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NBCUniversal

Content Strategy Intern Review

at NBCUniversal

Internship (1 Month+)

Marketing

London

Review Submitted: May 2024

Overall Rating

3.6 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

2/5 - Overview of Role
3.8/5 - Skills Development
3.5/5 - Support and Guidance
4/5 - Company Culture
3/5 - Overall Experience
4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Support Content Strategy team in developing and trialing new business models for distribution/windowing, working with internal stakeholders across NBCU business lines
Support Content Strategy Director in growing non-traditional distribution of acquisition titles, in particular non-theatrical and festival distribution
Manage UPHE Content Group trackers, slate decks, smartsheets
Manage lifecycle calendar for drafting opportunities and support Director in projects management
Liaise with marketing and operations teams worldwide to trouble shoot any issues with information flow
Campaign & asset planning / creation: work closely with the marketing team to ensure assets are created and campaign plans are developed to support full lifecycle of our products and all rights
Liaise with creative agencies to develop sales tools to support SVOD & TV exploitation
Help manage internal communication within UPHE content group
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was only given one big monthly project but the rest were all admin work which had some responsibility.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Developed my skills in punctuality, formality. I've also developed my excel skills and developed new skills for Power BI and Smartsheets
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
3/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
The support was really good both on an overall cooperate level and within my team and department. Early careers was also really supportive in supporting me throughout my internship
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
3/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
It's really casual and supportive
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed the benefits NBCUniversal offers such as going to early screening of upcoming films, free coffee. I love the office we worked at the views was amazing and the workspace was really nice too. There are many events too which I love attending such as the Xmas party and employee forums. I enjoyed making the many friends here as well, they made my internship really good
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at NBCUniversal
4/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend NBCUniversal to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to NBCUniversal
Be enthusiastic and passionate for films and tv shows - they really look for that a lot.
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