Marketing Industrial Placement 2026

L'OREAL GROUP; London; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A global cosmetic leader is offering an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Intern based in London. This role involves developing marketing strategies, analyzing data, and collaborating across teams to launch innovative products. Ideal candidates should be second-year university students with strong communication skills and a creative approach to problem-solving. The position is designed to provide valuable experience in fast-moving consumer goods marketing and offers an inclusive workplace.

Responsibilities

• Perform competitor analysis and track market awareness.
• Manage projects and adapt international advertising to UK market.
• Forecast costs and track spending for budgeting.
• Analyze data for actionable insights.
• Develop creative strategies and manage marketing campaigns.
• Design packaging and promotional materials.
• Brainstorm new product names and evaluate market submissions.

Skills

Initiative and problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Creativity

Numerical skills

Education

Second year university student with Industrial Placement Year

Job description

Overview

Based: White City, London

Duration: 1 Year

Start Date: Monday, 29th June 2026

Application Deadline: Rolling

Annual Salary: £25,210 per annum

For a company like L'Oréal, consumer satisfaction is at the core of everything we do. Selling our 37 international brands is a challenge that takes a lot of creativity and tenacity. As a Marketing Intern, you'll be placed into one of these exciting brands and are expected to get stuck in, thinking of innovative ways to tailor our products to a UK audience.

We have multiple Marketing Industrial Placement roles across our brands and teams. Once you've been recruited, we'll use feedback from your Assessment Centre to match you to a role where you'll thrive the most! This could include roles focused on social media, product marketing, or even more commercially driven marketing roles. Be open-minded and trust that we'll find the perfect role for you!

We have a range of exciting roles within Marketing, including:

• Brand Engagement
• General Marketing
• Product Marketing
• Trade Marketing
• And many others!

You will...

Marketing within the fast-moving consumer goods sector is dynamic, reactive, and requires plenty of unique ideas for how L'Oréal can best stand out. You'll work on live projects and briefs, assessing competitors, supporting brand launches, and collaborating with commercial, visual merchandising, and digital teams to deliver full 360 marketing campaigns.

Day-to-day, you may be:

• Performing competitor analysis: pricing and market awareness/tracking
• Managing projects, including adapting international product concepts/advertising to the UK market
• Budgeting: forecasting costs accurately, tracking spend, and identifying cost-saving opportunities
• Analysing data: extracting and interpreting data to relay actionable insights
• Developing creative strategies: managing campaigns with clear strategic and innovative input
• Designing: briefing artwork agencies on product packaging and point-of-sale materials, supporting the process through to delivery
• Brainstorming: generating ingredient and product name ideas, reviewing product submissions, evaluating the beauty market, and voting on final product names and packaging

You have...

To succeed in this role, you'll need:

• A sense of initiative and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to meet deadlines under pressure
• Proactivity and a keen eye for improved efficiency
• Strong attention to detail
• A balance of creativity and numerical skills
• The ability to work autonomously

You are...

• In your second year at university on a course that includes an Industrial Placement Year (unfortunately, graduates are not eligible).

At L'Oréal, we take pride in creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, and their contributions are valued. When we recruit, hire, train, promote, or engage in any other employment practice, we are committed to being an inclusive employer regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, medical condition, or disability, or any other protected status. When we look for talent, we welcome difference-different backgrounds, experiences, personalities, and perspectives. The beauty we find in our differences gives us the freedom to go beyond. That's the beauty of L'Oréal.

Next steps...

Once you click apply, you'll be asked some questions to check your eligibility for this role. These will include questions about your current situation, whether you're happy with the salary, location, etc.

Our Assessment Centres this year will mostly be in person, running from when applications open until the roles are filled. These Assessment Centres are specific to function, so please be patient if you don't get invited straight away—it might just be because your function's Assessment Centre date is later in the recruitment period!

Please note: If you apply for more than one role, you'll be put forward for the one we deem most suitable for you. If you have a strong preference, please only apply to that one role to ensure you're considered for the correct role.