Marketing Communications Placement

Marketing Communications Placement

Department: Marketing

Job:

To support the Porsche Cars Great Britain Marketing Communications team, in the planning, development, and implementation of UK Marketing Communication activities to achieve the strategic and company goals. Delivering best-in market presence across the owned, earned, and paid ecosystem and promote current and future Porsche products and services, maintain customer loyalty, maximise conquest opportunities and build brand advocacy.

This is a Placement Year position for a candidate currently studying an Undergraduate degree at university, seeking a placement for their third year. The role will commence in August 2026.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for owning and managing the Communications Content plan for the PCGB business by coordinating cross functional monthly Communication Forums, maintaining the Master Content planner, and following up with core actions on a weekly basis.
• Responsible for managing the Company Monthly Video Newsletter production ensuring all business areas are represented and the newsletters are delivered both internally and to the dealer network on time and to a high quality, adhering to all internal processes.
• Supporting the Marketing Communications Executive with Porsche.co.uk content maintenance, processing requests from other business areas and managing all requests through the Jira ticketing system in a timely manner.
• Supporting the weekly manual check of the Porsche.co.uk website as well as a quarterly website audit with external agency to ensure the digital shop window is kept up to date & free of errors.
• Coordinate with the Product & Communication Marketing team to support the model launch calendar, providing updates into the product launch planning forums with support from the Marketing Manager.
• Being the brand guardian for all content published on owned channels.
• Supporting the Marketing Communications Executive with organic content calendar for social media and owner’s website My Porsche. This will entail collecting relevant information on key stories from around the business to brief into the agency and reviewing the content before it is sent for final approval before publishing.
• Ensuring all content is on brand and in line with Porsche CI guidelines.
• Supporting the translation process, with copy checking of Marketing Communications when needed.
• Supporting with content production at Events.
• Coordinating the Quarterly Marketing Report for Marketing Communications.
• Supporting with product and brand campaign delivery and reporting when required.
• General:
  • Day-to-day finance administration, including raising PO’s & processing invoices. With timely processing of the required finance documents,
  • Responsible for monthly reporting across areas of responsibility working with different reporting systems,
  • Supporting on Marketing Communication internal business updates (e.g. Presentations).

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications

• Current study or qualification in Marketing or Business-related degree.
• Excellent level of PC literacy, including MS Office programmes (PowerPoint, Word and Excel are essential),
• Adaptability working with new software and programmes,
• Proficient with image editing software – Photoshop or systems alike.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Keen interest in digital marketing and social media,
• Keen interest or knowledge of the car industry,
• A pro-active worker, self-started and good team player,
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills,
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work without constant supervision.
• Knowledge or spoken and written German would be an advantage.

Benefits:

Porsche is committed to promote a culture that champions diversity and equal opportunities. Our strong family embodies the values of freedom, respect and tolerance.

To fulfil this mission, Porsche is devoted to celebrating our diverse voices and cultivating an environment that reflects the varied communities we touch. This is our commitment, and we invite you to share in this vision.

In return, you’ll enjoy:

• Highly Competitive salary.
• Fixed hours each week - 5 days per week, Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Preferential rates on several products and services, including high street brands, restaurants, gyms and Porsche products.
• Life Assurance.
• DC Pension Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme - support and advice on issues impacting your wellbeing.
• Dedicated mental health champions.
• Opportunity to visit the Porsche Experience Centre in Silverstone and drive the full Porsche vehicle range.

Location:

Porsche Cars GB Ltd and Porsche Retail Head Office is located conveniently by junction 12 of the M4, adjacent to a retail park, gym, and well-known fast-food restaurants. It is within walking distance of Theale's main line train station and a bus stop which operate regular services to Reading Town Centre.

Due to the high volume of applications we generate for our vacancies, we are regrettably not able to send a personalised reply to every applicant.

How to apply

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