Looking to ace your upcoming academic year? As an NBCUniversal Academic Year intern, you’ll work on real projects, be part of our collaborative culture, and get the support you need to grow - across two full semesters. Our Internship Program is all about impact, giving you the chance to contribute to meaningful work while building skills that matter. If you’re curious, driven, and excited about media, entertainment, and technology, we provide an environment designed to help you learn and grow every day.
In addition to all of our internships being paid, we will also offer the following for our Academic Year interns:
- Paid time off for mental health, academic exams, and personal holidays.
- Robust networking, learning and professional development opportunities.
- Complimentary Peacock subscription for the duration of the internship.
- Free admission to Universal Parks to use during your internship.
- Access to mental health resources, including counseling sessions.
Academic Year Internship Program Details
Program Dates: September 21, 2026 – April 23, 2027
Time Commitment: 16-24 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 New York, NY.
Academic Year Recruitment Timeline
April 20: Applications open
May 8: Applications close at 11:59pm ET (we recommend you submit your application as soon as possible – applications may close earlier 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
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 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.
Universal Television Entertainment is responsible for world-class television entertainment. The division programs and markets content across leading entertainment brands Bravo, NBC and Peacock, and produces over 3,000 hours of television annually through Universal Studio Group, the studio business comprised of Universal Television, UCP, Universal International Studios and Universal Television Alternative Studio.
Areas of placement may include, but are not limited to:
- Bravo Creative: Assisting Pre-editors with promo and social video production for our Reality Shows, basic editing skills are desirable for screening our shows, identifying and pulling shots for various video projects, participate in brainstorming sessions for various initiatives as necessary, identify fun social opportunities for our reality shows, participate in pre-production and observe shoot day production for video shoots as needed, attend daily approval and production meetings
- Bravo Design: Using an existing keyart, the design intern will use Photoshop to help us to make the 75-200 assets needed for each show as it travels across the nonlinear entertainment space. From streaming apps to marketing opportunities, they will be responsible for consumer-facing layouts as well as help execute assets on our social media feeds
- Bravo Digital Video: This intern will work alongside Producers/Editors on the Audience Growth & Development video team, with a major focus on Bravo. Our goal is to create video content to help market the Bravo TV shows and the Bravo stars in the best way possible. Our interns work on multiple video projects from pre-production through post-production and delivery. Our interns have the opportunity to work on a variety of video projects. Examples include editing an Instagram story/reels, putting together behind-the-scenes videos filmed at show reunions, creating a 10-minute-long YouTube mash-up video, and helping research throughout a months-long project. The interns will also help develop creative ideas for upcoming interviews and shows
- Entertainment Photography: Support East Coast Photo Producers and Post-Production Manager, perform basic photo editing – reviewing photographer unit/episodic coverage and gallery for best images, assist w/post-production process – sort selects from wide edits and caption talent in all photos, sort full photo content into BTS, PULLAWAYS and PLATES folders, perform photo requests for specific search parameters, and work any in-person events, running cards from photographers to editors
- Late Night Digital Design: Most often developing premium quality original artwork and marketing designs using Photoshop and Illustrator, to be used on multiple different platforms (including, but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, and nbc.com), occasionally developing motion graphics pieces (intro/titles, lower thirds, transitions, subtitles, animated typography, etc), communicate and present design concepts, deliver engaging and high-quality creative assets for all digital platforms, develop strong relationships with our Design, User Experience, Creative, Marketing and Project Teams to ensure quality deliverables, budgets, and timelines are met, establish and maintain digital brand style guide parameters for assigned series
- Peacock Creative Marketing: The Peacock Creative Marketing team oversees and produces all promotional material for original shows across the platform, including trailers, promos, digital assets, social pieces, key art and more. This is primarily a video-based role and the ideal candidate should have a basic understanding of video editing software, particularly Adobe Premiere.
- Peacock Design: From key art and on-platform assets to digital and OOH touchpoints, you’ll get exposure to the full lifecycle of entertainment marketing and a behind-the-scenes look at how original titles are positioned to reach and resonate with audiences! Interns will support the development of key art, thumbnails, and campaign assets for original series and films across platform, digital, and OOH, assist in photo selects and compositing, creating logos for campaigns and more.