Marketing Placement Programme - 2025

Marketing Placement Programme - 2025

Make your degree stand out with an experience like no other.

Have you got a passion for Marketing and are looking for an placement with a top employer? Join Sage as a Marketing Placement and gain practical, valuable skills from a global, FTSE 100 company and unleash your potential.

Sage is rapidly evolving from a product centric business to a brand led, customer centric, digital first brand focused on Human-to-Human Marketing.

We use data & insight combined with relevant content to drive commercial and brand equity growth. We are focused on annual commercial delivery and long-term innovation.

As a Marketing Placement you will support the Campaign Manager to deliver the effective planning, development, delivery, and optimisation of journeys that drive increased engagement, demand, and advocacy with our existing and new business cloud customer base. Through highly relevant and engaging programs and campaigns, the Marketing Placement will support in maximising commercial performance for the Sage business cloud product portfolio.

As well as on the job learning, you’ll benefit from five personal development days which you can use to boost your skills and industry knowledge. We also encourage all our colleagues to make an impact in their local communities, by giving them five fully paid days per year to volunteer, fundraise or do other charitable work through Sage Foundation.

This is a hybrid role – three days per week in our Newcastle office

Key Responsibilities  

What will the programme look like?

In Performance marketing the team are responsible for the effective planning, development, delivery and optimisation of end-to-end digital campaigns that increase engagement and demand to drive new customer growth. Through highly relevant and engaging digital programs, the Campaign Team drive multi-media acquisition and management across display, programmatic, social and search to drive awareness and conversion across the marketing funnel.

Complete a placement at Sage and you could be part of our next generation, with our placements not only benefiting from exclusive early access to our graduate roles, but also the many excellent benefits we offer.

What will make me successful

• High-energy individual with a can-do approach
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to work with people at all levels
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Team Player
• Organised, proactive and can work to deadlines
• Numerically strong with an attention to detail

To thrive in this role, you will likely be studying Marketing as part of your degree and be looking for a future career in this area. But we’re committed to nurturing the talent at our fingertips, so whatever their qualifications or background, don’t let that hold you back from applying.

By the 4th August 2025 you must have completed 2 years of your degree and will join Sage for 1 year before returning to University to complete the final year of your studies.

You can belong at Sage, just as you are. Does the above sound of interest to you? If so, all there is left to do is apply!

What can I expect from the process?

• Apply online with CV
• Complete a gamified science-driven assessment via Harver, to help us accurately assess if you’re aligned to our values and behaviours, whilst removing any risk of unconscious bias from our process
• If you match the profile, you'll be sent a video interview to record.
• If your video interview is successful, you’ll be invited to a Virtual Assessment Centre
• Successful candidates will join our Placement Programme on 4th August 2025 for 12 months.

As we receive a high volume of applications, you may receive a delayed response to your video interview. We thank you for your patience.

About Sage

People make Sage great. From our colleagues delivering ground-breaking solutions to the customers who use them, people have helped us grow for more than thirty years, and people are driving our future as a great SaaS company. We’re writing our next chapter. Be part of it!

Experience has taught us that when our customers thrive, we thrive. As a team, we always start with what customers need. Through the good… and more challenging times. Innovating at pace so customers can manage their finances, operations and people. Every one of us shapes our culture at Sage - doing what’s right and succeeding together, united by our commitment to each other. We encourage each other to grow in our roles, in our careers and as individuals.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button.

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.