Intern, Business Affairs, Sony Pictures Animation - Spring 2026
About The Position
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 Spring Internship has a start date of January 12, 20, or 26 with some flexibility based on school schedule and all candidates must be able to work 10-29 hours/week, in person in the specified office location. This position is ideal for a student enrolled in an accredited college or university interested in continuing their education through professional experience. About the Team: The Business Affairs department at Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) is seeking an intern for the spring semester. Business Affairs is responsible for negotiating and drafting production and artist agreements for animated projects in television and features. The department focuses on production business affairs, is involved in various employment and corporate matters and works closely with Legal, Creative, Production, Finance, HR, and other departments to provide information and advice on a regular basis. SPA's latest releases include the breakout hit feature film "K-Pop Demon Hunters," the visually groundbreaking and critically acclaimed "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)," "The Mitchells vs. The Machines", the musical adventure "Vivo" featuring original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and "Hotel Transylvania: Transformania," the fourth installment in the beloved monster movie franchise. The studio is also behind hit film series such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2019. Recently released television projects include "Agent Elvis" with Netflix and "Young Love" with HBO MAX. Up next for Sony Pictures Animation is the highly-anticipated third installment of the Spider-Verse series. This role will focus on reviewing the details of artist-related agreements in animated features and television, including standard terms, voice cast day players and riders, and artists, as well as other development and production-related agreements and forms. The Intern will learn business practices and legal issues relevant to entertainment including internal standard practices, pay rates, union and employment issues, and IP concerns.
Requirements
- Graduate or JD Student
- Must have completed a course in entertainment law and/or have some familiarity with the entertainment business
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Google suite
- Ability to run pivot tables and read deal memos
- Strong written and oral communication skills
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience with a business affairs / legal group at a production company, studio, or law firm
Responsibilities
- Learn business practices and certain legal issues relevant to entertainment, including union, and employment standards
- Create and clean up a comprehensive spreadsheet of past and current deals
- Review and track SPA agreements (artist, rights, writing, producing, directing, consulting, etc.)
- Interpret contracts required for the maintenance of databases for rights and term deal management, and management of employee contract terms
- Gather information in preparation of contingent compensation summaries for productions and coordination of information to Finance
- Special research projects relating to the Business Affairs department
- Research past deals and deal memos and compare previous agreement drafts for the department
- Liaise / Coordinate with legal affairs, creative executives, productions and other departments providing / obtaining information in connection with services, rights, and clearances
- Maintain databases and spreadsheets for the dissemination of contractual information
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
