Franchise Management Trainee, SPT – Summer/ Fall 2025

Our Emerging Talent Programs, which includes Interns, Trainees, and Finance Rotational Associates, offer unique opportunities for students, recent graduates, and emerging talent to work alongside the teams that come together to create movies, TV shows, and other great experiences. These seasonal, paid assignments provide meaningful and productive work that builds on your experience and develops your skills further. You will be provided with challenging tasks, real-world experience, and many educational and social networking opportunities.

This Summer/Fall Trainee position is from May/June through December 12th and all candidates must be able to work 40 hours a week, Monday through Friday in person in the specified office location. This position is ideal for entry-level talent or recent graduates interested in jump-starting their career in a particular field.

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:  

Franchise Management is a new division at Sony responsible for creating and executing strategies that evolve TV IP into a dynamic, branded ecosystems that engage fans across multiple content, products, experiences, and social formats, all designed to work together to enhance continued IP relevance and generate sustainable, long-term value for the studio

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The Trainee will be assisting the EVP of Franchise in creating ground-up processes to manage IP across both adult and kid demos.  The person will interact with creative teams across TV development teams, consumer products, music and location-based entertainment at Sony. This will include creating property one-sheets, sales decks, tracking documents, franchise analysis grids, and project managing franchise marketing activations.  As this is a new division, it is a unique opportunity to work alongside a senior executive to learn the strategies behind franchise and brand management.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficient at creating presentation decks in both Keynote and PowerPoint
• Experience with Excel and tracking grids
• Degree focus in marketing or business related major
• Social media savvy and able to do research and pull together reports on trends

The anticipated base salary for this position is $27/hour. This role may also qualify for comprehensive benefits. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.

To request an accommodation for purposes of participating in the hiring process, you may contact us at [email protected].