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Data Science Grad Intern, Summer 2025

Job ID 10103985 Location Santa Monica, California, United States / New York, New York, United States Business Disney Entertainment Date posted Mar. 10, 2025
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Job Summary:

About the Role and Program

Supporting Disney Advertising Sales, the Data Science team are subject matter experts in each of the following areas:

  • Integrating a broad suite of complex datasets, from digital event logs to sporting event metadata, into carefully curated and reusable data models

  • Creating and optimizing audience classification models that enable us to predict and target strategic audience attributes, including brand affinity, purchase behavior, and psychographics

  • Publishing audience attributes across an array of ad-serving endpoints

  • Working cross-functionally to ensure our data product is aligned with the goals of each strategic sales vertical and the business as a whole

The Data Science team are part of Disney Advertising Sales’ Data & Measurement Sciences group, an outstanding organization made up of Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Data Strategists, Analysts and business domain experts. We collaborate with both internal and external teams to understand how we can lead data-driven initiatives in support of the Advertising Sales organization.

What You Will Do

Does this sound like the team for you? We are looking for an intellectually curious individual to join us as a Data Science Graduate Intern in The Walt Disney Company’s DET segment, specifically within Disney Advertising Sales’ Data & Measurement Sciences group. In this role, you will be a sophisticated Data Science Intern who will be responsible for the following:

  • Lead a project end-to-end, in close collaboration with a mentor, and understand how the team’s work contributes to the Ad Sales organization overall.

  • Collaborate in the maintenance and improvement of our suite of scalable ML tools and data products, including feature stores, model registry, ground truth management, and training and inference pipelines.

  • Attend team workshops, prioritization and update meetings to understand ways of working and actively participate and contribute to cross-functional initiatives.

  • Perform ad-hoc analysis to support various projects across our Data & Measurement Science team.

  • Collaborate with full-time analysts to gain perspective on different aspects of day-to-day projects and responsibilities.

  • Network with individuals across the Data & Measurement Science organization, as well as the broader Sales teams, to explore areas of opportunity for Data Science in Advertising.

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • Course or project-based experience using analytical software to manipulate data (SQL, Python).

  • Course or project-based work using basic data engineering concepts (ETL, ELT).

  • Course or project-based experience in machine learning concepts and applications (supervised and unsupervised Learning, feature engineering, model evaluation)

  • Familiarity with Apache Airflow and Google Cloud Platforms (e.g., BigQuery, Cloud Storage) is plus but not required.

  • Shown ability to communicate technical concepts to a technical audience.

  • Highly engaged, ambitious problem solver who is self-motivated and eager to learn.

  • Eager to collaborate, become part of a team, and lean-in on asking questions from leadership.

Education

  • Currently in the process of obtaining a Master’s in Data Science, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or other related quantitative field.

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information  

  • Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program AND returning to school the semester/quarter following the internship OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.

  • Be at least 18 years of age.

  • Possess unrestricted work authorization.

  • Have not completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or Disney College Program.

Additional Information  

  • Fully available from M-F, 40 hours each week for the entire program duration: May/June - August/September 2025 (12 weeks).

  • Able to provide own housing for the duration internship program in Santa Monica, CA or New York, NY.

  • Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work.


The pay rate for this role in Santa Monica, CA or New York, NY is $45.00 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

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About Disney Entertainment:

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Advertising Sales, LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment.

Disney Advertising Sales, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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