Production Intern
Here at Sony Music Entertainment, we are shaping what’s next in a way that creates impact. Forging powerful new ideas at the heart of music, technology, and culture that entertain and move people. This is your opportunity. Part of a global community, united by individual passion, rising to that challenge every day. Adapting at pace and supporting one another, inspired to influence the future. For the benefit of you, our people; our creators, our business, and wider society too. This is your chance to shape your impact on Sony Music and beyond.
The Stills & Commissioning team is part of 4th Floor Creative and works with all of Sony’s labels to conceptualise, design and develop creative artwork concepts for artist campaigns. We commission and shoot content for artist campaigns across the Sony labels.
As a Production Intern you will be working in a fast-moving and lively environment. You will be accountable for organising in house and external shoots, booking glam teams, location scouting, on set production and helping with all related logistics. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving, collaborative team who works hard but don’t take themselves too seriously. We expect our interns to work on live artist projects immediately and welcome them to make a real contribution to its success.
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Role Overview:
Ways of Working
- Office attendance: 4 Days in the office with Tuesday and Thursday being Mandatory in-office days
- Flexibility: There is flexibility in the 2 days you work from the office outside of the mandatory Tuesday and Thursday
- Offsite working: Opportunities to attend shoots will be available.
What you'll do
- Raising POs, and ensuring suppliers are paid in a timely manner
- Production support on shoots (writing and distributing call sheets, assisting producer across all shoot logistics, negotiating rates and booking glam team, booking kit & crew, sourcing props, compiling budgets, arranging insurance)
- Overseeing bookings and upkeep of the Sony photo studio
- Updating department job logs
- Raising contracts for all commissioned photo jobs that come through the department
- Work closely with the senior creatives to ensure artwork deadlines for assets are clearly conveyed and met
- Work directly with labels and artists to produce interesting and engaging content around their campaigns
- Support the senior creatives and in house photographers on all content shoots from researching creative ideas to on set production to helping deliver final assets
Who you are:
Essential
- Competent in Adobe CC suite and Microsoft office
- Interest in visual arts / fashion & contemporary culture a must!
- Positive, confident, curious, can-do attitude, problem solver extraordinaire, collaborative, driven, pro-active
- Ability to multitask and work to deadlines
- Excellent written and spoken communication
Nice to have
- Any other creative skills – illustration, fashion design, web design, photography etc
What we give you:
- An annual salary of £28,480 (London Living Wage)
- You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day
- A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best
- Investment in your professional growth and development such as focused workshops and a dedicated mentor, enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community
- The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next
- We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break
Process Overview
- Applications open August 10th at 10:00 and close August 24th at 10:00. Candidates whose applications are selected will be invited to complete a video interview between September 28th and October 3rd.
- Candidates who pass this stage will then be invited to the final stage of the process, an in-person assessment centre in early November. We will send further information on this stage before the date arrives.
- Successful applicants will start in January 2027.
We are committed to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process by contacting this email: recruitment.support@sonymusic.com.
Equal Opportunities
As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.
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Please note that applicants must be at least 18 years of age.