Marketing Industrial Placement 2027

For a company like L’Oréal, consumer satisfaction is at the core of everything we do. Building our 40 global brands takes creativity and tenacity. As a Marketing Intern, you’ll join one of our exciting brands and help find innovative ways to tailor our products to a UK audience.

We have multiple Marketing Industrial Placement roles across our brands and teams. These could focus on social media, product marketing or more commercially driven marketing. Be open-minded and trust that we’ll find the right role for you!

Day to day, you may be:

• Performing competitor analysis, including tracking pricing and market trends
• Managing projects, including adapting international product concepts and advertising for the UK market
• Budgeting: forecasting costs accurately, tracking spend and identifying cost-saving opportunities
• Analysing data and interpreting it to provide actionable insights
• Developing creative strategies and managing campaigns with clear strategic and innovative input
• Briefing artwork agencies on product packaging and point-of-sale materials, and supporting the process through to delivery

To succeed in this role, you’ll need:

• Initiative and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to meet deadlines under pressure
• Proactivity and a keen eye for improving efficiency
• Strong attention to detail
• A balance of creativity and numerical skills
• The ability to work autonomously

You are...

In your second year at university, studying a course that includes an Industrial Placement Year. If you’ve already graduated, please check out our graduate roles instead!

What’s in it for you?

• A place to step outside your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential. You’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks.
• Real responsibility from day one, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal.
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation, as well as people with disabilities, are accepted, can speak up, thrive and are celebrated.
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger. Many of our brands support societal and environmental causes to make a concrete difference.

Kickstart your career

An internship is your best gateway to a career with us, where you'll drive real impact and experience accelerated growth. We invest in interns who bring learning agility, true potential, and a hunger to challenge. No bench-warming here, you'll own real projects from day one, contribute work the team relies on, learn fast, and develop your skills.

More than having a cool line on your CV that makes your profile stand out, you’ll gain confidence and skills that will serve you for many years. Also, around 70% of our junior jobs are filled from our youth programme pool e.g. interns and apprentices. It truly is your best gateway to a career with us!

Skills you'll sharpen here

• Adapted Communication
• Cooperation
• Creative Thinking
• Critical Thinking
• Self-Awareness
• Self-Growth

As well as these, L'Oréal employees are upksilled in AI fluency, data fluency, and critical thinking.

What does being an intern here mean?

Consider this your best entry point to a career with us.

We're not just looking for interns, we're scouting for future leaders. Show us what you've got, we're taking notes.

Forget fetching coffee.

Here, "empowerment" means real autonomy, meaningful projects, and a team that expects your ideas, in addition to your questions.

We're not looking for beauty experts,

we're looking for challengers with learning agility and a fresh perspective. Your job is to push boundaries, not just blend in.

Your work here won't just fill an internship report.

You'll work on actual business challenges, the kind that keep us ahead in the game.

About the Company

We’re committed to inclusive recruitment and to hiring and promoting each candidate ethically and equitably. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant.

Want to discover more about L’Oréal? Get insider tips from L’Oréal recruiters on TikTok: @LorealGroupe!

Next steps...

Once you click apply, you’ll be asked some questions to check your eligibility for this role. These will include questions about your current situation and whether you’re happy with the salary and location.

A quick note on our process: While our online assessments are scored automatically, every application is carefully reviewed by our team. We do not use AI to make hiring decisions on your profile. To learn more about AI use in our application process, please read more here.

Our Assessment Centres are held in person, running from November onwards. These are specific to each function, so please be patient if you’re not invited straight away. It may be because your function’s Assessment Centre is scheduled later in the recruitment period.

If you apply for multiple positions, you’ll be put forward for the roles most suitable for you. If you have a strong preference, please apply to that single role to ensure you’re considered for your top choice. You can apply for a maximum of three roles.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button. Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.