Undergraduate Marketing Placement Student

Join Bright Network as our Undergraduate Marketing Placement Student!

Introducing Bright Network

Bright Network is a high-growth media-technology platform that works exclusively with 800,000+ of the brightest graduates and undergraduates in the UK and Europe. We're on a mission to connect our members with exceptional job opportunities, remarkable organisations, and exclusive networking events to help them get noticed in their careers. From Goldman Sachs to TikTok, Slaughter and May to Wellcome Trust, we work with the 300+ of the best firms; big and small, blue chip and entrepreneurial - all united by one thing - the desire to find the very best.

We're going through an extended period of growth and are in the process of international expansion having already expanded into the German market, meaning there is no better time to join us – especially as an Undergraduate Marketing Placement student!

As we grow and scale, we're looking for an enthusiastic, passionate undergraduate student to join our B2B (business-to-business) Marketing team on an Industrial Placement between June 2023 and June 2024.

The Role:

As our B2B Marketing Placement Student, you'll work on key marketing campaigns in B2B marketing, supporting to grow our base of employer partners or supporting those employer partners we have live partnerships with. This plays a key part in our company mission – to connect the next generation with the opportunities, insights and advice to succeed as the workforce of tomorrow!

Specifically, you will:

• Support our B2B marketing operations across a range of channels – ensuring that all of our marketing activity is executed in a timely manner.
• Support with the organisation behind our exceptional management events.
• Create collateral to really drive engagement with Bright Network from all stakeholders.
• Ensure the wider business is supported with the right data, collateral and communications to amplify their campaigns to the market.
• Ensure tools and systems that our Marketing team use are always accurate and up-to-date (i.e; Salesforce, Pardot, Asana and our employer website, etc).
• Lead key initiatives digitally and in-person across the year.

Does this sound like you?

• You'll be a student between penultimate and final year of your university degree, who can take a year out to complete this placement.
• You have a clear interest for working in marketing in a commercial setting.
• You'll be confident and keen to stick your hand up to get involved, never afraid to share and contribute creative and innovative ideas to the team.
• You pride yourself on your excellent written communication skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• You're comfortable using Excel and working with data.
• You can demonstrate that you can organise your time effectively when faced with multiple time sensitive tasks.
• You'll be keen to make the most of an opportunity to do a placement at a high growth business – where flexibility and adaptability are key.

Why should you complete your placement year with Bright Network?

Working in our B2B Marketing team is not an opportunity you want to miss! You will be joining a highly collaborative environment with a team of excellent marketeers who will support you throughout your placement. There are excellent development opportunities as you gain valuable experience working on campaigns from end-to-end, with the chance to lead and own your own projects campaigns and initiatives longer-term.

But don't just take it from us – here are a few words from our current B2B Marketing Placement Student, Oscar Parkin:

"Due to the size and nature of Bright Network, during my industrial placement, I have had the unique opportunity to take significant responsibility owning and leading initiatives that have made a real impact on the business, from taking the lead on an exclusive event series to creating and managing my own marketing campaigns. The team has been extremely supportive throughout this year and it has been a huge benefit working alongside such high performers that enable you to become the best version of yourself! The people, culture, role and organisation as a whole create the perfect environment for an industrial placement."

We can offer you:

• A high-growth and rapidly scaling business.
• A flat & transparent structure with a values-driven & collaborative culture.
• Flexible / hybrid-working policies.
• £50 per month flexible wellbeing budget.
• Enhanced pension contribution through Aviva.
• Private healthcare plan.
• Sales introduction & employee referral schemes.
• A culture of constant growth with monthly lunch & learns.
• Open plan & buzzing Liverpool Street office, with snack station, foosball table, beer tap & team drinks on Fridays!
• Regular team socials including our annual full team off-site!
• Want to find out more about what we can offer you? Please view our culture deck!

Key details:

• Salary: £25,000 pro rata
• Dates: June 2023 – June 2024. However, we can be flexible depending on term dates.
• Location: London, Liverpool Street and remote

Application & interview process:

• Initial 20-minute screening call with our Internal Talent Partner
• 1st round: Initial interview with our Head of B2B Marketing
• 2nd round: 60 minute presentation & values and culture interview
• Final round: Virtual coffee / chats with members of our marketing team

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Commitment:

Equal opportunities for all is a core part of what we do at Bright Network. To this end, we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and endeavour to run a fair and equal hiring process at all times. We assess and recruit candidates based on competency and potential, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability status.

To learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, please click here.

The application deadline for this role was 11th April 2023. However, there is a chance we may view further applications - therefore, we are keeping applications open and would still encourage you to apply, but please note that it is not guaranteed that your application will be considered.

Please note, right now we don't have a license to sponsor VISA applicants, so we are only able to accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.