Marketing Intern

Salary: £31,200 – £33,600 per year

Do you wish to play an active part in building healthy, sustainable environments?

At Wavin, we have a ‘calling’ … to service. A purpose. To build healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The very places we live in: our cities. Our cities’ drinking water is leaking away, greenery has been disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rainfall and its sewer systems are outdated, polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join forces and build long-lasting cities. It’s time for you to join our team! 

At Wavin, we engage and collaborate with city leaders, engineers, planners and installers to help make cities future-proof and buildings comfortable and energy-efficient. As a pioneer in sustainable water infrastructure, we focus on creating positive change in the world, guided by our purpose of Building Healthy, Sustainable Environments.

We want to build a team of champions. That’s why Wavin is currently looking for a Marketing Intern to join our team at Doncaster. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

The role

Are you a highly motivated, pro-active, confident Marketing or Business degree student or equivalent looking to gain a full range of experience in a busy Marketing department? If so, we have a great opportunity for you to join a purpose driven, global organisation for a full-time, paid, fixed term placement lasting approximately 12 months. You will need to hit the ground running, getting involved in the full mix of Marketing activities and taking on projects to help drive our market leading brands. We need someone to bring both their enthusiasm and ideas to make a real contribution to our award-winning team. In return, we offer a fantastic opportunity to get involved in both UK and global campaigns, along with lots of hands-on experience, giving you a great chance to develop your skills, kick-start your career and get a market leading brand on your CV! Predominantly based at our Doncaster site, the opportunity will involve:

Responsibilities

• Assisting with the creation and improvement of marketing collateral
• Working with the Trade Marketing Executive on implementation of events and customer promotional plans
• Working with the digital team to create and improve digital content
• Assisting with PR and media activities 
• Developing reference cases in conjunction with the PR agency and sales team
• Activating internal communication campaigns together with the People team
• Proof reading and ensuring quality and consistency of communications
• Working with the marketing team and product management team on a variety of projects
• Presenting project outcomes and results to the team and other stakeholders

Profile

• This opportunity would suit someone who is studying towards or has recently completed a Marketing or Business related degree (or equivalent) and who understands Marketing principles
• The dynamic nature of the role would suit an energetic and positive team member who has a pro-active approach to tasks and projects 
• If you are highly motivated, creative and self-disciplined and can bring new ways of thinking and current best practices to the team, we’d like to hear from you
• If you also have an eye for detail and can effectively juggle tasks while simultaneously meeting shifting deadlines, then so much the better!
• We work with Microsoft packages and so intermediate experience in those programmes would be a benefit, as would a full UK driving licence or equivalent

Wavin offers

Do you want to make a difference by building healthy, sustainable environments? As an international company requiring many different professional skills, we understand and celebrate diversity, inclusion and belonging. At Wavin, we encourage all our employees to develop their talent with great innovative programs, and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow, and deliver on our purpose every day. Wavin is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organisation

Wavin is active in the building and construction industry across multiple continents. Wavin is part of Orbia, a community of companies bound together by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Wavin is backed up by 65+ years of expertise and works with 10,500+ employees in 37 countries worldwide. Wavin is the largest business group in Orbia. Orbia has commercial activities in 100+ countries, 21,000+ employees and 120 production sites.

Contact us

If you have questions or you want to know more about the position, please contact our People Team. If you’d like to join our friendly, busy Marketing team and gain some invaluable, real world experience, then apply, using the apply-button. The Interviews will take place shortly afterwards and we are looking for our new recruit to join us in July.

We advertise our vacancies to attract candidates. If we need agency assistance, we will contact agencies on our Preferred Supplier List. Any speculative CVs we receive will not be accepted as an introduction.