Summer internships
Uni student looking for a summer placement? Whichever team you join, our internships are an ideal way to get a flavour of what working at Sky is like.
About the programmes
Commercial summer internship - Osterley
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.
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 summer 2022.
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.
Internship facts
- This role is based in Osterley, west London
- This internship will be 8 weeks
- Expected start July 2021.
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 focussed
- Proactive and keen to drive improvements
- A problem solver, with skills to overcome obstacles and find creative alternatives.
So why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Applications close 10th January 2021.
Data and Analytics summer internship - Osterley
Join the team that manages data and transforms it into actionable information across Sky. Creating new products. Exploring new markets. Innovating ways to communicate with our customers. You can even help predict what the future of our multi-billion-pound business looks like.
Get first-hand experience on industry leading projects. Try your hand in data management, governance & ethics, channel analytics & experimentation, advanced analytics, digital decisioning or econometrics. You’ll be involved in innovative and exciting new projects, helping meet the information requirements for the next big Sky campaign.
You’ll learn from the best in industry get support in bringing your ideas to life. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position on our data and analytics programme once you graduate – starting summer 2022.
What you’ll be doing
What you’ll be doing really depends on the team you join, but you can expect exposure to:
- Support key analytical and econometrics modelling projects, and lead on smaller scale assignments
- Experience a range of techniques to shape analytical approaches, including forecasting, segmentation, predictive analytics, machine/deep learning
- Contribute to establishing scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development and implementation
- Develop relationships with stakeholders to understand their business needs and implement customer-centric solutions that help them meet their targets
- Learn how the data is sourced, held and managed within a corporate environment and complies with UK laws and ethical best practices.
Internship facts
- This role is based in Osterley, west London
- This internship will be 8 weeks
- Expected start July 2021.
What we’re looking for
You’re currently studying for an undergraduate degree, and in your penultimate year of study. You’re likely to be studying a numerate degree in maths, statistics, economics, or physics or be able to demonstrate your understanding of the use of data.
Other skills you may have include:
- An enthusiastic problem-solver, with numerical, presentation and IT skills
- Logical, end to end thinker
- Enjoy task-focused delivery, a fast pace environment and overcoming challenges
- Collaborative, great with people and keen on following recent trends in the market.
So why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Applications close 10th January 2021.
Finance summer internship - Livingston
Commissioning a TV show. Developing a new app. Key to decision making is the financial impact of these projects. That’s why our Finance team is at the very heart of everything we do at Sky.
Our Finance team in Scotland
- Provides world class accounting and finance operational services across the whole of our European business including UK&Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria
- Supports the Group’s financial control environment not only engaging with Sky but also our Comcast colleagues in the US
- Engages and works with all elements of the business to ensure the end to end financial considerations of every business decision are tackled.
Get in on the action. Experience what working in a dynamic, exciting environment is like. And get a taste of what it takes to become a qualified accountant. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2022.
What you’ll be doing
- Spend your first three weeks learning about the role of finance in business
- Collaborate on an exciting, challenging project
- Get to know how we work with other areas of the business
- Develop your problem-solving skills
- Present your work to senior members of our Finance team.
Internship facts
- This role is based in Livingston, Scotland
- This internship will be 6 weeks
- Expected start June 2021.
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:
- Commercially-minded and a problem-solver
- Collaborative and great with people.
So why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Applications close 10th January 2021.
Finance summer internship - Osterley
Commissioning a TV show. Developing a new app. Key to decision making is the financial impact of these projects. That’s why our Finance team is at the very heart of everything we do at Sky.
Our Finance team:
- Set and track budgets
- Develop business cases to support projects and investment decisions
- Interpret data to provide insights
- Connect with teams across the business to meet and exceed our company targets.
Get in on the action. Experience what working in a dynamic, exciting environment is like. And get a taste of what it takes to become a qualified accountant. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2022.
What you’ll be doing
- Spend the first three weeks learning about the role of finance in business
- Collaborate on an exciting, challenging project
- Learn how we work with other areas of the business
- Develop your problem-solving skills
- Present your work to senior members of our Finance team.
Internship facts
- This role is based in Osterley, west London
- This internship will be 6 weeks
- Expected start July 2021.
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:
• Commercially-minded and a problem-solver
• Collaborative and great with people.
So why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Applications close 10th January 2021.
Marketing summer internship - Osterley
We make sure everyone knows about our innovative products and services. We’re experts in all things Sky and know what makes our customers tick.
Join our Marketing team and help raise awareness of our innovative products and services. Get stuck into various marketing projects in a dynamic, exciting environment. Impress us, and we could well offer you a full-time position on our Business Strategy programme once you graduate – starting summer 2022.
What you’ll be doing
- Craft advertising campaigns
- Help build meaningful customer relationships
- Present strategic insights
- Promote TV shows
- Get involved in various challenging yet exciting projects.
Internship facts
- This role is based in Osterley, West London
- This internship will be 8 weeks
- Expected start July 2021.
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 confident communicator with an analytical mind
- Able to work well as part of a team, juggle priorities and hit deadlines.
So why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Applications close 10th January 2021.
Software Engineering summer internship - Osterley
Join the software engineering team at the forefront of developing great quality software. Learn agile techniques. Produce clean, testable and documented code. Take a proactive role in helping the team choose the best solutions and technologies for the task at hand. Make an impact by producing test coverage and ensuring software is delivered to the highest standard. Find out how we provide the environments our developers use to create our software products.
Nothing happens on-screen without the talented people behind the scenes, working their magic every day at Sky. Join us for an internship in our software engineering team and you’ll be working in a fun, fast-moving environment. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2022.
What you’ll be doing
- Refine your coding skills, whether you’re a newbie or you’ve dabbled for a while
- Help us build a new product or app.
- Create, maintain and improve automated test scripts
- Ensure deployed products remain available and diagnose issues when they occur
- Get involved in scaling applications and products when popularity increases or where user demands peak expectations.
Internship facts
- This role is based in Osterley, west London
- This internship will be 6 weeks
- Expected start August 2021.
What we’re looking for
- Undergraduate degree in any subject, and in your penultimate year
- Be familiar with a modern-day programming language
- Passionate about software and technology
- A quick learner and team player
- Analytical and enjoy using logic to solve problems.
So why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Applications close 10th January 2021.
Software Engineering summer internship - Leeds
Join the software engineering team at the forefront of developing great quality software. Learn agile techniques. Produce clean, testable and documented code. Take a proactive role in helping the team choose the best solutions and technologies for the task at hand. Make an impact by producing test coverage and ensuring software is delivered to the highest standard. Find out how we provide the environments our developers use to create our software products.
Nothing happens on-screen without the talented people behind the scenes, working their magic every day at Sky. Join us for an internship in our software engineering team and you’ll be working in a fun, fast-moving environment. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2022.
What you’ll be doing
- Refine your coding skills, whether you’re a newbie or you’ve dabbled for a while
- Help us build a new product or app.
- Create, maintain and improve automated test scripts
- Ensure deployed products remain available and diagnose issues when they occur
- Get involved in scaling applications and products when popularity increases or where user demands peak expectations.
Internship facts
- This role is based in Leeds
- This internship will be 6 weeks
- Expected start August 2021.
What we’re looking for
- Undergraduate degree in any subject, and in your penultimate year
- Be familiar with a modern-day programming language
- Passionate about software and technology
- A quick learner and team player
- Analytical and enjoy using logic to solve problems.
So why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Applications close 10th January 2021.
Strategy summer internship - Osterley
Where will our future growth come from? What products and technologies should we invest in? How do we compete in an unpredictable market? Partner with our senior leaders to answer the big questions and help us define our strategic direction as we enter an exciting new chapter. We welcome different opinions and perspectives, and we’d love to hear your ideas. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position on our Business strategy programme once you graduate – starting summer 2022.
What you’ll be doing
- Support the delivery of key projects and lead on smaller-scale assignments
- Develop core skills in business strategy and planning, data analysis and interpretation, report writing and presenting
- Build networks and collaborate with other teams across the business.
Internship facts
- This role is based in Osterley, West London
- This internship will be 8 weeks
- Expected start July 2021
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:
- An enthusiastic problem-solver, with numerical, presentation and IT skills
- An outside-the-box-thinker, brimming with ideas
- Collaborative and great with people.
So why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Applications close 10th January 2021.
Technology summer internship - Osterley
Technology is the motor that drives us, so get right to the heart of who we are. Work with cutting-edge technology and get inspiration from experts.
Your internship could take place in one of the following areas:
NOW TV: which lets customers watch TV on their own terms. Join their innovative tech teams and work on the next iteration of this ground-breaking service.
Technology: From information security to streaming. From content discovery to emerging tech. Our tech teams are at the heart of our business. Driving innovation. Creating exciting new products. Developing the services that our customers love.
Group Product: Digital innovation is what this team is all about. Whether they’re creating voice search or launching Netflix on Sky Q, they keep finding ways to improve the experience of millions of Sky customers.
What you’ll be doing
Join our technology team and get an in-depth insight into life as a technical analyst or product owner, explore new technologies that let us achieve brilliant things. You will have the opportunity to work in teams that play a critical part in developing and maintaining technology used by millions of customers, as well as the systems used here at Sky.
As a product owner you’ll be the interface between the stakeholders and development team and be responsible for the vision of the product. You’ll be involved in developing product backlog, prioritising requirements and ensuring the development team works towards meeting the requirements.
As a technical analyst you’ll be responsible for developing tasks for the developer to build based on the requirements of the backlog. You’ll provide guidance on how a requirement will impact a project or the systems the projects depend on.
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 once you graduate – starting summer 2022.
Internship facts
- This role is based in Osterley, west London
- This internship will be 6 weeks
- Expected start July/August 2021.
What we’re looking for
You’re currently studying for an undergraduate degree in any subject, and in your penultimate year of study. You’ll be passionate about technology and enjoy keeping up to date with the latest technology developments.
So why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Applications close 10th January 2021.
Corporate Affairs summer internship - Osterley - coming soon
Applications for this programme will open soon.
At Sky we want to achieve sustainable success. Seeing the Bigger Picture. Being good for our customers, our people, our partners and the communities in which we live and work. Minimising the company’s environmental impacts.
What you’ll be doing
Through your work, you will play a key role in helping to further develop Sky’s position as a leader on sustainability.
Your internship could take place in one of the following areas:
- Events Team – Create new opportunities to engage stakeholders. Identify platforms to showcase our work through events, awards and speaking opportunities.
- Inspirational Business – Passionate about the value of engagement and reporting on responsible business issues? Support the communication of Sky’s responsible business commitments and performance to stakeholders.
- Inspiring Action – Be part of our Bigger Picture team. Work on campaigns alongside talented marketing and project management experts. Bring our approach to sustainability to life to customers, business partners and Sky staff.
Impress us, and we could well offer you a full-time position on our business strategy programme once you graduate – starting summer 2021.
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university;
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject;
- An enthusiastic problem-solver, brimming with ideas;
- Passion for sustainability issues
- A good verbal and written communicator across a range of media
- People orientated with the ability to lead collaborative work across teams
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