3 Comms / Marketing / PR Internship/traineeship Opportunities

Closing date for applications: Sunday 9th August 2026 at 11:59pm

Salary: London Living Wage

Location: London

Start date: October 2026

Working hours: 9am-5.30pm Monday to Friday. 3 days in the office.

Contract length: 2 months

Turn trends, insights and conversations into standout campaign ideas across PR, social and influencer campaigns.

We are IGNITE. The creative and social hub that supports Grayling and Cirkle. We have a brilliant and diverse team of social media experts, strategists, researchers, data analysts, designers, creatives, consultants, and producers who we bring together to create powerful simple solutions, that create advantage for our clients. From the UK’s most loved pubs to energy suppliers powering the future, iconic snack brands to leaders in paint and colour - a role with IGNITE means breadth, experience and growth.

We're looking for a Junior Creative who lives and breathes ideas. Creativity sits at the heart of everything we do. From earned-first campaigns and social content to brand activations and cultural moments, you'll help develop ideas that earn attention and drive conversations. You'll work alongside our creative team to bring fresh thinking to briefs, contribute to campaign development and help shape work that gets noticed.

This is a role for someone who carries hunger, energy and drive to become the best creative they can be.
We’re looking for someone who notices the brand campaign or influencer activation everyone is talking about before everyone else does. Someone who saves TikToks, screenshots the adverts they love, follows the creators + makers shaping culture and is constantly curious to learn and to grow.

You'll join an ambitious creative team working across some of the world's most recognisable brands, tackling briefs that span earned media, social, influencer, content and integrated campaigns. Most importantly, you'll be given the opportunity to learn. You'll be surrounded by the IGNITE team (a core creative team at the centre of Grayling made up of creatives, strategists, social media experts, marketers, creators, designer and researchers) who'll challenge you, support you and help you build the foundations of an outstanding career.

Bring curiosity. Bring ambition. Bring ideas.
We'll help you build the rest and we’ll have a load of fun whilst we do exactly that.

What you'll be doing

• Develop creative ideas and campaign concepts across a wide range of client briefs
• Support the creative team throughout the ideation process, from initial thinking through to presentation
• Create social-first content ideas that are rooted in culture and designed for the platforms
• Stay relentlessly curious about the creative world, tracking standout campaigns, emerging creators, social trends, technology and shifts in culture
• Bring inspiration into the agency, sharing examples of brilliant work and identifying opportunities for clients
• Collaborate with strategists, designers, content creators and account teams to turn insights into compelling creative work
• Help write presentation decks, idea summaries and creative rationale
• Create and assist on social content and posting for Accordience businesses (incl. Grayling, Cirkle, CDR and Red)
• Support with performance metrics and reporting on social postsSupport with building newsletters via HubSpot, and content marketing too.

What you will learn

• Creative ideation and campaign development, from initial insight through to presentation-ready concepts
• How to develop earned, social and integrated campaign ideas for major brands
• Social-first content creation, including adapting ideas for different platforms and audiences
• Trend spotting, cultural insight and using social listening to inform creative thinking
• Creative briefing and collaborative working with strategists, designers, content creators and client teams
• Presentation writing and storytelling, including building decks and creative rationale
• Content marketing, social media management and newsletter creation using HubSpot
• Social media analytics, reporting and using performance data to improve content
• Professional communication, presenting ideas and responding to creative feedback
• An understanding of how a leading integrated communications agency develops campaigns from brief to delivery
  
  

Who we are looking for

What matters most is your mindset. You're endlessly curious. You consume creative work because you genuinely enjoy it. You understand social platforms instinctively, know what's trending (and why), and can spot opportunities before they become mainstream. You bring energy into every room. You're hungry to learn, eager to contribute and excited by the opportunity to develop your craft alongside experienced creatives.

We're looking for someone with curiosity, enthusiasm and the ambition to become an exceptional creative. Someone who is constantly learning, constantly observing and constantly asking how ideas can be better.
If you're the type of person who bookmarks campaigns, follows award shows for fun, spends too much time analysing social content and can't stop thinking about ideas then you'll fit right in.

Ideally, you would have:

• A genuine passion for creative ideas, storytelling and culture
• A strong understanding of social media, content creation and digital platforms
• An eye for trends across PR, social, advertising, design, entertainment, fashion, technology and popular culture
• Confidence sharing ideas, even if they're still rough around the edges (they’re usually the best ideas anyway)
• Communication and presentation skills (although we can help you hone this)
• A collaborative attitude and a willingness to learn through feedback

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
• Please note you will receive an update on your application no later than 6 weeks after the closing date

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.