Grad Intern, TV Production Finance - Fall 2026 in Burbank, California at Legend Pictures LLC

Position Title: Grad Intern, TV Production Finance - Fall 2026
Location: Burbank, CA
Reporting to: EVP, Head of Production Finance
Program Dates: September 14, 2026 - November 20, 2026
Hourly Pay Rate: $18.90

Legendary Entertainment is a leading media company with film (Legendary Pictures), television and digital (Legendary Television and Digital Media) and comics (Legendary Comics) divisions dedicated to owning, producing, and delivering content to worldwide audiences. Legendary has built a library of marquee media properties and has established itself as a trusted brand that consistently delivers high-quality, commercial entertainment including some of the world's most popular intellectual property. In aggregate, Legendary Pictures-associated productions have realized grosses of more than $20 billion worldwide at the box office. To learn more visit: www.legendary.com.

Our part-time, paid internship program provides hands-on experience in a dynamic, innovative environment within the entertainment industry. Interns can work up to 29 hours per week with a flexible schedule to accommodate academic commitments. Participants will engage in real projects, gaining practical industry insights while developing professional skills through workshops and career-building sessions. The program also features guest speaker events with industry experts, networking opportunities with professionals and fellow interns, and exclusive perks such as company outings, team-building activities, and access to film and media screenings.

Summary

Legendary is currently seeking a graduate intern to support project-based initiatives within the TV Production Finance department. This internship is designed for a candidate with finance, accounting, analytics, information systems, or related graduate-level coursework who can help advance AI-assisted budgeting, incentive research, and production finance automation projects. The intern will receive an introduction to production accounting and the tools used by the department so they have a working understanding of the production finance ecosystem, including budgeting, cost reporting, payroll, accounts payable, chart of accounts, and incentive tracking. The intern will work with the team to organize budget data, document assumptions, test prototype workflows, and prepare clear materials that support future budgeting, forecasting, incentive analysis, and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Map historical TV budget structures, chart-of-account categories, and production assumptions to support AI-assisted budgeting workflows.
• Build and maintain structured data files used for budget normalization, account mapping, assumptions tracking, and variance review.
• Support incentive research and documentation by using department-developed AI tools to gather, organize, and summarize production incentive requirements, jurisdictional rules, qualifying spend considerations, filing timelines, and related reference materials, subject to Production Finance review.
• Test AI prompts, spreadsheet models, and workflow prototypes, then document outputs, limitations, exceptions, and recommended human review controls.
• Prepare concise summaries and process notes that translate technical findings into practical recommendations for the Production Finance team.
• Support Production Finance project coordination and data organization as needed, with emphasis on analytical and process-improvement work.

• Graduate student preferred, ideally pursuing finance, accounting, business analytics, information systems, data analytics, or a related field.
• Must meet Legendary internship eligibility requirements, including current college/university enrollment or recent graduate status.
• A GPA of 3.5 or above is highly preferred.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must possess unrestricted work authorization.
• Strong Excel skills required; familiarity with PowerPoint and general Microsoft Office applications required.
• Interest in television production finance, budgeting, production incentives, financial systems, AI tools and data-driven process improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to document assumptions and escalate questions appropriately.

Legendary Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. Legendary Entertainment does not discriminate in employment with regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, martial status, physical or mental disability, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service or any other characteristic protected by law.