Investment Banking Associate - Media & Entertainment

Known for its unique entrepreneurial culture that values teamwork and transparency, Intrepid offers highly motivated individuals the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to client engagements and take on important leadership initiatives within the firm, resulting in a high level of job satisfaction while building a solid foundation for your career. Our culture values the development and well-being of our team-members and fosters strong camaraderie throughout the firm, resulting in what we believe is some of the highest retention rates in the industry.

Intrepid is a specialty investment bank and provides M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory services to entrepreneurs, family‑owned companies, private equity sponsors and major corporations, through dedicated banking teams with deep industry sector experience and over three decades of experience. The firm is based in Los Angeles, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Charlotte. Intrepid is the middle‑market advisory arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE: MUFG), one of the largest financial groups in the world.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Intrepid Investment Bankers is expanding nationally and seeking to hire a talented and experienced professional at the Associate level in the Media & Entertainment Group.

We are looking to add a high‑performing Investment Banking Associate to join our Media & Entertainment practice, which delivers expert M&A advisory and capital raising services tailored to unique needs of businesses across the Media & Entertainment industry. This Associate will support deal origination and execution across our targeted sub‑verticals, including Digital Video / OTT, Digital Audio / Music, Sports & Sports Tech, Video Games, Marketing & Agency Services, OOH Entertainment, Creator Economy, B2B Media Tech, and Digital Publishing.

We are focused on candidates available to join our offices in New York or Los Angeles.

• Organizing, reviewing, and analyzing due diligence processes and materials
• Developing valuation analyses and models (projections, LBO, DCF, public comparables, historical M&A transactions, etc.)
• Preparing comprehensive pitchbooks, information memoranda, management presentations and marketing materials
• Compiling prospective acquirer & investor lists and contacting acquirers & investors
• Performing key steps in the transaction execution process
• Supporting senior bankers in establishing relationships and maintaining direct contact with current and prospective clients
• Interacting with senior bankers to help build the firm (training, recruiting, mentoring, etc.)

• Minimum of two years of sellside M&A advisory and investment banking experience with record of completed transactions from pitch to close, preferably including experience in the media and entertainment sector
• Outstanding academic credentials from a top tier school
• Demonstrated critical thinking, process oriented, and strong attention to details
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Highly proficient financial analysis and modeling skills
• Proactive, results oriented, can‑do attitude, team player
• Self‑starter willing to work in an entrepreneurial, demanding, and fast‑paced environment
• Significant level of maturity and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a small team
• Proficiency with S&P Capital IQ, Pitchbook, Salesforce CRM and online data room platforms
• SIE and Series 79 and 63 licenses are required

The typical base pay for this role is $170,000 depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance‑based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified…