- Contract: 12-13months FTC
- Start dates are usually in June/July
- Hybrid working: We want you to get the best out of your placement, so we operate a hybrid policy where undergraduates work in the office 3 days per week. There may be times where you will need to be in more frequently depending on the needs of the business.
To apply for our undergraduate placement scheme, you must be studying for an undergraduate degree that requires a placement year. Master’s students are not eligible for this placement.
Please consider before applying if you live more than 60 minutes away from post code MK15 8HG, that you would need to relocate to either Milton Keynes or be a commutable distance (within 60 minutes).
Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, think outside of the box and have the passion to make a difference? We have two Marketing Undergraduate opportunities, one focused on Product Marketing and one focused on Digital Marketing, both working across different areas of the Marketing team. This is an exciting opportunity for a future marketing professional to support communications, digital marketing, reporting and asset review activity, while helping promote our finance and aftersales products.
Marketing Undergraduate - Product Marketing
What will you be doing?
- Create clear and concise briefs for marketing jobs, project managing these through content creation, proofreading and stakeholder approval.
- Support the Marketing Managers in the delivery of brand and product materials.
- Prepare retailer-facing communications and customer-facing content, including website and point of sale copy, managing the approval process through to publication.
- Work with the Marketing Manager to deliver accurate reporting and present insights back to stakeholders.
- Work closely with Marketing Managers and Brand contacts to support tasks from campaign reporting to presenting at meetings.
Marketing Undergraduate - Digital Marketing
What will you be doing?
- Create clear and concise briefs for marketing jobs, project managing these through content creation, proofreading and stakeholder approval.
- Support with online journeys and channels, online advertising and website management to help ensure VWFS puts its best foot forward on digital platforms.
- Support user experience analysis, search engine optimisation activity, social and paid media campaign delivery, website content updates and reporting.
- Use analytics tools to review campaign and website performance and provide recommendations to improve the customer journey.
- Work closely with Marketing Managers and Brand contacts to support tasks from campaign reporting to presenting at meetings.
Please note: Although the roles differ slightly in focus, both roles will include activity across all responsibilities. This role is not suitable for someone looking to gain experience creating or designing assets or content, as design work is outsourced to a creative agency.
What are we looking for?
- Studying towards a Marketing related degree.
- Strong literacy skills are a must.
- PC literate, especially in Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- A passion to make a difference in everything you do, with a desire to improve yourself and learn every day.
- A creative and proactive approach to problem solving.
- Customer-oriented approach with a passion for pursuing a career in Marketing.
- Confident verbal communicator and self-motivated.
- Inquisitive, enthusiastic and driven personality.
Why apply for an undergraduate placement with VWFS?
Here at VWFS you'll be able to kick start your professional experience in the workplace. We take on 49 undergraduates each year which we find really helps our undergraduates as you all go through the programme, building your knowledge and networks together.
You’ll also benefit from
- A focus on personal development with access to LinkedIn Learning via our ‘Degreed’ platform and a bespoke development programme throughout your placement year delivering personal management, technical and soft skills including building successful relationships, presentation skills, IT skills and data literacy.
- A supportive environment and network of colleagues to help you get your best out of the year – in a recent survey, 100% of our undergraduates said they felt valued and supported.
- The opportunity to work on real life business projects and deliver impact around topics like sustainability.
- Subsidised onsite canteen and coffee shop
- Subsidised onsite restaurant with a range of hot and cold breakfast and lunches.
- Employee Resource Groups supporting an inclusive workplace
- Social gatherings and team events & volunteering opportunities.
- Physical and mental health support with our Onsite Wellbeing Centre
Discretionary benefits include
- Bonus: Discretionary bonus based on both personal and Group company performance (pro-rated)
- Car schemes*: The opportunity to join our popular car scheme plus car insurance cover.
- Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution. From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), will writing, retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults). Private medical insurance is available following successful completion of probation.
What our recruitment process looks like
- Apply and upload your CV, covering letter and answer a few application questions.
- You’ll be invited to complete a Situational Judgement Test. This is a short multiple-choice question set to help us understand how you may approach situations.
- If you pass this stage, you will be invited to complete an online video interview where you will have the opportunity to tell us more about yourself.
- If successful, your last step in the journey is to attend an in-person Assessment Centre at our Milton Keynes office. You’ll also meet some of our managers and our current undergraduates to find out more about a placement year with us.
Please note: Our undergraduate placement roles do not meet the UKVI’s criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.
*More information about car schemes
Our current car schemes are under review following changes in legislation from HMRC and so whilst we don’t have full details of our car scheme to share with you now, we will let you know what this looks like as soon as we are able.
Please do not apply for more than one placement role with us. This will ensure that you are considered for the placement that you are most interested in, and your skills are aligned to.
