Creative Development Trainee, TriStar Pictures – Spring 2025

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Culver City, CA
News + Entertainment
The Role

PROGRAM DETAILS

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 Trainee position is from February/March to May 30th and all candidates must be able to work 40 hours a week, Monday through Friday in person in the specified office location. This position is ideal for entry-level talent or recent graduates interested in jump-starting their career in a particular field.

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:

TriStar Pictures is searching for a Development Trainee. We are a division of the Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group (MPG) that creates filmmaker-driven movies like The Woman King, Matilda The Musical, Happiest Season, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and Baby Driver that have the potential for both critical acclaim and commercial successThe team currently consists of the President, SVP, VP, Creative Executive, and their assistants. Together they evaluate pitches, scripts, books, and articles as potential projects, nurture relationships with filmmakers, writers and producers, and guide films through all stages of development, prep, production, post-production, marketing and distribution.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Reading script submissions and providing written and/or verbal coverage for development executives in a timely manner
  • Performing deep research and compiling informational materials on projects
  • Creating lists with recommendations for directors, writers, and cast for projects in development
  • Providing administrative support (rolling calls, scheduling meetings, etc.) for an executive and covering other assistant desks as needed
  • Working with the team to create materials for TriStar projects (i.e.: decks, one sheets, etc.)
  • Assisting with office tasks and supply management for the TriStar offices as a whole

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Passion and focus on filmmaking, with an interest in feature development
  • Proficiency in office programs (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Google Suite, etc.)
  • Prior experience handling office phones
  • Attention to detail, organization, initiative, and the ability to multitask
  • Adaptability in a fast paced environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience evaluating materials (scripts, books, etc.) and writing coverage

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Scheduling experience
  • Entry level or recent graduate ready to work full time hours and jump start their career
  • Prior familiarity with film or TV creative development

The anticipated base salary for this position is $22/hour. This role may also qualify for comprehensive benefits. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.

To request an accommodation for purposes of participating in the hiring process, you may contact us at SPE_Accommodation_Assistance@spe.sony.com.

The Company
HQ: Culver City, CA
10,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1989

What We Do

We are in the business of creativity, making some of the most beloved film and television of all time for every platform in the world. As the most creative and proudly independent studio, our future is boundless.

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a division of Sony Group Corporation, a creative entertainment company built on a foundation of technology. Along with our sister companies, we make movies, television, music and games that engage billions of people, connecting creators and audiences around the globe.

We are looking for innovators to join us as we forge the future of entertainment!

SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in more than 130 countries.

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