Program Eligibility: 

• Currently enrolled at an accredited two or four-year college/university in the United States, pursuing an undergraduate, graduate and/or law degree   

• Graduating between Spring 2026 - Fall 2028   

• Have access to housing and transportation within the designated city (We do not offer housing or transportation accommodations) 

• Legally authorized to work in the United States and will not require sponsorship for employment visa status, now or in the future (e.g., H1-B, OPT, etc.) 

• Commit to 20 - 40 hours per week (based on individual business area)  

Note: There are multiple job descriptions listed below. Please read carefully. Applications will be reviewed early Spring 2026 

2026 Summer Internship Program Dates: June 8 - August 14, 2026 

Analytics/Data (Onsite: CA & NY) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

CA: Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) 

The Analytics department at UMe is the data hub of catalog operations. Covering four primary verticals (Releases, Marketing, D2C & Commerce) Analytics provides a cross-functional team that impacts the entire catalog group. 

• Predictive Dashboard for the Billboard Hot 100 

• Generate Global Market Share estimates not currently available from industry sources 

• Scrape Wiki Sources to improve artist birthdate datasets 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• SQL 

• Python 

• Experience with music datasets (through prior roles or school projects) 

• Passion for music 

 CA: Interscope Capitol 

The analytics department works with all departments within Interscope Capitol to keep them informed of market trends, albums and single consumption from our artists, forecasting, as well as development of systems, tools and AI used by all departments in the organization. 

• Develop dynamic / automated models to help key stakeholders with business decisions 

• Create SQL scripts to extract necessary data from files that could be greater than 100 TB in size within Google BigQuery or other SQL platforms, and build visualizations in Tableau, Alteryx, and various other visualization tools to present findings in a visually compelling way 

• Identify user/partner/ track/album/market trends  

• Present overall findings to executives throughout the company in a clear and concise manner 

• Research & build customized reports based on financial and marketing data 

• Build, develop and maintain various partner, consumer behavior, and consumption trend projects with ongoing summaries and recommendations 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Passion and curiosity for music and the data that is used within the industry, preferably with in-depth knowledge of current music industry trends including key accounts, consumption pattern shifts, and the impact/variety of social media. 

• Ability to query our databases (using platforms such as BigQuery) accurately and efficiently using SQL 

• Advanced-level Excel skills, with the ability to develop dynamic models using named ranges/ formulaic references 

• Understanding of API usage for importing data for analysis 

• Understanding of TikTok and social media trends 

• Familiarity with statistical concepts and tools, along with the ability to use them effectively in analyses 

• Ability to visualize data within Alteryx, Tableau, or other data visualization platforms. Experience with Alteryx Designer a plus 

Commerce (Onsite: NY) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The Commerce Intern will support the label’s commercial strategy across digital streaming platforms (DSPs), retail, and direct-to-consumer (D2C) initiatives. This role will assist in tracking releases, compiling performance reports, researching market trends, and supporting promotional campaigns that drive audience growth and engagement. The intern will collaborate with the commerce team and gain hands-on experience with DSP partnerships, retail activations, and campaign planning. 

• Support weekly release campaigns by assisting with DSP pitching, playlist updates, and performance tracking across Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora, Deezer, and other platforms. 

• Maintain and update key tools and trackers, including affiliate links, playlist assets, AMP and DSP asset folders, and physical product checklists. 

• Participate in team meetings and contribute to cross-departmental coordination on marketing and commerce initiatives. 

• Assist with data collection, reporting, and weekly chart recaps to highlight key performance trends. 

• Conduct quality checks on artist profiles, playlists, and storefronts to ensure accuracy and up-to-date assets. 

• Collaborate on creative projects such as thematic playlists, UGC content reviews, and artist-focused campaign ideas. 

• Provide ad-hoc support on special projects including digital campaign submissions, artist store updates, and DSP relationship activities. 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Proficiency in Google Workspace tools (Docs, Sheets, Slides) 

• Working knowledge of music and streaming platforms, including Spotify for Artists, Apple Music for Artists, or Chartmetric 

• Basic design or content creation skills using Canva or similar tools for playlist and campaign visuals 

Commercial Strategy & Partnerships Team (Commerce) (Onsite: NY) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The Commercial Strategy & Partnerships team (Commerce) team sits at the intersection of streaming, marketing, data, analytics and sales. The commerce team works alongside DSP partners to pitch artist projects and ideate new marketing opportunities as well as both retail partners and D2C teams. 

• Help research and maintain industry competitive releases document 

• Help compile assets for artist releases 

• Listen to upcoming artist releases and help pitch across DSPs for support  

• Assist in creating social assets for artists to post upon release  

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Understanding of DSP backend platforms such as Spotify For Artists, as well as music analytics tools such as Chartmetric  

• Proficiency in Excel/Google sheets, Google Suite, Canva 

• Passion for the business of music & what drives consumption 

Creative Sync (Onsite: CA) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The Interscope Capitol Sync team is responsible for all music placement strategy and execution across film, television, trailers, promos, soundtracks, and short form/social media for the Interscope Geffen A&M, Capitol Music Group, Verve, Interscope Capitol Miami, and Lost Highway label groups. 

An intern in this department will gain hands-on experience with creative pitching, industry research, project tracking, and the overall sync process, from idea to on-screen use. This is an excellent role for someone interested in music supervision, entertainment marketing, or the business behind how songs end up in film and TV. 

• Creative Research & Pitch Support: -Research upcoming films, TV, trailer, & promo opportunities across trades, studio sites, and social platforms -Track new project announcements and update the film/TV grids -Help compile and maintain target lists for priority artists 

• Music Asset & Metadata Support: -Organize audio assets, stems, instrumentals, and pitch links for internal and external use -Ensure song metadata, credits, and versioning are accurate across trackers and shared folders 

• Weekly Mailers & Marketing Support: -Help prepare weekly client-facing sync mailers (trailers, film/TV, priority releases)  -Pull highlights, write short descriptions, and gather artwork/visuals as needed 

• Competitive & Trend Analysis: -Monitor music used in trailers, shows, and promos (e.g., recent placements, genres trending in YA, comedy, drama, horror, etc.)  -Track comparable artists and analyze what’s being used in high-visibility campaigns -Summarize findings weekly to support creative pitching

• Special Projects: -Research projects (e.g., “2026 YA slate,” “Top animation projects,” “Emerging trailer houses”) -Deep dives into specific genres for upcoming artist campaigns. -Assist with the build-out of new process documents, dashboards, or starter templates

• Observation & Learning Opportunities: -Sit in on select sync calls with studios, music supervisors, and trailer houses. -Shadow team members across creative, promo, film, TV, and trailer workflows. -Learn the full pipeline of how a sync goes from pitch → request → clearance → final use. 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Airtable & Google Sheets proficiency 

• Canva or basic design skills 

• Audio & version awareness 

• Strong creative research instincts 

Creative Sync (Onsite: CA) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The REPUBLIC Collective sync team is responsible for pitching music across four major labels for all media. We also meet with our artists to help realize their sync goals and potential. We work with our clients to deliver the best possible sync placements for frontline artists.

• Assistance with weekly release schedule updates 

• Support the sync team with sorting and tagging within the audio library on DISCO 

• Support with weekly themed samplers through collecting data, compiling media quotes, and pulling album artwork through internal systems. 

• Assist with researching publisher info and pulling label copies using our internal systems 

• Track film and television release dates for our pending sync requests. 

• Work on a Monthly TV news update. 

• Help update our internal grids (artist, client, release schedules) as needed. 

• Assist with keeping our "Hit List" updated as needed. 

• Various administrative tasks to help support the creative sync team. 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Passion for creative sync 

• Previous experience with DISCO encouraged 

• A skillful creative sync intern is not afraid to ask questions and takes initiative in areas they see can use a more modern approach 

D2C/eCommerce (Onsite: CA) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The department oversees the D2C/eCommerce strategy for Interscope Capitol. This includes 140 artists' stores and the label stores for Interscope Records & Capitol Records. 

• Weekly Creative Marketing Report: Conduct research and compile insights into a weekly report highlighting current trends, campaigns, and opportunities relevant to the label’s marketing strategies.

• Product Development Support: Assist in the development and execution of products for select retail and e-commerce stores, including ideation, coordination, and quality review. 

• Interscope Vinyl Collective & Definitive Sound Series One Step: Contribute to the ongoing growth of these premium vinyl initiatives through research, outreach, and creative input.

• Catalog Mining: Help identify opportunities within the label’s catalog for potential reissues, special editions, and marketing spotlights. 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Proactive 

• Confident enough to pitch ideas 

Film & TV Music (Onsite: CA) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The Film & TV Music Department of UMe handles sync marketing and licensing for the Universal Music Group. We work closely with production companies, music supervisors, and clearance companies, in addition to UMG label personnel and artists. 

The UMe Film & TV Music Intern will work directly with sync executives in marketing and clearing UMG-owned recorded music for film, television, advertising, and video games.  

Responsibilities include: 

• Music Discovery 

• Music Curation 

• Playlisting 

• Data Entry 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Knowledge of a variety of styles and eras of UMG repertoire. 

• An interest in and knowledge of current films, streaming content, television shows, and video games. 

• A genuine love and enthusiasm for music of all genres. 

Finance (Onsite: CA) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The Finance department works on budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting as well as working with all the departments across the business. 

• Data analysis 

• Working on financial systems 

• Tracking new releases 

• Assist with month end financial close process and update of forecast reporting as needed 

• Ad hoc analysis around deal or industry trends to assist with forecasting 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Strong Excel skills 

• General accounting concept knowledge; understanding of financial statements and reporting 

• Experience working with large data sets 

• Experience in SAP a plus (not required) 

Global Insights & Research (Onsite: NY) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

Collecting and integrating data from multiple real time sources. Profiling and segmenting audiences to understand demographics, behavior patterns, tastes, and preferences. Monitoring real-time engagement metrics to drive retention and engagement. Using predictive analytics and forecasting to estimate future content performance with a focus on ROI. 

• Audience insights & segmentation 

• Dashboards 

• Predictive modeling 

• Marketing campaign effectiveness 

• Social + sentiment analysis, and overall data storytelling 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Strong proficiency in SQL and database querying: critical for working with large, diverse data sources 

• Programming in a language like Python or R: for analysis, modelling, automation, and working with analytics/ML pipelines is a plus.  

• Experience or strong interest in data architecture and visualization/reporting tools. 

Music For Advertising (Onsite: NY) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The Music for Advertising team handles all ad-related sync inquires for UMPG's catalog. Our team is comprised of a clearance team that fields requests from music supervisors, brand, and ad agency clients, negotiates fees, and seeks approvals from our writers, and a creative team that proactively pitches the catalog for sync opportunities. 

• Various data entry tasks, including contact list updating, song database metadata tagging, tour date tracking, and more 

• Generate artist datasheets.

• Track music chart data on a weekly basis.

• Pick out new releases in the catalogue to share with the team at weekly meetings 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Strong data organization / data entry skills 

Physical/Catalog (Onsite: CA) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The physical (vinyl, CDs etc.) team is responsible for all aspects of VMG physical planning, strategy, marketing and forecasting. Whether it's frontline (new releases), K-Pop or, specialty catalog activations, this person would be working hand in hand with the entire team responsible for all the pieces to the physical puzzle. Alternatively, they'll have exposure to working with our global lead on Catalog. This includes deep dive optimization, data, marketing plans, digital strategy (DSPs), and planning ahead for milestone catalog anniversaries. 

• Work with the physical team to alleviate some of the workload that needs more attention and organization.  

• Participate in team meetings and planning. Keeping on task for certain physical releases to supplement the rollout plans. 

• Work alongside the team to set goals and objectives for certain projects.  

• Collaborate on potential catalog focuses for 2026 doing data (streaming and revenue) deep dives. 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Open to working with all types of genres and projects 

• Confident and professional in meetings and brainstorming type environments. 

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Revenue (Onsite: CA) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

We lead the overall strategy, sales, ideation/formation of all sonic releases regarding Digital Streaming and Physical Partners for Interscope Capitol. Our team works as one, super-serving our artists to the like of Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams, Lil Baby, GloRilla, Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg, Olivia Rodrigo, Doechii, and many more. 

• Research and understand US & global data analysis of artists 

• Report Digital + Physical Pre-Orders 

• Transcribe Strategy meetings (Detailed note taking) 

• Help team with weekly partner emails and recaps 

• Help submit ticket grids and gather assets 

• Through Monday.com Release Planning Management 

• Management of Artist Roster 

• Link-up excel release schedules with adjustments 

• Assistant tasks for Team senior executives 

• Playlist info gathering from DSP's 

• Physical product management (Shipping, Organization, Ordering) 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Strong people skills and social awareness 

• Critical thinking  

• ‘Ready to go' work ethic 

• Technical skills: Monday.com, Google Sheets, Zoom, Slack 

Sales/Revenue (Onsite: NY) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The  internship for the Verve Label Group Revenue team will cover all aspects of revenue generation. During the summer, our intern will work directly with all teams in the department (Streaming, Analytics, Ecommerce, Sales) in two week increments and then will be able to finish the remaining weeks with the department team that they'd like to do a deeper dive. This will be a very hands-on experience where our intern will be immersed in everything that we do. 

The revenue department intern will be immersed in all daily activities and tasks will be assigned depending on what part of the team they will be working with. Our intern will be required to attend all appropriate team meetings. Additionally, our intern will utilize all the knowledge taught for a program ending project. 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Work seamlessly within a tight knit team structure 

• Come with the desire to learn 

Video & UGC Strategy (CA) 

How You’ll CREATE: 

The video department works closely with YouTube and the supply chain team to migrate catalogs, monitor new releases and keep monetization flowing across all music video releases, including official videos and live performances. We also specialize in user generated content and licensing software/services. Our intern will assist the video department with conflict resolution, YouTube video monetization and channel optimization. They will spend time familiarizing themselves with the YouTube content management system, supply chain operations and work with the team to keep video distribution running smoothly. 

Some projects will include a large ownership conflict cleanup as well as channel optimization, claim upgrading within YouTube, and monitoring the issues queue. 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• General knowledge of YouTube studio 

• Familiarity with music copyright law 

• Sufficient in Microsoft excel, data pulling and organizing 

Bring Your VIBE (ALL ROLES): 

• Strong attention to detail 

• Strong organizational skills and efficiency 

• Ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines in fast- paced, high-pressure environments  

• High level of integrity 

• Discretion in handling confidential information 

• Professionalism in dealing with senior professionals inside and outside the company 

• A “can-do” attitude 

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)  

• Self-starter 

• Excellent communication skills 

• Eager to learn