Marketing Placement Interns 2025 Location: Weybridge Are you an undergraduate student studying Business, Management, Marketing, Data Analytics, or Economics? If so, we have a 12-month placement available starting in July 2025. Don't miss out on this opportunity! We are seeking five proactive self-learners who are passionate about product management, marketing, data analysis, and communication and want to become marketing placement interns at Sony Europe! Sony aims to inspire consumers through strategies that communicate our brand and innovative products to the world. We are innovative, creative, and passionate individuals who strive to bring together the essence of the Sony brand in new, groundbreaking ways. Throughout this 12-month paid placement, you will be given the opportunity to not only expand your knowledge and gain valuable transferable skills but also immerse yourself in what it means to be a marketing professional in a multinational organisation and to understand where your career could take you. Working within established teams, you will be offered experienced mentorship alongside multiple development opportunities. Across various departments, we offer five placement roles! 1. Trade, Segment and Marketing Communications Intern In this role you will become a part of the Professional Displays and Solutions business, helping the team to understand the market, to run and support our existing customer base and to generate new business opportunities with the use of sales tools and marketing communications. Throughout the placement, you will:
- Support marketing activities such as social media content creation, email communications, website and partner portal content development, event support and general marketing administration.
- Work with the marketing delivery teams to write and give briefs, lead projects from start to finish and create Sales tools in line with business requirements.
- Support the market insights and trends analysis for key segments like corporate or education.
- Have the responsibility for specific sales and marketing activities, projects and events in collaboration with the team.
- Handle incoming sales leads.
- Have the opportunity to support the organisation of tradeshows across Europe.
2. Personal Entertainment Product Marketing Intern You will be supporting Sony Europe’s ‘Personal Entertainment Product Marketing’ team which deals with products such as headphones and speakers. Within this role, you will have the opportunity to get involved with all aspects of their work including physical support, preparation of presentation materials and marketing assets, sales or logistics management for Events, Training and Promotions. Throughout the placement, you will:
- Support creating Product presentations and Marketing assets of new product launches.
- Support online activation of new product launches, including tracking and reporting, in key retailers.
- Analyse customer reviews, ratings of key product models and ‘Voice of Customer’, including online, customer support or other feedback, to reflect in new product development.
- Monitor, analyse and report market pricing evolution and trends.
- Regularly produce Competition Charts detailing Sony vs Competitors product prices & specifications.
- Help organise Focus groups and other surveys and analyse ensuing data to reflect in future products.
- Responsible for strict management of product samples stock for promotion activities, ensuring the distribution of loan samples throughout Europe.
- Support dealer and product announcement events.
3. Digital Imaging Product Marketing Intern The purpose of this role is to become the right hand of the Marketing Communications Manager in the Digital Imaging Product Marketing team. This team takes care of the marketing for Sony’s cameras, lenses and various camera accessories. Throughout the placement, you will:
- Drive reporting of social media metrics of Ambassadors & Influencers working with Sony UK and support with tracking social media performance of key UK marketing activities.
- Maintain and grow the Sony UK DI Instagram account and participate in improving social reach and interactions through event preparation.
- Develop monthly reporting systems regarding online and physical events.
- Assist the UK Marketing Team in demo/loaning products (stock management) and handling products for events and other DI activities.
- Support the product managers at consumer events, Pro Support depots and B2B events.
- Handle the SRM and Salesforce Management.
4. Home Entertainment Product Marketing Intern In this role, you’ll be responsible for creating Sony Europe’s TV online & in-store communication by planning, creating, and implementing offline & online assets such as e-commerce assets, digital banners and website. You will assist with the collation of all communication assets and the distribution to Sony’s offices in various European countries. Throughout the placement, you will:
- Create in-store & online marketing assets which present TV’s benefit to end consumers and implement to Pan-European sales & marketing companies in the local countries.
- Collaborate with other colleagues to complete assets and optimise them.
- Help with the preparation of communication activities for product launches in Sony Europe.
- Create reports to analyse the performance of key touchpoints including the website, social media and eCRM
- Communicate with countries to arrange samples for local events
- Assist with daily communication with colleagues in other European countries.
- Support dealer and product announcement events.
5. Cine Marketing Intern Your role will support the Campaign Marketing Managers for Filmmaking & Cine in planning, delivering, and reporting on content management and communication campaigns. As a member of our team, you will play a key role in the development and implementation of communication strategies, both internally and externally, while also supporting various brand activities. Throughout the placement, you will:
- Handle Cine Partners Communications scheduling and information sharing (dealers & rental houses newsletters)
- Provide support to the integrated digital marketing team for campaign delivery through digital, website, social, and PR channels.
- Support agency management by tracking delivery schedules.
- Assist in influencer marketing initiatives and daily relationship management.
- Participate in and follow-up lead generation campaigns targeting key audiences such as Filmmakers, Cine Schools, and Virtual Production.
- Generate weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.
- Coordinate and support the organisation of international and customer events, which may include some European travel.
You will bring:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- A keen interest in data-driven marketing, marketing communication, social media and technology.
- Analytical thinking with a passion for understanding the market through data.
- An assertive, proactive attitude with a willingness to get involved wherever required.
- Experience with stock take.
- Fluency in English, knowledge of other European languages is preferred.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, PowerBI). Knowledge of graphical programs (e.g., Photoshop and Canva) is of advantage.
Our recruitment process: The job posting will be open until 10th November. Afterwards, the selected candidates will be asked to complete an automated video interview. In December, the best-performing candidates will be invited to an assessment center. We are aiming to finalise our recruitment process by the end of December. Throughout the recruitment process until your start date, there will be regular catch-up calls with the program coordinators and current interns to answer any questions and provide guidance and further information on your Sony journey. This will also allow you to connect with the other future interns who will form the 2025 Sony cohort and start building your network. If you will need to relocate, this is also a great opportunity to find others in the same situation. Life at Sony. We will make you a part of a large and diverse placement student network which will allow you to foster friendships and to build lifelong connections with like-minded students. We are passionate about your personal development and to help you get the most out of your Placement Year, there will be a number of Training Modules and a range of Learning & Development programs available to help you learn, grow and lay the building blockers for your career. We are positive a community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture across Europe in all our modern and inspiring workspaces. We believe in a sustainable and engaged workforce and support work-life balance with 25 vacation days and working policies to encourage our students to achieve a healthy balance between success at work and personal commitments. Our flexible working policy allows employees to work from 8 days per month, where employees are expected in the office 3 days per week. We provide access to numerous wellbeing services and platforms to promote all aspects of health, including employee assistance programs and DE&I initiatives. We respect our people and listen to them through ongoing conversations and surveys. We value suggestions for improvements, and act to promote a better placement experience for everyone. Your new office Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack , or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times. Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA Bring your uniqueness to Sony. We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture. We are Sony Europe. Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique. With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale. Bring your passion, creativity, and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together. Equal Opportunity Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics. Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at AccommodationRequest@eu.sony.com or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required. #LI-KZ1
