Commercial Strategy Support and Analytics Internship London 2023

Please note that this role is based in the United Kingdom. In order to enable us to meet statutory and regulatory obligations of the United Kingdom immigration system you must have the appropriate immigration permission needed to work and reside in the United Kingdom.

Hi, we’re Sony Pictures Entertainment

We are in the business of creativity… making some of the most beloved film and television of all time for every platform in the world. As the most creative and proudly independent studio, our future is boundless.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is a division of Sony Corporation, a creative entertainment company built on a foundation of technology. Along with our sister companies, we make movies, television, music and games that engage billions of people, connecting creators and audiences around the globe. We are looking for innovators to join us as we forge the future of entertainment!

We are excited to be reintroducing our internship program back to our London office, with placements starting in July 2023 and ending in July 2024. This 12 month program is a fantastic opportunity for anyone in the very early stages of their career to join one of the leading companies in Film and TV. Although each role is different and part of a different department, all our internships will give you an in-depth understanding of the industry and department and will play a major part in helping to carve out your future career.

Before applying for this role please ensure you attach both a CV and cover letter to explain why this particular internship is of interest to you and why you feel you would be a good fit.

Only applications that attach both documents will be considered.

Applications close by Friday 3rd March 2023.

Internship and department overview

This internship will sit with our Central Team as part of our TV Distribution & Networks division. The Central Team works at a global level in a matrix structure with other central, regional and local teams to support the following key areas:

• Licensing Deals – we either lead or support on key global / regional / local deals across SVOD, AVOD, Pay TV
• Transactional Digital – we oversee the international transactional digital business and all global retailer relationships
• Business Development – we lead on developing new products and services to support future business objectives often working with our sister companies across Sony Corporation. We are also a key part of the team building out Sony Pictures owned and operated AVOD services.

This is a very busy team that interacts with teams around the world on a regular basis to ensure we are tracking the business in a consistent way, drawing insights from deal performance or title performance and developing new products and services to drive future growth in the business.

What you will do

Global Commercial Strategy Support & Analytics Role – to help us with some of our data crunching, trend analysis and report production, reviewing and digesting research that specifically support deals or initiatives to be shared across our global teams, they could also help us automate some of our processes and reports, and provide support across the team in key areas.Support with project co-ordination on business development and digital growth projects

• Summarising insights into linear, SVOD and AVOD title performance from Tableau dashboards to support deal negotiations and content programming
• Supporting the creation of Excel models to evaluate deals under negotiation and to track ongoing deal performance
• Helping the team to define and develop KPIs
• Maintaining and creating Tableau dashboards to visualise and share data in an easily digestible way
• Supporting content curation, identifying films and TV Series which align with clients’ needs around seasonal events
• Monitoring competitor windowing strategies in collaboration with Research and communicating to the team
• Tracking the evolution of SVOD and AVOD services – pricing (SVOD only), utility, content, new territory launches, bundling
• Collating and summarising corporate presentations and investor reports from key clients
• Extracting market-level data from third party sources (such as subscriber #s, broadband uptake) to feed into deal modelling and cross-territory comparisons
• Identifying opportunities to streamline reports and processes; helping to implement these changes
• Maintaining a list of relevant upcoming conferences, webinars and training courses and circulating to the team. Attending these events when required and summarising to the wider team
• Liaising with Home Office teams to ensure smooth information flow
• Option to become involved in a UK Employee Business Resource Group

What you will learn

• Insight into how a major studio drives revenue from different aspects of the business
• Learn about big data management and how it is practically applied in a real business context
• Presentation skills as there will be many opportunities to present to different groups across the business
• Excel / Tableau skills development
• Learn about how research is commissioned, executed and then how the results are interpreted back in the business
• Learn how to write concise management reports
• Understand project management
• Opportunity to work across teams and geographies within a major studio environment

What you need

To be considered for this internship you will need to be;

• Numerate – good knowledge of excel, statistics/business background an advantage
• Articulate – comfortable and willing to present work in an open forum to various teams around the business
• Organised – able to manage multiple projects at the same time
• Inquisitive – we want someone who is naturally inquisitive and keen to learn and really keen to be part of our team

If you feel you meet the above desired skills and qualifications, have a passion for film and television and are looking to kick start your career in this area, we would love to hear from you!

Sony Pictures Entertainment is committed to equal opportunity in all its employment practices, policies and procedures. No worker or potential worker will therefore receive less favourable treatment due to his or her race, age, creed, sexual orientation, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, religion, gender, marital status or Trade Union membership (if applicable).

Sony Pictures Entertainment is committed to equal opportunity in all its employment practices, policies and procedures. No worker or potential worker will therefore receive less favourable treatment due to their race, age, creed, sexual orientation, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, religion, gender, marital status or Trade Union membership (if applicable).