TV Music Creative Trainee, SPT – Summer 2026

Sony Pictures Entertainment • Culver City, CA

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About The Position

Our Emerging Talent Programs, which include 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. The Television Music Creative Department handles all aspects of hiring composers, music supervisors, songwriters and any other music personnel for Sony Pictures Television projects. The Department also provides in-house music supervision on certain projects, both television productions and any in-house music needs for internal communications. For all SPT productions, TV Music Creative receives, catalogs, and stores all music deliverable assets. When appropriate, Music Creative distributes the assets and works with the soundtrack team for any future releases (physical and digital). The Department also oversees budgets, licensing, playlisting, and on-camera performances & works closely with music personnel hired to work on our productions. Music Creative liaises with Music Legal/BA, Music Licensing, Music Copyright Administration & Soundtrack/Catalog development. Within SPT, TV Music Creative works closely with SPT Current & Development, SPT BA, SPT Production, SPT Marketing, and SPT Post on all music matters. TV Music Creative also works with music labels, music publishers, agents, managers and independent artists to source talent, pre-clear music (including for the department’s “Indie Drive”) and proactively pre-negotiates terms as necessary on behalf of the studio before going to Music Legal/BA and/or Music Licensing to facilitate them entering into final contract negotiations. SPT Music also assists SPT Marketing and occasionally SPTI on any music needs they may have.

Requirements

• must be a junior or senior in an undergraduate level program
• major in any of the following areas: Music, Music Business, Music Law, Communications, Broadcasting, Television & Film Production

Nice To Haves

• strong knowledge of music (all genres as well as knowledge of composers in the video game, film & television spaces)
• Experience in TV / Film production is a plus, but not mandatory
• Proficiency in programs such as DISCO, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Adobe
• ability to work with both Mac and PC based applications

Responsibilities

• working on the DISCO platform for music submissions for productions & for TV Music Creative’s “Indie Drive” repository
• making sure the appropriate metadata is included on said music submissions and confirms both completeness and accuracy of the information
• working with the Music Creative team on data entry and retrieval of information within the the Music Affairs Group’s MAGIC program
• help with music deliverables
• do any necessary music historical research
• update and input music within the department’s music libraries (digital & physical)
• shadow the department team at creative music meetings, including those with TV Production, composers, music supervisors, studio personnel & production executives and attends “TV Teams” with the Music Affairs Group
• take part in any creative music searches and, when applicable, attend any spotting and mix sessions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees