NBC Local Production, Editorial, and Marketing News Internships – Summer 2027
Your future in media starts here. The NBCUniversal Summer Internship Program is your chance to help shape what’s next in media and entertainment. Whether you’re supporting major news coverage, creating content for iconic brands, or contributing to innovative projects, you’ll bring your ideas, creativity, and perspective to make an impact throughout your internship. Beyond your day-to-day role, you’ll take part in a thoughtfully designed program focused on career development, building your professional presence, and growing your workplace confidence. Through real-world experience and a community of fellow interns, you’ll explore what’s possible in this ever changing and exciting industry. In addition to all of our internships being paid, we will also offer the following for our Summer 2027 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 2027 Program Details Program Dates: June 7 – August 13, 2027 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. Summer 2027 Recruitment Timeline November 9 – December 4: 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 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. NBCUniversal Local is NBCUniversal’s local media division that delivers English and Spanish-speakers and bilingual audiences in 31 U.S. markets and Puerto Rico, the very best in local sports, news, weather, consumer and investigative reporting, and lifestyle entertainment across any platform and screen. NBCUniversal Local is comprised of three individual media groups including the NBC Owned Television Stations, the NBC Sports Regional Networks and the Telemundo Station Group. NBCUniversal Local’s stations and networks serve diverse audiences and communities across linear, streaming, OTT, digital web, mobile and audio, and cable platforms and work together to keep local audiences informed anytime and anywhere. Operations & Technology (O&T) functions as a global shared service within NBCUniversal performing critical functions including Media, Broadcast and Studio Operations & Production, Content Supply Chain, Information Technology and Engineering, as well as Cyber Security. The group operates from numerous locations around the world, including New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Connecticut, and London. Areas of placement may include, but are not limited to: Skycastle/LXTV: NBCU Skycastle and LXTV are creative divisions of NBCUniversal Local. LXTV produces lifestyle and entertainment content, while Skycastle focuses on marketing and promotional campaigns for both general and Hispanic audiences. Together, they form a full-service production and creative team, delivering localized advertising content in English and Spanish. Interns gain hands-on experience in TV production and post-production. Responsibilities may include: assisting producers with planning, guest booking, and pre-production; assisting crew members on set; editing segments for various platforms; assisting with music cue sheets, talent, and location releases and closed captioning; and engaging and assisting with all social media platforms. Digital Editorial: Our team helps the NBC Local websites from New York to Los Angeles provide a full news report each day. We write and share interesting articles among the websites and post national and international stories and we provide the local television stations with short voice overs for broadcast. Our interns report and write stories, post articles from NBC News and The Associated Press and help with data research. Local HQ Marketing: The NBCU Local HQ Marketing team includes members based in New York, Chicago, Stamford, and Dallas. They specialize in various areas including Brand Management, Streaming Platforms, Regional Sports Networks’ Marketing and Creative Services, Graphic Design, and Syndication. The NBCU Local marketing intern, working alongside the HQ team in New York, will have the opportunity to engage in diverse projects involving NBC and Telemundo marketers from local stations and streaming channels across the country. Internship assignments may encompass tasks such as preparing and distributing briefs and campaign documents for major initiatives and premieres, facilitating product launches, organizing streaming channel special events, providing support for voter registration efforts, collaborating on marketing initiatives, and contributing to the company's broader social responsibility endeavors. Operations & Technology Production Services, Editing Operations: News Group O&T supports the technology, workflows, and production services that help bring NBCUniversal’s news content to audiences across platforms. Within Production Services, the Editing Operations team supports post-production and editorial workflows, partnering with teams across the organization to help deliver high-quality content efficiently. The team works with industry-standard editing tools, including Avid Media Composer, while supporting a variety of editing projects and initiatives.