Commercial Internship Programme at Sky Early Careers

Get involved in every aspect of Commercial Strategy and Planning. Identify new market opportunities and the latest products. Define our quarterly and annual commercial plans. Manage sales and retention. This internship will help you understand the marketplace, and our position in it. 

Commercial

Start date: 1st July 2024

£22,600 per annum pro rata|8 weeks

About this programme

You could take on an internship in:

Propositional Development: decide which new products and services we should launch with the help of a clear strategy, as well as customer insights. 
Media Planning: work with creative agencies to decide how we should spend our budget.
Trading Performance: improve sales and customer retention by fine-tuning our pricing and promotion strategies, as well as the channels we use.

Nothing happens on-screen without the talented people behind the scenes, working their magic every day at Sky. Join us for an internship and you’ll be working in a fun, fast-moving environment. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position on our Business Strategy programme once you graduate – starting September 2025.

What you’ll be doing

Analyse the TV market and competitor activity to inform commercial plans 
Collate insights on broader trends in TV and technology 
Gather and review best practices from other functions on successful embedding of competitor insights 
Lead collation of cross-functional updates on key activities and projects 
Work closely with Finance and Insight teams 
Support on other relevant team priorities e.g. analysis of outputs from research projects, project progress updates 
Find new ways to leverage and streamline team activity and workflow.

What we’re looking for

The one essential requirement is that you're currently studying for an undergraduate degree in any subject, and in your penultimate year.

Other skills we’re looking for include:

A great verbal and written communicator 
People orientated with strong organisational skills  
Detail focused 
Proactive and keen to drive improvements 
A problem solver, with skills to overcome obstacles

To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK by the start date of the programme. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this programme.

Status

This internship programme is now closed for applications for our 2024 intake. To register your interest for 2025, click below and we'll keep you updated.

Application journey

Prep Hub
This optional step will help you prepare for our application process — and you can access it before you’ve even applied.
Visit Prep Hub
Application
Time to submit your application on our system. We’ll be asking for your personal details, academic information and everything else that you think would be relevant such as work experience. That’s all there is to it.

If we need to make adjustments to make you feel more comfortable at any stage, please let us know when you apply — we’ll be in touch to discuss.
Digital Assessment
Once your application is in, we’ll ask you to complete our immersive digital assessments. They’re mostly situational questions and will also include a video interview.
Assessment Centre
For the final assessment stage, we’ll invite you to our bespoke virtual assessment centre. You’ll get the opportunity to impress us in person and get a feel for what it’s really like to work at Sky.

The day could include an individual interview, group discussion or individual exercise. We’ll give you plenty of notice and let you know how best to prepare for the day.
We'll be in touch
Once you’ve completed all the assessment steps, we’ll let you know when you can expect to hear back from us. Good luck!