Advertising & Partnerships Ad Products Internships – Summer 2026
See yourself at NBCU! Be a part of our intern community, a 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 2026 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 2026 Recruitment Timeline: November 10 – December 5: 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 Summer 2026 Internship Program: Applications Close: December 5th at 11:59pm ET. Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – applications could close earlier due to applicant volume! Program Dates: June 1 – August 7, 2026 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. The Advertising & Partnerships division is a multifaceted organization that connects the content portfolio of NBCUniversal to advertisers, brand partners, and consumers. The division is broken out broadly into five core business areas: Ad Sales, which manages relationships with agencies and businesses of all sizes; Advertising Product & Solutions, which develops, operationalizes, and scales the products and solutions that enable innovation, automation, and performance across our ad sales ecosystem; Insights & Measurement, which provides campaign-level insights and scalable, tech-driven performance measurement and automation; Enterprise Marketing & Communications, which manages NBCUniversal's brand and storytelling across the marketplace, and Platform Monetization, which owns and optimizes the entire Pitch-to-Pay process, from building and pricing innovative plans to delivering industry-leading customer service, and driving growth through upsells and renewals. Together, these groups combine to support the division's mission to be the industry's most valuable partner for maximizing media effectiveness for clients of all sizes. Areas of placement may include, but are not limited to: Data Science The Data Science team instils advanced analytics and data science principles into advertising technology. The team collaborates with multiple product teams to support predictive modeling, measurement & optimization, reporting and analysis. This internship position offers a hands on opportunity to apply quantitative modeling, optimization, AI/ML to real word advertising challenges. You'll work with data scientists, analysts and product managers to design and test algorithms that predict performance and maximize ROI. Business Intelligence The Business Intelligence team leverages data to empower our business customers with actionable insights that drive business performance and foster a culture of data-driven decision-making within Ad Sales. BI Product Managers and Analytics Engineers develop and execute on comprehensive roadmaps leveraging best-in-class technology solutions, enabling access to crucial business insights via dashboards, reports, self-service modules, and 'data as a product'. Identity & Data Product The Identity and Data Product team is responsible for collection, standardization, and management of NBCUniversal’s owned and licensed data products and assets. NBCU collected consumer and licensed partner data is used to enable identity resolution, activation, monetization, and data collaboration through secure, privacy-centric methods and technologies. Our mission is to build and provide scaled data assets and collaborative technologies needed to power our performance capabilities.