Lions Intern - London, United Kingdom - Ascential

Ascential

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Closing date: 14st August 2023

Salary:
£23, per annum)

Duration: 3 months fixed term contract

Start date:
Monday 11th September 2023

We're looking for a Intern to join the LIONS brand for a three month "Creativity in Business" programme at our London offices.

Our internship programme provides a platform for learning, growth and exposure to the business of creativity, laying the foundations for an informed, sustainable career in the creative industries and building your CV.

Your role:
As an intern, you'll spend 4 weeks in each of our core departments - Sales, Marketing and Content.

We break our business into 3 pillars - community, learning and benchmark and you'll get to learn about each of these as part of your experience.

During the experience, you'll also work on a live project brief which will be presented to the LIONS leadership team at the end of the rotation

Community: Our community experiences online (LIONS Live) and offline (Festivals) and partnership programmes, are the definitive place for the global creative community to come together to collaborate, partner & celebrate creativity that drives progress. During this rotation you'll work hand in hand with our sales, marketing, and content teams to learn how we create and deliver community experiences.
Learning: Our learning programmes aimed at individuals, and advisory services aimed at organisations accelerate excellence by building creative capabilities, leadership and processes through the best experts and work in the world.
Benchmark: Our awards including Cannes Lions' are the undisputed benchmark for creative excellence and effectiveness, enabling those in the business of creativity to understand best practice and gain the confidence to aim higher by seeing what's creatively possible.

You will be eligible to join us at Cannes Lion Festival 2024,

During this internship you will also have the opportunity to:

Shadow live client calls and understand global account management
Understand the different product sets within LIONS and what it takes to build a global brand
Meet and work with a wide range of individuals across our Community pillar
Develop and write your own product strategy
Brainstorm marketing and communications plans
Work on a holistic internship project to be presented at the end of your rotation
Present and pitch your ideas to LIONS executives

At the end of your internship, we hope you'll gain

A macro understanding of the marketing & advertising industry
Exposure to core functions of a global business, with a focus on creativity
Inspiration & networking to equip you for a career in the creative industry

Experience:

Interest in advertising, marketing, and communications
Problem solving, leadership, motivated, team player, organised

Who are we?

The LIONS brand is probably most synonymous with Cannes Lions, The International Festival of Creativity, the definitive meeting place for the global creative communications and advertising community.

It's five days of inspiration, aspiration, unlimited magic and potential.

The Festival has been championing creative excellence since 1954 with the goal of providing a global destination and the definitive benchmark for creativity that drives progress.

LIONS is going through an exciting time as it's recently repositioned as The Home of Creativity, supporting those in the business of creativity at every step of their journeys with an extended portfolio of new advisory, learning and intelligence services.

Our purpose is to drive progress through creativity for an incredibly diverse and talented global creative community.

You will join a team of change makers.

The team's purpose is to champion change to create the most powerful global creative community and drive growth for the brand.

LIONS is an Ascential company. Ascential delivers specialist information, analytics and ecommerce optimisation platforms to the world's leading consumer brands and their ecosystems. We help our customers to make smart decisions that improve performance now, and in the future.

With more than 2,500 employees across five continents, we combine local expertise with a global footprint for clients in over 120 countries.

Ascential is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Why choose us?

At Ascential, diversity, equity and inclusion is core to us.

We're a company built around our people - and we're committed to supporting each and every one of them to be the best they can be.

We love having a diverse team of people who bring new ideas and different strengths and perspectives to Ascential.

Our employee-led networks, Ascential Pride, Black in Business and EmPower: An Ascential Women's Initiative, help us to create a place where communities and allies can connect and share experiences.

In addition, our Early Talent programmes help grow and foster diverse new talent for our sectors.

We are committed to supporting the environment and sustain