Summer Remote Intern - Ad Sales

Job Description

Responsibilities
The NBCUniversal Advertising Sales business has been united as one seamless portfolio with a powerful ability to amplify an advertiser's message and reach the right consumer in precise, targeted ways. With two broadcast networks (English and Spanish language), 15 cable properties and more than 50 digital properties, advertisers can build ideas around their brands that leverage our unparalleled range and diversity of networks, channels and digital platforms.
Opportunities may include (but are not limited to):
• Business Operations & Strategy: This is the strategic, analytical, measurement, and research-focused part of Ad Sales. It is made up of several smaller teams that perform different functions. The overall group is responsible for innovating the go-to-market sales strategy, innovating the commercial products and experience, and managing the programmatic and advanced advertising platforms. This team is hyper-focused on data and research.
• Planning: The planning roles consist of the pre-sale support team (Strategic Planning, Platform Monetization) as well as the post-sale support team (Account Services). The Strategic Planning team is one of the largest entities in Ad Sales and supports the Account Executives and Account Directors with pre-sale campaign planning, including pricing, inventory, ad placement, etc. Essentially, they determine, based on market factors and data, how ad spots should be priced and what inventory level we should offer clients.
• Sales: The Linear and Digital Sales teams account for half of the content portfolio, as well as Agency direct Account Management and Strategy. These are the teams that sell the traditional television (linear) commercial spots and the digital/streaming advertisements to Agencies. The Agencies represent the brands/marketers that want to spend their advertising dollars with NBCUniversal.
• Creative Partnerships: This is the creative/marketing part of Ad Sales – also known as Integrated Marketing. Integrated Marketing means bringing in outside brands to advertise across the NBCU networks. This is the team that designs and even create the ad campaigns in response to RFP's brought in by the Sales team. They also work with Research for data supporting an ad campaign strategy, and operations to execute the ad campaigns. Content Innovation Agency is our in-house creative agency.
• Finance: Interns in the finance department will support the Ad Sales team by completing sales reporting and metrics analyses on a weekly and monthly basis. They will have exposure to the budgeting process and work heavily in Excel.
Opportunities may support National, Regional, or Local Ad Sales teams.

Daily responsibilities and projects may include (but are not limited to):
• Supporting sales planning and Account Services management from learning to build media plans to assisting with inventory and quality assurance checks
• Create effective and efficient targeting segments for social media campaigns
• Collaborate with marketing team to develop custom presentations for clients
• Assist with ideating multi-platform marketing solutions
• Develop insightful and actionable research used in setting sales strategy

Application Deadline: Summer Internship postings are live for a limited time only, apply today!

Qualifications/Requirements
• In pursuit of an Associate, Bachelor or Graduate degree at an Accredited Institution and be able to provide documentation to confirm your degree progress.
• Current class standing of sophomore or above (30 credits).
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by NBCUniversal.

Additional Job Requirements
• Must submit an attestation disclosing your COVID-19 vaccination status and, if partially or fully vaccinated, submitting your vaccination record no later than 7 days following commencement of employment.
• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at the commencement of employment or must undergo regular COVID-19 testing if Company determines your job position requires accessing an NBCUniversal worksite.
• Must be willing to adhere to all Company COVID-19 workplace safety policies and protocols.

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Desired Characteristics
• Students with class standing of junior, senior, or MBA students preferred
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
• Strong interest in the media industry
• Commitment to building an inclusive work environment
• Ability to multitask and highly organized
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Previous internship experience and on-campus involvement
• A background in any of the following areas: Advertising Sales, Business Operations, Consumer Research & Insights or Communications, with a desire to learn about different areas of the Advertising field
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite is strongly recommended
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, SPSS, or other tools is preferred

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-re1p97-18-218-168-16-42 in your application.