Marketing Intern

Job Title: Innovation Execution Excellence Marketing Intern

Reporting to: Senior Manager, Innovation Execution Excellence

Location: Woking, UK

Duration: 12 months

Salary: £24,300 - £27,000

Hey - Colgate is looking for you!

Do you want to come to work with a smile and leave with one as well? In between those smiles, your day consists of working in a global organization, continually learning and collaborating, having stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions! If this is how you see your career, Colgate is the place to be!

Our dependable household brands, dedicated employees, and sustainability commitments make us a company passionate about building a future to smile about for our employees, consumers, and surrounding communities. The pride in our brand fuels a workplace that encourages creative thinking, champions experimentation, and promotes authenticity which has contributed to our enduring success. If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile...every single day.

Over the duration of the internship you will be part of the Northern Europe hub marketing team which makes innovation successful in local markets (UK, Ireland and Nordics) with superior execution, driving brand growth.

Job Purpose

• You will play a key role in the new product development process in the Northern Europe hub across oral care, personal care and home care.

• Tracking product development timelines to ensure bundles are fully ready to launch driving a great consumer experience.

Main Responsibilities

• Working in close collaboration with the hub brand teams, local cross-functional team and divisional team.

• Tracking and ensuring essential steps are completed on time for new product launches, monitoring and resolving issues to ensure execution excellence.

• Support the product artwork development and approval process with timely release.

• Assist the deployment of assets (including e-commerce product content) in a timely manner ahead of launch.

• Updating local manuals where processes/tools have evolved, arranging training sessions with the local Marketing team.

• Coordinate with the marketing team for team event planning, NPD show-case; engagement tools and samples.

• Management of marketing team administration support, purchasing items, corporate credit card spend reconciliation.

Personal Attributes

• Highly organised with a strong eye for detail.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and independently.

• Fast learner with a proactive attitude.

• A team player with the ability to form strong working relationships with numerous stakeholders across the organisation.

Required Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent with a passion for brands and marketing.

• Experience in marketing and in FMCG companies would be preferable but not essential.

• English fluency is mandated, other European languages would be a plus.