Undergraduate Placement Scheme Internship – Media Engineering
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Job Description
About the Company:
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. They strive to be representative of their audiences, ensuring all employees can thrive and belong. Disney is dedicated to building a team that values diverse voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. They provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the job application and employment process.
Job Description:
This is an undergraduate placement scheme internship, a full-time role lasting an academic year. The intern will be assisting Disney’s media engineering team with the support and development of its media asset management and content supply chain systems. This role requires an on-site presence four days a week.
Responsibilities:
• Technical Support: Logging, tracking, and resolving issues reported by end-users concerning media management systems. Collaborating with third-party support teams to troubleshoot and resolve technological problems. Updating relevant documentation.
• Administrative Tasks: Conducting a range of technical, administrative, and organizational tasks to support Disney’s extensive media networks and direct-to-consumer platforms internationally. This likely involves data entry, report generation, and other organizational duties.
• Team Collaboration: Working closely with the media engineering team and third-party support teams to efficiently resolve issues and improve system performance.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
• Eligibility: Must be a second-year undergraduate student currently on an industrial placement year, planning to return to studies in Autumn 2026. Must have the right to work in the UK. Availability to begin full-time work from June 2025 is required.
• Technical Interest: A strong curiosity in media, engineering, or broadcasting is essential.
• Soft Skills: Attention to detail, ability to work effectively under pressure, excellent interpersonal skills (connecting professionally with people at all levels), strong organizational abilities (prioritizing tasks, meeting deadlines, managing administrative duties), and proficient MS Office skills.
• Potential: The company will assess potential in the following areas: building relationships and communicating effectively, driving results, thinking strategically, inspiring creativity and innovation, and exhibiting professional excellence.
Benefits:
• Professional Development: Development of workplace skills and experience, on-the-job training, company-wide learning and development initiatives, insight into global business decision-making, real responsibilities within a supportive team, access to a large intern community, and Employee Resource Group support (WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, TRUST).
• Compensation and Perks: An annual salary of £23,500, 25 days of paid holiday (plus bank holidays), discounts on Disney products, resort food and beverage, and ticketing. Access to free support services, including a mental wellbeing app (Unmind), and options for eye care and flu vouchers.
Application Process:
Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the provided hints and tips document before applying. A cover letter (approximately 400 words) addressing why the applicant chose Disney, this specific internship, and why they should be considered is mandatory. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and early application is recommended. Only one application per candidate is allowed. Successful applicants will be contacted within 14 days regarding a blended online assessment.
