2026 Social Media & Content Marketing (First Choice) Placement Programme

Luton, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Support the social and content engine for an owned brand, coordinating publishing, ideation, influencer logistics, and content creation to keep channels current and effective.

  • Own content scheduling, publishing, and influencer coordination across brand channels.
  • Track social trends and contribute to creative ideation and asset sourcing.
  • Assist on content production and partner/competition contracts with teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the Social Media, Content, and Marketing team on the general running of our owned brand channels
  • Schedule and publish content, ideation, content sourcing and content filing, and influencer campaign logistics
  • Keep up to date with current social trends
  • Support on ideation of new social content
  • Assist on content creation
  • Support the team on contracts for influencers, partners and competitions
  • Assist on influencer logistics (e.g. booking shoots)

Requirements

  • Minimum GCSE grade 4 or C (or equivalent) in English and Maths
  • Commitment to completing a placement year starting in 2026 as part of your third year at university
  • Proficient user of the MS Office suite
  • Commercial awareness with a passion for sales, merchandising, marketing or social media
  • Ability to juggle priorities and stay focused under pressure, with strong attention to detail
  • Structured, focused and enthusiastic to learn
  • Confident and able to work under pressure
  • Strong communication and analytical skills
  • Proactive self-starter and team player with ability to build lasting relationships internally and externally
  • Aptitude to understand others’ perspectives

Preferred

  • Love holidays (helpful attitude toward travel experiences)
  • Proactive, curious and conscientious (preferred attributes)

Benefits

  • Fantastic holiday benefits including discounts, staff rates and late seats
  • 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
  • Experience working for a major global business in an award-winning placement scheme
  • Employment opportunities post placement
  • Travel opportunities
  • Health and Wellbeing support in five key areas – Financial, Health, Social, Community and Career
  • Community day – time to spend working at a local charity or community project
  • Be Rewarded Platform – savings at high street shops, on days out and more
  • All the employee networks
  • Blog and options for content creation – opportunity for you to be creative with content creation whilst on year here
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