International Media Operations Intern Review

Daily tasks include:
- Supporting the day-to-day administrative requirements of various projects and product requests.
- Inserting and tracking progress of projects, generating and checking forms for project initiation, change requests and close down; continuously monitoring and updating timeline, scope and budget changes and making sure all stakeholders have up-to-date information.
- Supporting analysts and senior management in preparation, scheduling, running and minuting internal and external meetings across EMEA, LatAm and APAC territories.
- Generating and submitting weekly and monthly PowerBI reports to senior management.
Occasionally:
- Managing small projects by ensuring project delivery is on time, on budget, legally and financially compliant.
- Submitting purchase orders and processing invoices.

I was responsible for tracking all the existing project and inserting the new ones on a master tracker. I ran a lot of board meeting, presenting the objects of discussion, taking notes and issuing agendas and minutes. I was occasionally assigned small projects where I did the reporting on Raid Logs which put me in contact with people all over the business and got a chance to ask questions about their role and experience. I was also responsible for generating template for various forms and issuing them once completed. Overall a good amount of responsibilities but easily manageble!

There's a short series of "lectures" at the beginning as part of the training, there's a lot to learn about content programming, scheduling, media planning and internal software. NBCU offers LinkedIn Learning for free and encourages to use it, I did basic training for Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint which turned out extremely helpful. I definitely developed my attention to detail and technical skills. I also learned A LOT about project management, which is an extremely useful transferrable skill.

I received constant support and guidance during my internship. I was assigned to a mentor with whom I had daily meetings to go over everything that needed to be done during the day. I also had weekly meetings with my manager and the team and monthly meetings with the wider team to look at the status of strategic projects and the roadmap as a whole. I always had an idea of what was going on and the team is very keen on keeping you up to date!

Everyone is very nice and happy to help with a task or to answer any questions. I asked for a meeting with several people to talk about their experience and their role and everyone was very excited to discuss any question I had, which is extremely helpful if you're considering staying at the company in a different role. The working pattern is 3 days in the office and 2 working from home but due to a health condition I had to ask for some flexibility which was granted with no problems at all, the manager was very understanding!

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at NBCU and it was a great way to learn more about the tv/broadcasting industry and project management. It's also a great name to have on your cv! The only downside, if I have to choose one, is that there's no direct path to get into a permanent job, I'm on my last 3 months and I'm still waiting to see if there are any openings in the company for a full-time role which can be a bit nerve wreaking. Overall I learned a lot and I'm sure it's all gonna be extremely helpful wherever I land next!

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