External Communications and Brand intern

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Closing date: 23rd April 2025

Payment: £22,222 per annum full time equivalent (prorated for your 8-week internship)

Location: Cambridge/Hybrid (2 days per week in the office minimum)

Contract: Full Time (35 hours per week) / Fixed Term (8 weeks)

Placement dates: 14th July – 5th September 2025

This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in event management, social media, and PR within a dynamic team.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a passionate, fast-paced environment providing world class support to our millions of customers and qualifications around the world.  

As an intern in the External Communications and Brand team, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of high-impact events, engaging social media content and effective PR activities that enhance Cambridge's reputation.

What you'll be doing

• In this role, you will help organise and coordinate physical, virtual and hybrid events, ensuring they align with strategic objectives and campaign messages.
• Your responsibilities will include arranging logistics, booking venues and stands, liaising with colleagues and assisting with stand design.
• You will also contribute to post-event analysis, helping to measure success and identify areas for improvement.
• You will support the team in creating compelling social media and digital content, sourcing and producing visual assets such as images, graphics and videos to engage our audiences.
• You will also support the public relations function of the team, including media monitoring and stakeholder communications, to help amplify our brand's reach and impact.

What you'll bring

To be successful in this role, the following skills, values and behaviours are desirable:

• An outstanding level of English and clear communication skills to be able to connect with others quickly and effectively is essential.
• The role requires a high level of planning and organisation, along with an eye for creativity and detail.
• An interest in the fields of marketing, PR and brand would be advantageous.
• You are motivated to play an active role with the delivery of the team's activities, which include reputation management, pro-active communications and public relations, events and brand management.
• You will be an active and engaged participant in team and stakeholder meetings.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.