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Summer 2026 Music Internship

WassermanChicago, IL

$16 - $18 / hour

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Job Description

Wasserman Music is a leading global agency representing prominent artists across all genres for live performance, touring, brand partnerships, and beyond. We are long-term career development strategists who work with artists to expand their reach and deepen their impact with audiences around the world.

Wasserman Music is part of Wasserman. Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities, including New York, London, Nashville, Chicago, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.teamwass.com.

About Us

Wasserman Music represents a world-class roster of artists for live performance, touring, brand partnerships, and beyond - empowering them to create culture and impact audiences globally. Our passionate, entrepreneurial agents are long-term artist development strategists who build global platforms for influential artists. Wasserman Music is a division of Wasserman, a partner to iconic sports figures, musical artists, brands, and properties across sports, entertainment, and culture.

General Information

This is the U.S. Wasserman Music application for Summer 2026 in-person internship opportunities. It is intended for current university students in their junior or senior year. Please only submit this application once per cycle.

Key Dates

Applications close: Sunday, January 18th, 2026

Internship start date: Monday, June 8th, 2026

Internship end date: Friday, August 14th, 2026

Duration: 10 weeks, full-time, in-person

Locations & Departments

Internships are in-person at one of our offices: Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, or Chicago.

Applicants may indicate their top 2 preferred locations and departments. Please note that you must be available for full-time (40 hrs/week) and in-person work.

About the Internship

This is a paid, full-time, in-person program intended for rising juniors and seniors currently enrolled in college.

Internship opportunities are available in three areas:

  • Touring: Our Touring Agents book and negotiate live performances for artists, coordinating venues, routing, contracts, and logistics to build a successful tour.

  • Tour Marketing: Our Tour Marketing team crafts and executes impactful marketing and ticketing strategies that power successful festivals and tours across the globe.

  • Brand Partnerships: Our Brand Partnerships team develops innovative partnerships for artists across the Music Division and the broader Wasserman network.

Interns gain hands-on experience and exposure to agency functions, including:

  • Uploading performance offers and show finals into the booking system

  • Generating tour itineraries and understanding tour routings

  • Assisting with artist immigration processes

  • Shadowing agent teams to learn about client services and workflow

  • Reviewing ticket sales and creating reports to understand tour marketing

  • Participating in Social Impact and DE&I initiatives

What Makes Our Internship Unique

Our interns work on real, client-facing projects alongside full-time staff, gaining valuable insight into the music and broader entertainment industry.

Requirements

  • Passion for the music and entertainment industry

  • Ability to work in 1 of our 4 offices for the duration of the internship program

  • Excellent interpersonal, organizational, time management, and communication skills

  • Computer literacy - prior experience with Excel or Google Sheets is a plus

  • Fact-based, hypothesis-driven problem-solving approach

  • Must be a junior, senior, or graduate student enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or master's program

Additional Details

This is a paid internship opportunity. The base hourly rate for this position is in the range of $16.20-$17.87.

  • Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc. The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role.

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

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