Paid Intern - Tokyo Olympics

This is a Part Time Paid Internship

Responsibilities
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.


NBCUniversal's Internships are the perfect way to gain experience while learning what a career at NBCUniversal might have in store for you. Games of the XXXII Olympiad will take place in Summer 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. A select number of students will have the opportunity to intern either at the NBC Sports Group facility in Stamford, CT or in Tokyo, Japan.

This will be a paid internship. Travel and accommodations are subject to credentialing approval for those traveling to Tokyo, Japan. Interns working in Stamford, CT will be housed in Stamford, CT for the duration of his/her assignment by NBCUniversal, however the interns working in Stamford, CT will be responsible for any travel expenses in accordance with his/her Olympic assignment. Most internship assignments will last approximately 3-6 weeks between July and August 2020.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Internships during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics may include (but are not limited to):

Production Assistants
• Responsibilities may include script running for studio shows or assisting sport producers with footage needs, transcribing, and basic research
• Candidates must be self-starters, proficient with computers, and have knowledge of sports
• Position requires accuracy, promptness, and patience

Digital Production Assistants
Assist in the production of 100 daily live streams and 300 daily video highlights & features from every Olympic sport and event, for publication on NBC's digital platforms, which include NBCOlympics.com, the NBC Sports app, social media channels, connected television apps (Roku, Apple TV, Xfinity, etc.), and other outlets like Taxicabs, sidewalk kiosks, etc.

Responsibilities
may include:
• Monitoring and logging all live Olympic competitions (NBC Olympics covers every event live in all 41 sports)
• Identifying key moments and assembling shot lists for highlight packages, features, and social media posting
• Adding chapter markers (to aid in navigation) and commercial insertion points into live streams
• Organizing and cataloguing top shots of each day for ''best of'' compilation packages

Preferred skills/experience:
• Knowledge of/experience in summer Olympic sports
• Video editing experience in either Avid, Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro or similar non-linear editing system
• Detail-oriented and able to work in a busy, live production environment

Video Streaming Coordinators
Learn to manage digital live streams of Olympic and non-Olympic sporting events for digital consumption on desktop, mobile and connected devices.

Responsibilities
may include:
• Setting up & running digitally-encoded streams of live sporting events, including the Olympics as well as others in the NBC Sports portfolio
• Monitoring stream quality and real-time traffic using digital analytic tools
• Creating full event replays of the streams
• Coordinating with editorial staff to publish streams on NBC's digital platforms
• Working within an online Content Management System (CMS), Wikis and other task management systems
• Assist digital technical teams with testin