Content Research Insights & Analytics Intern

The Walt Disney Company; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment Research, Insights, and Analytics is offering a full-time, six-month internship in Burbank, CA from January 2027 to June 2027 for television data enthusiasts. You will be guided to learn tools, access software, and gain hands-on experience with real data across Disney Entertainment and related units.

You will build skills in Nielsen, Looker, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, and BI reporting while collaborating with cross-functional teams and presenting findings to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Passion for TV content and storytelling
• Proficiency with Excel, including lookups, arrays, and logic formulas
• Strong PowerPoint and Outlook skills
• Experience with SQL and cloud data warehouses
• Excellent written and verbal communication, storytelling
• Curiosity and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple projects
• Attention to detail and highly organized

Responsibilities

• Gain hands-on experience reporting on trends in TV and program viewership
• Learn Nielsen and BI tools to report on program performance
• Expand skills in Excel, Looker, Tableau, Alteryx
• Discuss TV landscape with industry professionals
• Work with US and global streaming data to contextualize performance
• Assist in creating and maintaining ratings reports, analyses, and presentations
• Use SQL and scripting to access and analyze multivariate data

Skills

Television content passion

Excel (VLOOKUPs, arrays, logic)

PowerPoint & Outlook

SQL & cloud data warehouses

Communication skills

Curiosity & problem solving

Adaptability & multi-project juggling

Detail oriented

Education

Junior or Senior year preferred

Info Systems / Statistics / Data Science / CS / Engineering / Economics

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Alteryx

Photoshop

Illustrator

Job description

About the Role & Program:

The Disney Entertainment Research, Insights, and Analytics team is searching for a motivated television enthusiast who is interested in using data to tell stories. You will be part of a team that provides insights using data and analytics to help support executives in their decision making. A distinguishing characteristic of the internship is the ability to work hands-on with real data and relay that information to all departments across Disney Entertainment and several within the larger Walt Disney Company.

This internship is a full-time, six-month commitment in Burbank, CA from January 2027 – June 2027.

What You Will Do:

You will be guided by a team dedicated to ensuring you are properly taught, have the required access and software/tools, and gain the experience necessary to pursue a future career in data and analytics in the television industry. You will:

• Gain hands-on experience reporting on key trends in the television industry and program viewership
• Learn Nielsen and other software and business intelligence tools to report on program performance
• Expand your technical skills (e.g. Excel, Looker, Alteryx, Tableau, etc.)
• Discuss the changing television landscape with experienced industry professionals
• Work with U.S. and Global Streaming data to contextualize streaming performance
• Assisting in creating and maintaining ratings reports, analyses, and presentations
• Use internal and external analytics tools, SQL, and scripting languages to access and analyze multivariate data

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• The ideal candidate would have a passion for all forms of television content
• Proficiency with Excel – including lookups, arrays, and logic formulas
• Proficiency with PowerPoint and Outlook
• Experience or knowledge of SQL and cloud-based data warehouses
• Outstanding communication skills – written, oral, presentation, and storytelling
• Curiosity and passion for solving problems and answering challenging questions
• Ability to be flexible, adapt to changing priorities, and able to juggle multiple projects
• Extraordinarily organized and detail oriented

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Looker, Tableau, Alteryx or other BI technologies
• Presentation graphics ability a plus (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
• Experience working with large files/datasets

Education:

• Junior or Senior year preferred
• Major or previous coursework in Information Systems, Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Computer science, Engineering, Economics, or a related major is preferred

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information:

Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements:

• Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class at time of application OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
• Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.
• Be at least 18 years of age
• Possess unrestricted work authorization.

Additional Information:

• This internship is a full-time, six-month commitment in Burbank, CA from January 2027 – June 2027.
• Able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship
• Fully available Monday through Friday for the duration of the internship, 40 hours each week
• Able to provide own housing for the duration of the internship program in the Burbank, CA area
• Able to provide reliable transportation to/from work in the Burbank, CA area.

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The pay rate for this role in Burbank, CA is $23.00 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits