About the Role & Program:

The People Research team is a part of The Walt Disney Company People Insights department. We focus on data insights that drive and inform long-term HR strategy. We aim to deliver high quality consultation, products and services for people analytics. We also deeply understand the sentiment of our employees, leaders and candidates. All of this, along with external research of industry trends, allow us to enable data driven people decisions for our businesses and talent strategies.

This internship is a full-time, six-month commitment in the Orlando, FL area from January 2025-June 2025.

What You Will Do:

The Research Analyst Graduate Intern is responsible for supporting The Walt Disney Company's research strategies through research and analysis of current workplace trends. This includes the locating, reading, analyzing, and the summarizing of literature, as well as validating the literature’s sources across academia, practice, and pop culture. 

As a Research Analyst Intern, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Capture requirements for key research topics

• Search and scan available literature and research on these topics

• Read and critically analyze each item

• Collate all research and identify the strongest themes

• Summarize all these and their relationship to the original research topic request

• Build summary presentations as needed

• Present and explain findings to key peer and client groups

• Proactively identify ways to improve research approaches, tools, and methods

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

• Proven storytelling/presentation skills

• Solid attention to detail

• Expertise with MS Office Suite - Excel, PowerPoint and Word

• Possess a natural curiosity and high degree of initiative and creativity

• Ability to handle highly confidential information

• Previous work/internship experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Formal training, experience and exploratory in general analysis and research methodologies

• Demonstrable ability to summarize and explain sophisticated concepts in an easy-to-understand format

• Familiarity with search tools for both general and academic articles/summaries

Education:

• Must 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 must have graduated from a college/university within 6 months OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Professional Internship

• Currently pursuing and/or have graduated in the last 6 months with a master’s degree or PhD in Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Human Resources or a closely related field

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information:

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

• Be at least 18 years of age

• Possess unrestricted work authorization 

• Have not completed one year of continual employment on a Disney Internship or Disney College Program 

Additional Information:

• The approximate dates of this internship are January 2025-June 2025.

• This internship is located in the Orlando, FL area.

• Candidate must be fully available to work full time hours (approximately 40 hours per week) for the duration of the internship.

• This internship is a primarily on-site position which will require a working, reliable internet connection as well as a quiet, dedicated workspace.

• Able to provide your own housing and reliable transportation for the duration of the internship program in the Orlando, FL area

• We provide limited housing opportunities for Florida Based Professional Interns through American Campus Communities, for more information click here

• Strong candidates may be invited to complete a phone interview. We highly encourage applicants to print a copy of this role description so they can refer to it in the event they are selected to move forward in the interview process. Note that this role description will not be accessible once the posting is closed.