Student Private Equity Media Analyst at Private Equity Insights London, United Kingdom

Private Equity Insights; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading private equity community based in London is seeking a student to join their editorial team. This voluntary role involves monitoring the private equity landscape and assisting with the compilation of their key newsletter. You will be working in-person and developing invaluable skills in research, project management, and marketing. The ideal candidate should be ambitious, knowledgeable in the private equity sector, and committed to personal growth. A volunteer certificate will be provided upon completion.

Benefits

Volunteer certificate

Opportunity to work with high-performers

Experience in a growth company

Qualifications

• Student predicting a strong grade and knowledgeable about private equity.
• Ambitious and passionate about long-term goals.
• Holder of a UK work permit.

Responsibilities

• Monitor news channels for major PE funding and M&A deals.
• Conduct searches for job openings in the PE sector.
• Assist in compiling the world’s #1 Private Equity newsletter.
• Collaborate with the editorial team to meet deadlines.

Skills

Automation Testing

Bid

Brand Marketing

Business Objects

Inventory Management

Education

Predicting a 2.1 or higher grade at a reputable university

Job description

This role offers you the opportunity to expand and develop our editorial business and deepen your knowledge and network in the Private Equity Industry. The role involves 15 hours a week on a voluntary basis with the aim to join our team full-time upon graduation.

Do you want to take part in defining the future of Private Equity? Do you thrive in a fast‑paced environment where you can gain a tremendous amount of responsibility quickly? Do you want to be part of an exceptional team with motivated and extremely driven people? Are you curious or passionate about marketing and growth opportunities? If so, you might be our next member of the editorial team.

Why Private Equity Insights

Private Equity Insights is the world’s largest Private Equity community with 529k followers on LinkedIn, organizing a series of 12 global private equity events each year with 3,000 GPs and 2,000 LPs among the attendees.

Private Equity Insights is part of United Media, which focuses on building large‑scale industry media and conference products in sectors such as insurance, finance and retail. Over the past ten years we have organized and hosted 132 events. As of today we have organically launched eight media companies and acquired one.

What we offer you

You get the unique opportunity to take ownership of one of our key business areas. You’ll be working in‑person at our HQ in London alongside our editor, where you will constantly be pushed out of your comfort zone. To ensure a never‑ending growth curve we provide you with the following:

• The opportunity of having a real impact – you’ll get research experience in a growth company where your work and the results are tangible and have a high impact on the business.
• Unlimited growth potential – we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally.
• Invaluable transferable skills – boost your interpersonal, research, organizational, outreach and project‑management skills through experience and training.
• Inspiration and guidance – a chance to work closely with our high‑performing team as well as with the CEO and founder of our company.
• A volunteer certificate at the end of the experience to showcase your efforts and achievements.
• Opportunity to join us in hosting our conferences.

Your Responsibilities

Responsibilities in this role will vary; they will be mostly centered around the following:

• Monitoring various news channels and scouting the biggest PE fundraising and M&A deals to be shared with our 529k LinkedIn community.
• Conducting searches for job openings at top GPs and LPs as well as monitoring the most important job moves, hirings and appointments in the PE sector for our exclusive Roles in PE newsletter.
• Building a watchlist of PE funds, both local and international.
• Assisting with the compilation of the World’s #1 Private Equity newsletter.
• Researching and pitching local stories relating to the PE sector in the markets where our company operates.
• Managing the accurate translation of local stories and ensuring consistency with our editorial standards.
• Monitoring the activity of the top LPs in Europe and reporting all findings to the editorial team.
• Collaborating closely with the editorial team to ensure all deadlines are met.

The successful candidate will preferably have

We are looking for a student who is:

• Predicting a 2.1 or higher grade at a reputable university.
• Knowledgeable of the private equity ecosystem and financial systems, as well as general commercial awareness.
• Foreign language skills are welcome but not required.
• Ambitious, with an aspiration to become a world‑class professional in their field or a leader of the company of tomorrow.
• Passionate about our mission and committed to achieving long‑term goals.
• UK work permit holder (we do not sponsor visas).

Key Skills

• Automation Testing
• Bid
• Brand Marketing
• Business Objects
• Inventory Management

Employment Type: Student, Experience: years, Vacancy: 1