Marketing Industrial Placement 2026

London, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New Grad2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

Job Summary

Own the UK market-facing marketing execution for fast-moving consumer goods with live briefs, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven creative twists.

  • Marketing operations: adapt international product concepts and advertising for the UK, manage campaigns end-to-end, and brief agencies on packaging and POS.
  • Competitive and data-driven: run competitor analysis, forecast budgets, track spend, and extract actionable insights from performance data.
  • Collaboration and launches: coordinate with commercial, visual merchandising, and digital teams to deliver 360 campaigns and support new brand launches.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Marketing within the fast-moving consumer goods sector is dynamic, reactive, and requires plenty of unique ideas for how L\'Oréal can best stand out. You’ll work on live projects and briefs, assessing competitors, supporting brand launches, and collaborating with commercial, visual merchandising, and digital teams to deliver full 360 marketing campaigns.
  • Day-to-day, You May Be
  • Performing competitor analysis: pricing and market awareness/tracking
  • Managing projects, including adapting international product concepts/advertising to the UK market
  • Budgeting: forecasting costs accurately, tracking spend, and identifying cost-saving opportunities
  • Analysing data: extracting and interpreting data to relay actionable insights
  • Developing creative strategies: managing campaigns with clear strategic and innovative input
  • Designing: briefing artwork agencies on product packaging and point-of-sale materials, supporting the process through to delivery
  • Brainstorming: generating ingredient and product name ideas, reviewing product submissions, evaluating the beauty market, and voting on final product names and packaging

Requirements

  • In your second year at university on a course that includes an Industrial Placement Year (unfortunately, graduates are not eligible).
  • A sense of initiative and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • The ability to meet deadlines under pressure
  • Proactivity and a keen eye for improved efficiency
  • Strong attention to detail
  • A balance of creativity and numerical skills
  • The ability to work autonomously
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L'Oréal

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No.1 Beauty Group Worldwide.No.1 most innovative company in Europe (Fortune's ranking).We are 90K employees across 150 countries on five continents, united by our shared purpose: creating the beauty that moves the world. Our 37 international brands are divided into four unique Divisions: Luxe, Consumer Products, Dermatological Beauty, and Professional Products. This diverse portfolio includes brands like Kiehl’s, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani Beauty, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Ralph Lauren, Aesop, Maybelline New York, Essie, Kérastase, IT Cosmetics, Prada Beauty, Biotherm, Shu Uemura, Viktor&Rolf, Maison Margiela, Urban Decay, Redken, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Diesel, Garnier, L’Oréal Paris, and more. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to one business: beauty. We want to bring beauty to all people. Our goal is to win over another one billion consumers around the world by innovating and creating cosmetic and skincare products that meet the infinite diversity of their beauty needs and desires.That’s about us... now what about you? You are driven and up for a challenge! You’re passionate about putting your best foot forward, but you’re not afraid to fail either. You love to learn, grow and make an impact on the world. You can be an intern, or at a senior level position, we’re always looking for new people to join our teams.If you are ready to take charge of your career and join us, you’re one click away: https://careers.loreal.com/en_US/contentInterested about our quest to the next billion consumers, follow us here to get the insider scoop on our business, culture, and tips on how to join us to shape the future of beauty.Freedom to go beyond, that’s the beauty of L’Oréal.

Founded in 1995
Clichy, Île-de-France, FRA
91K employees (14,463 in marketing)
83% recommend to a friend
92% CEO approval

Funding

Total Funding
$8.5B
Last Raise
$2B
Post IPO Debt, 2 months ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2026
    Post IPO Debt • $2B
  • Nov 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $3.5B
  • Oct 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $1.4B

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.5M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.3%
Direct
36.4%
Referral
9.5%
Social
8.9%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~90.9K

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Marketing Industrial Placement 2026

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