Marketing Communications Placement

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Marketing Communications Placement

Are you looking for a year in industry to complement your studies? Experian is currently looking for candidates to join our Marketing Communications Placement Scheme running from summer 2019 - 2020.

This is a great opportunity for a current undergraduate to gain industry experience working in the Marketing function of a FTSE 100 Company. The placement will run for 12/13 months and will be based in Nottingham.

Do you want to put the skills you’ve learnt during your studies into practice in a real-world environment? Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a company with a wide range of new and existing services? Want to experience how they actually work in the corporate world?

Then this could be the placement for you!

What will you be doing?

You’ll be supporting the delivery of the marketing communications programme to more than 30,000 customers including some of the biggest customers in the UK. Your tasks could include:

• Development of market and customer focused messages
• Email design and deployment
• Social media management
• Design of visuals and graphics in our brand style
• Content creation and copy-writing in our brand Tone of Voice
• Event organisation and management
• Webinar creation and management
• Market and customer research

You’ll also be a key member of the marketing communications team managing critical processes within the marketing department including:

• Management of inbound communications and customer leads
• Planning projects to meet objectives
• Data quality and quantity management
• Agency and project management
• Reporting and insight

You’ll be:

• Working across the marketing organisation with digital, content and event teams
• Working together with other areas of the business as well as senior stakeholders
• Supporting our knowledge management and internal communications
• Attending and participating in team meetings
• Using a variety of in-house applications (Seismic, Salesforce, Eloqua)
• Building relationships with agencies
• Independently working on different projects

So what we are looking for?

Most importantly:

• Enthusiasm to learn new skills
• Willingness to take on and manage multiple tasks and projects – from day-to-day routine to one-off activities
• Studying a degree in a related discipline
• A great communicator, both written and verbal
• Ability to work on your own and as a part of the team in order to achieve results
• Creativity and the willingness to share your ideas
• Appreciation of product marketing and digital marketing and the part they play in the modern marketing mix
• The ability to progress projects with varied groups – within Experian, at events and with our suppliers
• Readiness to plan and effectively manage your time
• Basic Microsoft applications knowledge (i.e Word, Powerpoint and Excel)

We’re looking for exceptional students looking to arrange a 12 month in industry placement as part of their degree programme. Students should have a keen interest in Marketing and show ambition, initiative and enthusiasm.

What we offer

Here at Experian, we believe that great work deserves great rewards. In return for your ideas, commitment and ambition, we'll give you a very competitive base salary and a range of benefits as soon as you join.

On top of your base salary, we offer:

• Performance related bonus scheme
• 25 days' annual leave
• Generous contributory pension
• Retail discount schemes
• 3 Community involvement days per annum

Our diverse workforce is part of the reason for our success. We want everyone to succeed, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, sexuality, experience, physical ability, age or thinking style. Our talent strategy reflects our commitment to searching the globe for the very best candidates so that we can innovate and deliver the needs of our increasingly diverse clients and consumers. Our progressive policies, such as flexible working hours, ensure that our employees can flourish no matter what their individual circumstance.

About Experian

Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. At life’s big moments – from buying a home or car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business exponentially by connecting it with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence so they can maximise every opportunity.

We gather, analyse and process data in ways others can’t. We help individuals take financial control and access financial services, businesses make smarter decision and thrive, lenders lend more responsibly, and organisations prevent identity fraud and crime.

For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish.

Our 17,000 people in 37 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow.

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