Product & Franchise Strategy Intern, Spring 2025

Job Summary:

About the Role & Program

At Walt Disney World we create happiness, and as a Product and Franchise Strategy Intern you would be part of the development and execution of product commercial strategies and initiatives inspiring millions of Guests to experience our Parks and Resorts! The selected candidate will assist the team with developing long term product plans and strategic initiatives delivering business, cast, and guest growth goals leveraging business analytics, as well as consumer and industry insights and trends.

The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, inquisitive, confident, self-directed, and comfortable working with and communicating to leaders at all levels in the organization.

By applying to this role, you may be considered for an internship in one of the following departments: Product Strategy & Planning or Franchise Strategy.

The approximate dates of this internship are January 2025 through June 2025

What You Will Do

It’s our mission to deliver commercial product strategies rooted in consumer and business analytics and insights increasing long-term profitability and guest experience. As an intern, you’ll play a role in helping bring these product strategies to market!

• Interpret data and visualize results in support of developing business cases
• Coordinate with partner teams to build clear insights that address business questions
• Translate business questions/problems into actionable plans for analysis
• Accurately articulate value propositions around solutions
• Build strong presentations that show context to the analysis and link to actionable recommendations
• Helping to extract, analyze, and visualize data sets

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel
• Experience collecting and analyzing data and reporting on the results using Excel or a statistical software package
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail with creative problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong oral/written communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong sense of responsibility, independence, ownership, and pride in delivering quality results, and understanding the business impacts
• Curious about pursuing a strategic career path

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous travel and/or hospitality or related experience in a strategic role
• Knowledge of Disney IP, Parks, Resorts, Experiences and Products

Education

• Be enrolled in an accredited college/university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program OR have graduated from a college/university within 6 months at time of application posting OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship
• Senior or higher, pursuing a degree in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Marketing or other related quantitative fields OR have recently graduated

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information

Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements:

• Be at least 18 years of age
• Has not completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or program.
• Possess unrestricted work authorization

Additional Information

• Program Length: The approximate dates of this internship are January 2025 through June 2025
• Be compliant with The Disney Look appearance guidelines​
• Ability to work full time hours (approximately 40 per week) for the duration of the internship and have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship
• Transportation: Must have reliable transportation to/from work
• Florida Housing: We provide limited housing opportunities for Florida Based Professional Interns through American Campus Communities, for more information click here

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