Innovation Marketing Intern – Execution Excellence

Colgate; Woking; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive is seeking an Innovation Execution Excellence Marketing Intern to join the Northern Europe hub marketing team in the UK (Woking) for 12 months. You will participate in new product development timelines, support launch preparation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure rapid, quality execution.

You will gain hands-on experience across oral care, personal care and home care brands, contributing to consumer-focused campaigns and asset deployment ahead of launches.

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent with a passion for brands and marketing.
• Experience in marketing and in FMCG companies would be preferable but not essential.
• English fluency is mandated, other European languages would be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Working in close collaboration with the hub brand teams, local cross-functional team and divisional team.
• Tracking and ensuring essential steps are completed on time for new product launches, monitoring and resolving issues to ensure execution excellence.
• Support the product artwork development and approval process with timely release.
• Assist the deployment of assets (including e-commerce product content) in a timely manner ahead of launch.
• Updating local manuals where processes/tools have evolved, arranging training sessions with the local Marketing team.
• Coordinate with the marketing team for team event planning, NPD show-case; engagement tools and samples.
• Management of marketing team administration support, purchasing items, corporate credit card spend reconciliation.

Skills

Marketing

FMCG

English fluency

Education

University degree

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive is seeking an Innovation Execution Excellence Marketing Intern to join the Northern Europe hub marketing team in the UK (Woking) for 12 months. You will participate in new product development timelines, support launch preparation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure rapid, quality execution.

You will gain hands-on experience across oral care, personal care and home care brands, contributing to consumer-focused campaigns and asset deployment ahead of launches.