at the Vice President and above level. This team leverages their vast network of relationships to help identify and attract exceptional leadership talent capable of helping transform the company and make NBCU the most competitive and innovative media company in the marketplace. This role plays an integral part of the research team that focuses on proactive pipelining, market mapping projects, and overall knowledge management for the larger team. Additionally, this position will help shape the team’s newly established analytics initiative and continue to build and enhance reporting and metrics.   

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: 

Must be actively enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited institution during the entire duration of the program (June 2025 through August 2025). May 2025 graduates are not eligible for our Summer 2025 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 to retain authorization to work in the United States. 

Must be willing to work in New York, NY. 

For further clarification, candidates currently on any student or exchange visa (e.g. F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, J-1, M-1) 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 E-Verify company, requiring all employees to have an active Social Security number. Any candidate receiving an internship offer must complete I-9 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. 

Interest in the HR field, DEI, corporate communications and culture, and/or employee engagement. 

Ability to manage confidential and sensitive information. 

Strong-problem solving skills, with the ability to self-start and streamline. 

Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the professional savvy of communicating at all levels. 

Well organized with strong time management & multi-tasking skills. 

Ability to take direction from multiple stakeholders & balance numerous projects simultaneously. 

Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).    

Experience with SAP a plus. 

The hourly rate for student interns is $17.50. 

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision.

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