Summer E-Commerce Marketing Work Placement

For accompany like L'Oréal, consumer satisfaction is at the core of everything we do. Selling our 37 international brands is a challenge that takes a lot of creativity and tenacity. As a Marketing intern you’ll be placed into one of these exciting brands and are expected to get stuck in, thinking of innovative ways to tailor our products to a UK audience.

We have multiple Marketing Industrial Placement roles which sit across lots of our brands/teams. Once you have been recruited, we use the feedback from your Assessment Centre to match you up to a role where you will thrive the most!

his could be roles which are more social media focused, roles focused on medical marketing or even more commercially focused marketing roles. Please be prepared to be open-minded with the role that we select for you, and trust that we will find you the perfect role!

We have a range of exciting roles that sit within Marketing. These include;

• Brand Engagement
• General Marketing
• Product Marketing
• E-Commerce

And many others!

Marketing within the fast-moving consumer goods sector is dynamic, reactive and requires plenty of unique ideas for how L'Oréal can best stand out. You’ll be working on your own live projects and briefs, where you’ll be assessing our competitors, supporting on brand launches and working closely with commercial, visual merchandising and digital to enable a full 360 marketing campaign.

Day-to-day, you may be...

• Performing a competitor analysis: pricing and market awareness/tracking
• Managing projects; including adaptation of international product concepts/advertising to the UK
• Budgeting; forecasting costs accurately, tracking spend and ability to save costs where appropriate
• Data analysis; extracting the correct data for analysis, and ability to interpret and relay the data.
• Creative strategy; manage campaigns with both clear strategic and innovative input.
• Designing; briefing artwork agencies on designs for product packaging and point of sale materials and supporting the process through design and print until the materials reach the retailer
• Brainstorming new ingredient and name ideas, reviewing product submissions, evaluating the beauty market and voting on final product names and packaging

What L’Oréal is looking for:

• Returning to university following your summer internship (unfortunately, if you have graduated already or will graduate before the start date, you will not be eligible for this role).
• Sense of initiative and problem-solving
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• An ability to work to deadlines whilst under pressure
• Proactivity, with a keen eye for improved efficiency
• Strong attention to detail
• Good all-round performer with emphasis on creativity and numerical skill.
• Able to work autonomously