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Start Date : July 2024

Duration : 12 Months

Location : EMEA Headquarters, Watford, Hertfordshire

Do you want to do legendary work and win awards? We do! And this year we won 4 awards for our first advertising campaign on TikTok*. Next year we want to push the boundaries of innovation further, do more, be better and continue to be recognised as a world-class media team. You could be part of this with us.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an undergraduate to join our Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Media team on a 12-month placement. This placement is ideally suited to an undergraduate who is looking to gain hands-on experience of planning, managing and delivering key advertising campaigns for our brands, hotels and destinations in which they operate.

From day one, our placement students are fully integrated into Team Hilton and are involved in different aspects of the business. Our placements offer vast exposure and opportunities, such as the opportunity to network with senior executives, involvement in regional conferences and for some, international travel.

Based in our EMEA headquarters, Watford, you will also benefit from a subsidised restaurant, a games area and a free in-house gym, featuring state-of-the-art equipment, including Peloton. Watford is super conveniently located, just under 20 mins train ride away from the buzz in central London, so perfect to live a London lifestyle without the cost.

Within the EMEA Corporate offices, you will be part of a cohort of 40 Interns, working across various corporate teams and involved in our leading intern programme. This includes regular connect meetings, short assignments and feedback sessions designed to support your development.

The Opportunity

As the Media intern, you will gain experience of most aspects of media advertising from always-on Performance Media across Google products, to huge campaign launches which incorporate both digital and offline ad formats, such as social media, TV, billboard, podcast advertising and much more. You will gain exposure to client-side marketing disciplines in these areas, as well as work closely with our advertising agency and key media partners. This will be a super exciting opportunity to look under the hood of advertising channels and platforms to understand how we bring authentic and compelling adverts to life. Whilst this is largely not a technical role, you will have exposure to many different disciplines within Marketing, from technical to creative to customer and audience behaviour. So if you’re interested in a career in advertising or marketing, this is a fantastic opportunity.

As part of this role, you’ll get to work alongside a diverse team of specialist experts, who work collaboratively and challenge each other to do our best work. We don’t just talk the talk on diversity, we actively seek diverse thinking and new ideas to improve what we do, not only for ourselves but to change the face of advertising for all that see it.

Added to this, you’ll have an incredible opportunity to work directly with our key partners such as Meta (Facebook), TikTok, Google, YouTube and more. We do work hard, but a career in advertising is a ton of fun too. You will get to visit the offices of the key publishers above, and we’ll connect you with a variety of our external stakeholders within those publishers and our advertising agency, so that you get to see what a career in advertising might look like from all sides.

You will be an integral part of the team and activities will include:

• Support the Media team across brand campaigns, performance marketing and regional marketing.
• Help to build innovation in media activity, working with external partners such as Dentsu, Google, TikTok and Meta.
• Build campaign reports as needed for wider marketing organisation.
• Develop relationships with connecting teams such as Brand Marketing & Destination Marketing to execute campaigns in region.
• Cultivate strong relationships with publishers, surfacing new opportunities to test & innovate.
• Support media campaign set up and development, including campaign tracking.
• Develop competitor analysis.
• Work closely with Marketing Insight team to build out learnings which then inform media campaigns and audience targeting.
• Work with Media Capabilities team to leverage dynamic creative and audience capabilities to best effect.
• Manage design, implementation and reporting of media tests within our “test n learn” agenda.
• Support leaders on key projects and initiatives.
• Support leaders on core work, including any required administration.

Why choose us?

Embarking on our year in industry programme is a transformative journey, encompassing a structured framework of learning and development activities. Here's what you can look forward to:

• Learning and Development: Placement students have access to online learning and in-person workshops to enhance their skills and contribute meaningfully to ongoing projects.
• Networking: Our programme offers our interns the chance to connect with professionals in their chosen industry, paving the way for valuable relationships.
• Feedback and Growth: Regular evaluations and feedback sessions will ensure our interns receive guidance and an opportunity to continually improve.
• Cross-Exposure: Opportunity to gain insight into another function.
• Hilton Perks: Including our Go Hilton TM Travel Program, which provides you with access to heavily reduced hotel room rates for you, your family & friends.
• Competitive Salary & Benefits: £22,000 Gross PA & private healthcare.

What are we looking for?

As with any job, we do have certain criteria that you will need to meet to be considered for one of these highly sought-after opportunities. These are detailed as follows;

• First and foremost, Hilton is a hospitality company and we are looking for individuals with a strong sense of alignment to our culture and values.
• Must be in your second year of undergraduate study at the point of application studying a degree with a year in industry.
• Studying for a bachelor's degree in marketing, media, digital advertising or a related field.
• Must be available to start in July 2024, for the full 12-month duration
• Must be eligible to work in the UK. If you are a non-UK national, without EU Settled or Pre-Settled Status then you will need to be studying at a UK university to be eligible to undertake a placement here.
• Must be fluent in English (speaking, reading and writing).
• The ideal candidate will have an interest in consumer behaviour, media and advertising.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to act autonomously.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly and concisely express ideas both verbally and in writing.
• Must be adaptable, passionate to learn and hard working.
• Comfortable prioritizing tasks and working to deadlines.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and has numerical understanding.

What is it like working for Hilton?

Hilton is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing hospitality companies, with over 7,000 hotels in 123 countries & Territories. Today we have a portfolio of 22 brands across luxury, high-end lifestyle, suites, full service and affordable hotel categories. Our flagship Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand, is the most recognised hotel brand in the world.

We have an incredible culture which makes Hilton a great place to work. As a company we are consistently endorsed by our employees as a Great Place To Work, where for the last 2 years we have ranked in the top 3 companies in the UK and in the world. For the last five years we have also been voted by UK students as the most popular Graduate Recruiter in the Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism sector (TargetJobs Awards 2021).

We value and celebrate our team members diversities and individualism and foster a culture of belonging across our organisation. Joining Hilton will give you the opportunity to contribute to our rich culture and give back to the community. Our Team Member Resource Groups in UK focus on Abilities, Generations, Pride, Women’s and Ethnic representation. You can find details on our Culture page.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions of his or her role, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Beyond the Placement

Once you have been on placement with us you are part of Team Hilton and whilst we cannot always guarantee an offer of employment after your studies, we like to keep in touch. Many interns have successfully re-joined Hilton upon completion of their degree. To give you a few examples, we currently have former interns working for us in Finance, Marketing, Sales, HR, Supply Management, Engineering… The list goes on!

Selection Process

Please apply now, applications close on Monday 6th May 2024 . Our placements are extremely popular, therefore please bear with us whilst we process your application as we want to ensure that each applicant is given the consideration that they deserve.

If successful in your application, you’ll be invited to complete a digital one-way video interview and an online assessment, this allows us to learn more about you and whether this placement might be a great fit! So please do look out for our email updates and we encourage you to complete each next step as soon as possible. The EMEA Graduate Recruitment Team will then contact you and inform you of the outcome and (if applicable) a final interview with one of our hiring managers.

Good luck, we are looking forward to meeting you!

Highly Commended – for the Drum Digital Advertising Awards for Best Use of Video

Travel/Leisure campaign of the year at the UK Paid Media Awards.

Campaign – Best travel & leisure campaign

Best use of TikTok at the UK Social Media Awards

Job: Online Marketing

Title: Media Marketing Placement

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Requisition ID: EUR01583

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