Media strategy intern

Closing date for applications: Sunday 24th August 2025 at 11.59pm

Salary: £24,570 per year (based on Brighton Living Wage of £12.60 per hour for a 37.5 hr work week)

Working hours: 9am - 5.30pm, Monday to Friday (two days per week in office)

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Early October 2025

Turn your passion for big brands and captivating campaigns into actionable insights and analysis with this 6-month media strategy internship in Brighton.

Propellernet is a Brighton-based digital marketing agency with a clear people-and-planet-first ethos. Its flagship work includes innovative campaigns across digital PR, paid media, SEO, analytics, content and strategy for a range of brands from PureGym to Kuoni. Since becoming a B Corp in 2021, it has doubled down on its commitments, both to People and the Planet, recertifying in 2024 with a score of 99.4. Propellernet's climate strategy is built around cutting emissions, offsetting its history, and investing in nature restoration, including planting one million trees and supporting ecosystem regeneration projects like veritree’s beehive programme in Kenya.

When it comes to Propellernet's commitment to its people, it has a DE&I board with representatives from across the agency, inclusive policies from family support and menopause, to mental health and neurodiversity. The office is set up with gender-neutral facilities, the organisation has a flexible approach to work and a coaching-led development culture. In 2024, 91% of the team rated the organisation positively for DE&I and 100% rated it positively for workplace culture and communication.

As a media strategy intern, you will support the planning and delivery of above-the-line (ATL) campaigns, with a focus on audience research, competitor analysis, and supporting media supplier relationships. You will work very closely with the media strategy director to develop and build skills in planning, buying and measuring brand campaigns for a variety of exciting clients. This will give you great exposure to media owners across channels such as TV, radio, OOH and display, along with developing skills in data storytelling and behavioural psychology when applied in a marketing context.

Key activities

• Assist in the research of audience personas using tools such as YouGov Profiles
• Support in compiling and interpreting competitor media strategies and creative executions across ATL channels (TV, radio, OOH, digital display, etc)
• Help prepare client facing presentations and strategy documents, using insights to help build a narrative
• Collaborate with the wider paid media team and client services to support on tasks, including media briefs and responses
• Monitor trends in consumer behaviour and media consumption across relevant target groups
• Contribute to the development of media recommendations with an emphasis on reach, attention, and engagement
• Provide administrative support in media planning documentation, timelines, and campaign templates
• Joining supplier and client meetings to support the media strategy director

What you will learn

• How to apply audience and competitor insights to strategic media planning for ATL and brand campaigns
• The fundamentals of media planning and buying across channels like TV, radio, OOH, and display
• How a multi-channel media plan can work and how to measure each channel effectively
• Understanding the media agency mechanics for brand building campaigns, including client servicing and media owner relationships

What we are looking for

• Interest in media, advertising, and consumer psychology/behavioural theories
• Familiarity with PowerPoint/Google Slides for presentations and storytelling
• Experience with research or marketing projects (university or personal)
• Comfortable using Excel/Google Sheets and interpreting basic data and summarising findings clearly
• Enthusiasm for asking questions and questioning ‘how’ and ‘why’
• An ability to communicate confidently in spoken and written English with our team, our clients and other stakeholders

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)
• 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.