Marketing Student Placement 2027

Description

The company works across healthcare through its Innovative Medicine and MedTech businesses, and this placement sits within the CMW R&D and Global Marketing teams in Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

The role is a 12-month marketing industrial placement for a student who wants hands-on technical marketing experience alongside colleagues who have years in the field, with ownership of projects linked to business goals.

Responsibilities

• Support marketing projects and product launches alongside Marketing, Sales, R&D and other cross-functional teams.
• Create and refresh marketing materials, including content for new products that explains key features and benefits.
• With internal teams and creative agencies, study sales and marketing trends and help build engaging, high-quality materials.
• Help keep digital channels and content accurate, current and engaging.
• Maintain the global library of marketing materials so teams can find current content when they need it.
• Learn product marketing by supporting training and demonstrations across the cement and biomaterials portfolio.
• Contribute to business cases and future marketing projects, and see how ideas move from concept to delivery.
• Support marketing studies that gather evidence for product claims.
• Organise marketing activities such as meetings, conferences, promotional materials, product samples and workshop equipment.
• Handle practical business tasks, including purchase order processing, and work with internal and external stakeholders.
• Follow company policies, procedures and Health, Safety and Environmental requirements.
• Take on extra projects and responsibilities as you progress through the placement.

Requirements

• Be currently enrolled on a Business, Marketing, Healthcare, Science or related degree.
• Have completed at least one year of university study.
• Previous professional work experience is useful but not essential.
• Have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Have an interest in healthcare and orthopaedics, and be willing to learn about the products and how they are used clinically.
• Write clearly and research well, including working with scientific or technical information.
• Think analytically, enjoy using data to spot trends, and explain what it shows.
• Communicate and collaborate well, organise your work, and feel comfortable working with different teams and stakeholders.
• Take a proactive approach, stay curious, and be willing to learn and take on new challenges.
• Preferred: experience with data analysis or visualisation tools such as Excel, Power BI, R or similar.
• Preferred: familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Acrobat or InDesign, or similar creative tools.
• Preferred: interest in emerging technologies such as AI and how they can make work more efficient and reduce repetitive tasks.

Conditions

The placement lasts 12 months and is based in Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

The company plans to separate its Orthopaedics business into a standalone orthopaedics company. The separation is expected to take 18 to 24 months and depends on legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies where required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.

If you accept and the separation completes, you would expect to become an employee of the standalone orthopaedics company, governed by its employment processes, programmes, policies and benefit plans, with any planned changes shared at a suitable time after any required consultation.

The company respects diversity and treats each employee as an individual.