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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.
Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, think outside of the box and have the passion to make difference? We have two Marketing Placement opportunities, who will work across different marketing teams. It’s an exciting opportunity for a future Marketing professional to play a vital role in helping shape the customer journey.
Marketing Undergraduate - Product
This is what your time at Volkswagen Financial Services might look like:
- Create clear and concise briefs for marketing jobs. Project manage these through content creation, proof reading and stakeholder approval. Through effective agency and supplier management, ensure tasks are delivered on time and to budget. Work with the Marketing Manager to deliver accurate reporting and present back to stakeholders, sharing insights as appropriate.
- Support the Marketing Managers in the delivery of their brand and product materials.
- Support the Marketing Managers with preparing retailer facing communications and customer facing content, such as website and point of sale (POS) copy, managing the approval process through to publication.
- Work closely with the Marketing Managers and their Brand contacts to support on a variety of tasks, from campaign reporting to presenting at meetings. This will provide exposure to everything the team is responsible for.
Marketing Undergraduate – Digital
This is what your time at Volkswagen Financial Services might look like:
- Create clear and concise briefs for marketing jobs. Project manage these through content creation, proof reading and stakeholder approval. Through effective agency and supplier management, ensure tasks are delivered on time and to budget. Work with the Marketing Manager to deliver accurate reporting and present back to stakeholders, sharing insights as appropriate.
- Support with online journeys and channels, online advertising, and website management to ensure we are continuing to put our best foot forward on digital platforms.
- Using analytics tools to review campaign and website performance and provide recommendations on how to improve the customer journey.
- Work closely with the Marketing Managers and their Brand contacts to support on a variety of tasks, from campaign reporting to presenting at meetings. This will provide exposure to everything the team is responsible for.
Please note: Although the roles differ slightly in tasks, both roles will cover all responsibilities.
About you
- Studying a degree in Marketing or a related field
- Have a keen eye for detail and accuracy
- Strong literacy skills
- PC literate, especially in Excel, PowerPoint and Word
- Confident verbal communicator and self-motivated
- Customer oriented approach with a passion for pursuing a career in Marketing
What we can offer you
- Salary of £22,250 per annum plus discretionary bonus and company pension scheme
- A wealth of experience and a fun and sociable workplace to start your career
- You’ll be joining a group of 49 undergraduates, so you’ll have a large group of peers to work alongside
- Access to Life Skills workshops, designed specifically for you as an undergraduate
- Opportunity to join a discounted loan car scheme
- Physical and mental health support with our onsite Wellbeing Centre
- Hybrid blend of working at our office based in Milton Keynes and working from home
Here’s what our process looks like
- Apply and upload your CV, covering letter and answer a few application questions.
- You’ll then be invited to complete a Situational Judgement Test. This is a short multiple-choice question set to 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 final step in the journey is to attend an assessment centre at our Milton Keynes office where you will take part in a group exercise, complete a short interview and deliver a presentation. You'll also meet some of our managers and our current Undergraduates to find out more about a placement year with us.
About Volkswagen Financial Services UK Limited
Our mission is straight forward, we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. What does that mean? To make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible.
In our ever-changing world, this can be a challenge, so we aim to foster an openly entrepreneurial, pioneering environment, focussed on your mobility needs. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing.
We do this by offering a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems.
Volkswagen Financial Services are committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Diversity and Inclusion is not just a statement for us, and we are nurturing an environment where everyone can be their 100% self. If there is anything we can do to support you during our recruitment process, please let us know and we will support you as best we can.
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. Please do not apply for more than one placement role. This will ensure that you are considered for the placement that you are most interested in, and your skills are aligned to.
