Marketing Intern

Marketing Intern

Early Careers Programme – 12 month Placement

Location: Farnborough

Leidos UK and EUROPE is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services. Our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, government, safety and security, and transportation. To make all of this happen we need best in class business professionals to run our programmes and functions to ensure the continuation of our business success.

We are looking for an innovative, passionate, and ambitious individual to join our Early Careers Programme for a 12 month Placement within our Marketing function. Our programmes are designed with our core values – inclusion, integrity, innovation, agility, collaboration, and commitment - in mind. From day one, you will be encouraged and supported to contribute to our fast paced and agile environment.

Our best-in-class early careers team will support you throughout the duration of your 12 month placement to ensure you meet your career development goals. We have fantastic training and mentoring opportunities as well as a growing social network of other early careers persons across the business to provide you with support and guidance.

Role Overview

This opportunity is open to University placement year students who are seeking practical, hands-on experience within a professional marketing and communications environment.

As a Marketing Intern, you will support internal communications, integrated campaigns and events across the UK business, working with Divisional teams and Corporate functions. You will contribute to activity that helps engage employees, support business priorities and strengthen how information flows across the organisation.

This role is suited to someone who is organised, digitally confident and motivated to develop core skills in project management, stakeholder coordination and modern marketing practice, with the potential to form a strong foundation for future early career or graduate roles.

Key Responsibilities

Internal Communications

• Support delivery of internal communications that reinforce business priorities and employee engagement
• Assist with content coordination across platforms such as our intranet and email
• Help gather updates, success stories and content inputs from across divisions

Campaign & Divisional Support

• Provide coordination support to integrated marketing and communications campaigns
• Help track actions, timelines and dependencies across multiple workstreams
• Maintain campaign trackers and status updates to support effective delivery as part of programme management

Events Support

• Support planning and delivery of internal and external events, including preparation of materials, logistics and follow-up activity
• Assist in capturing outcomes and insights to support continuous improvement

Project Management & Ways of Working

• Apply a structured, organised approach to managing tasks and deadlines
• Support coordination across stakeholders to ensure activity stays aligned and on track
• Contribute to improving templates, processes and ways of working

Digital Tools, AI & Design

• Confidently use Microsoft 365 tools, including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams and SharePoint
• Use AI tools responsibly to support drafting, summarisation, research and productivity
• Create clear, professional presentations and simple visual materials aligned to brand guidelines

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Currently studying a marketing related degree at University
• Available to work a full time role, 37.5 hours a week for 12 months as part of a University placement year
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Clear, professional written communication
• Confidence using digital tools, particularly Microsoft PowerPoint and Teams
• Interest in AI enabled ways of working
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
• A proactive, collaborative approach to working with others

Desirable

• Exposure to marketing, communications, campaigns or events
• Basic design or visual presentation capability
• Interest in public sector, technology, defence or infrastructure environments

What You'll Gain

• Experience working within a UK marketing and communications team supporting enterprise level activity, aligned to a global corporate function
• Exposure to integrated internal communications, campaigns and events
• Development of core project management, stakeholder coordination and digital skills
• A strong foundation for future graduate or early career roles in marketing and communications

Where will I be based?

We are recruiting this role for our Farnborough office.

We offer a hybrid and dynamic working environment meaning that you can split your time between the office and at home, although we will encourage you to come into the office on occasions to enable you to develop and grow and collaborate with your teams.

Rewards and Benefits

• Full time Salary
• 33 days Annual Leave (Including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including health schemes, gym membership and cycle to work scheme)
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance

Commitment to Diversity

• We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.
• If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

What is Next?

Our start date for the programme is 21st September 2026 where you will have 1 week of onboarding with the rest of the Early Careers cohort. We aim to contact you within 2 weeks of your application submission to advise if you have been selected for the next stage of the interview process, a video interview with the Early Careers Team. If successful, you will then be invited to attend a 2nd video interview with the Marketing Manager.

Subject to Clearance

Please note due to the nature of the business we require individuals to be eligible for BPSS clearance, please refer to the official GOV.UK website for guideline

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.