Creative intern

Closing date for applications: Sunday 1st March 2026

Salary: £30,000

Location: London

Duration: 1 year

Hours: 9:00am - 5:30pm (core hours 10:00 - 4:30pm)

Start date: Early April

Step inside one of the world’s most recognisable food brands and kickstart your creative career with this immersive, paid year-long internship.

This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience in the creative industries. Set up by our visionary founder, The Jamie Oliver Group is a global and integrated food brand with a mission to help build a healthier, happier world through the joy of food. From media and restaurants to products, partnership and Ministry of Food, every part of our diverse business has a key role to play in making it easier for people to cook and enjoy better, healthier, more sustainable, and joyful meals. Whether that’s in our homes, in restaurants or workplaces. As a proud B Corp, we are committed to educate and inspire people, workplaces, schools and communities all over the world, to help make better choices, one meal at a time.

We have creative teams who work on Jamie’s award-winning books, TV and digital content; industry experts who develop Jamie’s range of kitchenware, food products and partnerships; a passionate restaurant team delivering amazing dining experiences for our international restaurants, our Catherine St restaurant and our amazing Cookery Schools; plus the campaigns team who lead the way on our social impact work. Every day is a bit different at the Jamie Oliver Group – we’re always keen to try new ideas, we love working together and with other people, and we have an ambitious plan to change the world for good through food. We want to inspire individuals, businesses and governments to join us and make positive changes in the home, on the high street, in the workplace, in hospitals and in schools.

We’re really excited to introduce an internship program at the Jamie Oliver Group. We are looking for one intern to join us for a 12 month program to start in the next few months. This is a fantastic opportunity to get your foot in the door within the creative industry, working for a truly unique and exciting business.

We run bi-annual Learning and Development programmes that offer a broad and exciting range of courses, covering soft skills, technical skills, mental health and wellbeing and DE&I. If you are committed to developing your skills and keen to get experience in an entrepreneurial, creative and fun working environment, then we’d love to hear from you!

What you'll learn

• You’ll get to learn from experienced industry professionals.
• You will be a valuable member of the team, where you’ll learn by doing, providing support across a variety of daily tasks, campaigns, projects and initiatives.
• We do a lot of different things at The Jamie Oliver Group. We have teams across Publishing, Social Impact and Sustainability Food Development, Media Production, PR and more. Your 12 month internship may sit within just one of these teams, or you may have the opportunity to work across different teams.
• This will depend on the successful candidate's interests, skills and experience, and will be discussed and agreed as part of the recruitment process.

Knowledge, skills and experience

We are seeking creative and driven individuals who want to pursue a career in the creative and media industry. To make a success of this internship you’ll need to be:

• Enthusiastic, passionate and with strong work ethics
• Creative - you like to think outside the box
• A strong team player - you like to be part of, and contribute to a team
• Full of initiative and a good problem solver
• Keen to learn and develop
• Able to plan and prioritise tasks in order to meet deadlines and have good attention to detail
• Able to demonstrate good IT skills ideally including Google suite (Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Presentations)

To apply

• Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity
• Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)
• Let us know in your application if you have an interest in any particular area of the Jamie Oliver Group's business
• Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully
• Do not contact the company directly
• Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk

This opportunity is open to individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds, or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people, people with the characteristic of gender reassignment, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.

The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.