We are PZ Cussons. Our purpose is For everyone, for life, for good.

Sustainability and the wellbeing of people, families and communities everywhere are at the heart of everything that we do.
Since our founding in 1884, we have been creating products to delight, care for and nourish consumers. Across our core categories of Hygiene, Baby and Beauty, our trusted and well-loved brands include Carex, Cussons Baby, Sanctuary Spa and St. Tropez.

POSITION SNAPSHOT
Job title: Marketing Intern - Hair (PZ Cussons Beauty)
Location: London
Contract type: Full Time, 1 Year Contract

WHO ARE WE
PZ Cussons is a global, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, with office locations in the UK, US, Australia, Africa and Asia. Throughout our 135-year history, we have successfully adapted and evolved to the constantly changing consumer, market, and economic environments. Our diverse portfolio of brands can be found across four major categories: Personal Care, Beauty, Food & Nutrition, Home Care and Electricals.

We have a real passion for our employees, our consumers and our brands and we strive on creating moments of pleasure for everybody, every day. You will recognise some of our renowned, market-leading household names such as St. Tropez, Imperial Leather and Sanctuary Spa.

If you want to join a business with really exciting growth plans, work flexibly but with the opportunity to collaborate in our stunning new city location offices…… have every Friday afternoon off! Yes, we work half days on and Friday! Then this is the right opportunity for you!

THE ROLE:
We have an amazing opportunity for a Marketing Intern to join PZ Cussons Beauty and the hair care team. We are looking for individuals with a keen interest in the beauty industry to help manage the day to day activities for our Brand team! You will be delivering first-class marketing campaigns and content for our iconic brands and be a vital part of the business from day one. This role is creative and analytic, good communication and research skills are of great importance for this Marketing Internship!

Principle accountabilities :
This brand marketing internship will work across one or more of our Beauty brands, supporting the team in day-to-day activation in areas of responsibility such as:

NPD

• Market research – competitor & category – to help the team keep up with trends & new launches
• Support the product development process with product testing, gaining consumer insight

General Marketing

• Brand Calendar – Maintaining an up to date calendar of marketing activations across all channels
• Media Planning & Reporting – Supporting Brand team colleagues in campaign creation, set up and post-campaign analysis
• Asset management – Supporting the team on the upkeep of assets across retailers, distributors and internal stakeholders utilizing third party platforms

Social Media

• Social Content Calendar – sourcing, creating &/or reviewing content for multiple channels (e.g. Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok etc.)
• Community Management – working alongside social agency & customer service
• Reporting – Using in-house tools to monitor and analyse social activity, identifying successes, learnings & opportunities

Merchandising

• Online – Working alongside retailers to ensure our products are presented in the best way with correct images, descriptions & categorization
• In Store – Competitor & category research of best-in-class execution in key retail partners e.g. Boots, Superdrug, Sainsburys.

Office Support

• Be the key support to brand teams on daily tasks – from organising couriers, managing stock replenishment to raising purchase orders for invoicing & payments across product teams, PR, social, marketing, media department

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Needed:

• Detail orientated, deadline driven and able to multi-task with excellent organisation and time management skills
• Excellent written communication, copywriting and proofing skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good numerical and analytical skills
• Good presentation skills
• Be able to work in a team and adapt to a fast-paced working environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft office – particularly Powerpoint & Excel - and keen interest in using new software & tools.

General Information and Requirements:

• The role will require four days a week in person in the Central London Office.
• You may on occasion need to work more (five days) in the office. Or attend out of hours events.
• The successful candidate would be able to commute to Central London or re-locate to the area.

Function/Business Unit Overview:

• Internal

Work closely with Marketing, PR, Social and New Product Development on a regular basis to ensure collaborate on new product launches and marketing campaigns.

• External

Building relationships with retailers, suppliers and agencies for relevant projects

Reporting Relationships

• Brand Manager/ Assistant Brand Manager

At PZ Cussons Beauty, we work within a hybrid working model, there will be flexibility for you to work from home, however primarily your role will be office based. We work 8.45-5.30, 4 days a week Monday to Thursday. On a Friday we work a half day, wrapping up at 1.30.

We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!

PZ Cussons is big enough to make your mark, small enough to make it yours. Apply to join us!

Job Type: Full-time

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