Summer Paid Intern - Affiliate Relations

This is a Full Time Paid Internship

This internship opportunity involves providing support to four key teams of the Affiliate Relations department. Some projects include, helping to create fall launch sales / marketing initiatives, monitoring station activity, prepping new season programming materials, and tracking industry trends. This internship will help provide a basic knowledge of the television landscape (including key programming areas of entertainment, news and sports) and the Network / Affiliate business model.

What You Will Do:
• Form strong internal Network relationships to ensure complete understanding of ABC's business objectives and distribution goals.
• Learn appropriate tools to connect with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Microsoft Teams), and support database management (i.e. Salesforce)
• Assist with maximizing day-to-day distribution of network programming and negotiating optimal makegoods in the event of local program preemption.
• Track and record the clearances for Network programming across all Dayparts in SharePoint/Clearance System for Ratings and Network Sales.

Required Qualifications & Skills
• Experience with and demonstration of strong organizational, presentation, shared database management and record-keeping skills
• Strong interest in the media business, with a particular focus on television and programming to support communication with clients
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and outstanding professional demeanor
• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) in previous work assignments.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills
• Work or education experience in entertainment
• Industry knowledge in media
• An understanding of contract review and interpretation

Education:
• Junior or Senior year preferred
• Major or previous coursework in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Advertising, Business Administration, or other related major preferred

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information:
• 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.
• Be at least 18 years of age
• Possess unrestricted work authorization

Additional Information:
• Able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship, June 2026 – August 2026.
• Fully available from Monday – 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.