Turner Broadcasting – New York, NY
Please Note: truTV summer internships are paid at minimum-wage and structured to last approximately 12 weeks beginning in early June. Course Credit is available. Students should have a strong academic record (3.0 strongly preferred). Students must have completed their sophomore year in college prior to the start of the internship. In addition, students may not have graduated college or graduate school prior to the start of the internship (i.e. STUDENTS MUST BE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL DURING THE TIME OF THIS INTERNSHIP). Students seeking college credit are strongly encouraged to apply. Note to International Students: All international students will be required to provide documentation of proper visa paperwork prior to your arrival if accepted to the program.
Due to the high volume of candidates for Turner’s Internship Program, interested students are encouraged to apply for openings as soon as possible, as these positions will be filled on an ongoing basis. Future semester Internship postings will be available after the current semester deadline.
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Company:
truTV, one of cable’s fastest growing brands, offers a wildly entertaining look at the real world through outrageous characters, unpredictable situations and irreverent storytelling. Currently seen in 92 million U.S. households, truTV features such popular original series as Hardcore Pawn, Impractical Jokers, Guinness World Records® Unleashed, Lizard Lick Towing, Killer Karaoke, Upload with Shaquille O’Neal, Storage Hunters, Full Throttle Saloon, South Beach Tow, World’s Dumbest… and Operation Repo. In addition, truTV is a partner in airing the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news; entertainment; animation and young adult; and sports media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
Internship Description:
truTV.com is hiring an intern to support the Program Planning & Scheduling department. The intern will be responsible for screening and/ or logging programs for noteworthy moments and sensitive content. The intern would also work with the department’s assistant on the maintenance of the library. Clerical duties would include data entry (synopsis database) and paperwork preparation for our weekly meetings. Duties also include conducting research on competitive programming/ networks.
Qualifications:
Any prospective intern should be interested in learning how the department determines programming strategies as well as the competitive landscape and audience analysis. Preferably a student majoring in TV/ Film or Media Studies, who is an avid television watcher and can talk intelligently about the landscape.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers.
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