Publicity Intern (EMEA, Film)

Company Description
Universal Pictures International (UPI) is the International Distribution and Marketing division for Universal Pictures. In the United Kingdom, Austria, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and China, UPI directly markets and distributes movies through its local offices, creating campaigns and release strategies that respond to the culture and market behaviour of those territories. In other parts of the world, UPI partners with Paramount and Sony in the distribution of all three companies' films.
Universal Pictures is part of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Job Description
Programme Essentials
To join one of our 12-month Internships you must meet one of the following criteria:

In addition, you must be eligible to work in the UK without restriction for the duration of the internship from Monday 30th June 2025 - Friday 17th July 2026
We strongly advise that you do not apply to more than 1 Internship role to ensure that you are considered for the Internship that you are most interested in and that your skills are aligned to
What will I be doing?
The Universal Pictures (UPI) EMEA Publicity team is responsible for the strategic release of all studio, Blumhouse, Illumination, DreamWorks, Focus and Working Title films releasing in EMEA. In a snapshot this includes working with the global publicity teams on the coordination of press days, content days, film festivals, press tours and premieres.
As the EMEA Publicity intern you will:

• Support the EMEA publicity coordinator and leads
• Assist with advance and on the ground logistics with junkets and press events (aka booking travel, cars, couriers, press hotels, press check in, travel visas)
• Setup press and talent screenings, manage screening reactions and embargo forms
• Coordinate sending screening links where necessary
• Responsible for collating, formatting, and distributing reviews for EMEA markets
• Responsible for EMEA finances, raising purchases orders and setting up new vendors
• Submit claims for corporate card expenses for both themselves and Head of EMEA publicity
• Research projects where necessary for the department & contribute to brainstorms
• Schedule all Teams/In-person meetings including booking conference rooms and setting up AV, prepare agendas and take minutes when requested
• Maintain internal tracking documents (e.g., team calendars, film calendars, reviews docs, reaction memos, screening memos and distribution lists)
• Responsible for ordering any equipment for the department
• Assist uploading and distributing publicity assets to territories
• Assist with the production of publicity PowerPoints and presentations

What will I learn from this opportunity?

• Build and understanding of the theatrical market and film industry and how a publicity campaign plays a vital role in the marketing of a film
• Learn how a strategic EMEA theatrical publicity campaign is run from start to finish
• Learn how the publicity team works within the wider marketing team and what each department is responsible for
• Build invaluable knowledge of the different areas of a campaign including title launches, set visits, junkets, content days, film festivals, publicity tours, trailer launches, influencer events and global and local premieres
• Learn to identify key similarities, differences and nuances across various EMEA territories media landscapes and local campaign needs

Qualifications
What do I need to bring to the role?

The responsibilities associated with this position are not limited to the above description and may be modified at any time by the Company.
Additional Information
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