Hilton is one of the largest and fastest growing hospitality companies in the world, with more than 6,500 properties in 119 countries. In the 102 years since our founding, we have defined the hospitality industry and established a portfolio of 18 world-class brands, including our flagship Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand, which is the most recognised hotel brand in the world.
We were recently recognised as the No.1 Workplace in the UK by Great Place to Work, and for the last five years we have been voted by UK students as the most popular Graduate Recruiter in the Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism sector.
About the internship
This is an exciting opportunity for a current University student looking for a placement year or a recent graduate to gain exposure to a variety of marketing channels within a fast-paced, leading hotel. Reporting into the Marketing Manager, you'll get to be involved in all areas within the marketing team, from idea generation, creating content, reporting to copywriting.
Role activity
- Support with designing creative materials for Internal & External Comms
- Support with driving specific awareness through social media communication on our social channels, capturing images and content
- Support in copywriting online & offline marketing
- Maintain compliance with Hilton's brand standards
- Support the Marketing Manager on a range of projects
- Monthly Social Media reporting, daily social media monitoring, including getting involved in social conversations and monitoring competitor's activity
- Maintain the hotel's online presence on Hilton.com and 3rd party websites & responding to reviews
- Support with photoshoots
- General admin assistance in support of key team projects and initiatives
What are we looking for?
- You’ve got strong communication skills
- You’re passionate about marketing, and you like to/have been involved in lots of different projects
- You’re flexible and have an adaptable working style with an ability to learn quickly multi task and think on your feet
- You to think big, outside the lines and creatively
- You love to use your initiative and consider yourself a self-starter
- You’re an avid user of social media and a lover of content. You’re can’t help yourself signing up for new social platforms, brand emails and thinking about ways to create fun and relatable content
- A roll-up-your-sleeves attitude
- Desirable - Experience of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Premier Pro
- The internship is for a 12 month fixed term period.
Hilton work perks
In addition to a competitive salary you will receive a range of excellent benefits - probably the best of which is our Go Hilton Team Member Travel Program. This provides you with access to heavily reduced hotel room rates for you, your family & friends. Perfect for the holiday savvy intern!
What next?
If you would like to be considered for this internship please ensure that you submit your application (in English). Please bear with us whilst we process your application as we receive a lot of interest and we want to ensure that each applicant is given the consideration he/she deserves.
You’ll be contacted via email by our local Commercial Team who will inform you of the outcome and (if applicable) next steps. If your application is taken forward, you will be asked to complete a series of online assessments and a video interview.
Beyond the internship
Whilst we are not always able to guarantee an offer of employment at the end of your studies, we like to keep in touch with our intern community and many have successfully re-joined Hilton upon completion of their degree. To give you a few examples, we currently have former interns working for us in Finance, Marketing, Sales, HR, Procurement… The list goes on!