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New York, NY, USA
Internship
Onsite
$45/hr - $45/hr
Intern
The Walt Disney Company is a renowned entertainment conglomerate that has evolved from a cartoon studio to a leader in sports coverage and television. They are seeking a Data Science Graduate Intern to support the Disney Advertising Sales team, where the intern will engage in data integration, audience classification, and cross-functional collaboration to drive data-driven initiatives.
Apply NowResponsibilities
- Lead a project end-to-end, in close collaboration with a mentor, and understand how the team’s work contributes to the Ad Sales organization overall.
- Collaborate in the maintenance and improvement of our suite of scalable ML tools and data products, including feature stores, model registry, ground truth management, and training and inference pipelines.
- Attend team workshops, prioritization and update meetings to understand ways of working and actively participate and contribute to cross-functional initiatives.
- Perform ad-hoc analysis to support various projects across our Data & Measurement Science team.
- Collaborate with full-time analysts to gain perspective on different aspects of day-to-day projects and responsibilities.
- Network with individuals across the Data & Measurement Science organization, as well as the broader Sales teams, to explore areas of opportunity for Data Science in Advertising.
Qualification
Required
- Course or project-based experience using analytical software to manipulate data (SQL, Python).
- Course or project-based work using basic data engineering concepts (ETL, ELT).
- Course or project-based experience in machine learning concepts and applications (supervised and unsupervised Learning, feature engineering, model evaluation).
- Shown ability to communicate technical concepts to a technical audience.
- Highly engaged, ambitious problem solver who is self-motivated and eager to learn.
- Eager to collaborate, become part of a team, and lean-in on asking questions from leadership.
- Currently in the process of obtaining a Master’s in Data Science, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or other related quantitative field.
- Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program AND returning to school the semester/quarter following the internship OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
- Be at least 18 years of age.
- Possess unrestricted work authorization.
- Have not completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or Disney College Program.
- Fully available from M-F, 40 hours each week for the entire program duration: May/June - August/September 2025 (12 weeks).
- Able to provide own housing for the duration internship program in Santa Monica, CA or New York, NY.
- Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work.
Preferred
- Familiarity with Apache Airflow and Google Cloud Platforms (e.g., BigQuery, Cloud Storage) is plus but not required.
Benefits
- Medical
- Financial
- Other benefits