Lions internship

Closing date for applications: 5 September 2025

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 p.a

Location: Successful applicants will be expected to attend three in-person days per week at the LIONS Office at 5 Howick Place, Victoria, London.

Duration: 3 months

Keen to kickstart your career in creativity and marketing? This exciting internship programme offers hands-on experience across multiple teams, plus a unique opportunity to attend the Cannes Lions Festival!

LIONS powers the creative industries - providing the benchmark for creativity globally. As the global benchmark in creative and effective marketing through the Cannes Lions Festival, we help influential brands and companies use creativity to drive growth. We provide a suite of creative tools that connect, inform and unlock potential for people and businesses, covering events, intelligence, training and advisory services. Our five-day Festival in Cannes, France is the meeting place for the global marketing community and a celebration of the world’s most excellent and effective work.

We're looking for two Interns to join the LIONS brand for a three month “Creativity in Business” programme, and join us in Cannes, France during our festival on 22-26 June 2026 to LIONS at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Our internship programme provides a platform for learning, growth and exposure to the business of creativity, laying the foundations for an informed & sustainable career in the creative industries. Candidates do not require previous experience, and we welcome recent graduates and/or those Interested in a career change. All we ask is that candidates show a dedicated & demonstrated interest in the field of creativity.


What you will learn

As an intern, you'll spend 12 weeks across three LIONS departments - partnerships, product, marketing and content, in addition to one week onboarding before you start. We break our business into 3 pillars - community, learning and benchmark and you'll get to learn about each of these as part of your experience. During the experience, you’ll also work on a live project brief, which will be presented to the LIONS leadership team at the end of the rotation.

• Community: Our community experiences - online (LIONS Live) and offline (Festivals) - and partnership programmes, are the definitive place for the global creative community to come together to collaborate, partner & celebrate creativity that drives progress. During this rotation you’ll work hand in hand with our sales, marketing, and content teams to learn how we create and deliver community experiences.
• Learning: Our learning programmes aimed at individuals, and advisory services aimed at organisations - accelerate excellence by building creative capabilities, leadership and processes through the best experts and work in the world.
• Benchmark: Our awards - including Cannes Lions’ - are the undisputed benchmark for creative excellence and effectiveness, enabling those in the business of creativity to understand best practice and gain the confidence to aim higher by seeing what's creatively possible.

At the end of your internship, we hope you’ll gain:

• A macro understanding of the marketing & advertising industry
• Exposure to core functions of a global business, with a focus on creativity
• Inspiration & networking to equip you for a career in the creative industry

Key activities

This internship is primarily an opportunity for you to learn new skills and observe a range of different roles to help you build your CV and support you on your career journey. However, we know that many people learn best through doing, so while on this internship you will get the opportunity to:

• Shadow live client calls and understand global account management
• Understand the different product sets within LIONS and what it takes to build a global brand
• Meet and work with a wide range of individuals across our community pillar
• Develop and write your own product strategy
• Brainstorm marketing and communications plans
• Work on a holistic internship project to be presented at the end of your rotation
• Present and pitch your ideas to LIONS executives

Knowledge, skills and abilities we’re looking for:

• Interest in advertising, marketing, and communications
• Problem solving, leadership, motivated, team player, organised

Additional information

Our supporting beliefs

• Focus: we ruthlessly prioritise and always keep things simple
• All in: once we commit we deliver, with a clear focus on outcome
• Trustworthiness, transparency & openness: transparency inspires trust & empowers
• Be creative: we are smart, pro-active innovators
• Facts: we always use data & insight to inform our work
• Empathy: we can be relied upon for fairness and consideration
• No silos: one team, one face, one reputation

At LIONS, our goal is to create a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel comfortable in bringing their authentic selves to work. We want all OUR people to feel included and truly empowered to contribute fully to our vision and goals.

Everyone who applies will receive fair consideration for employment. We do not discriminate based upon race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. If you have any accessibility requirements that would make you more comfortable during the application and interview process, please let us know so that we can support you.

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