Customer Marketing Intern

Role Overview: Customer Marketing Intern (6 Months)
Team: Customer Marketing - Cash & Carry
Line Manager: Matt Lewty - Customer Marketing Manager
We also spoke to Matt Knight ( Channel Marketing Manager)
The Opportunity
This is a 6-month internship within a fast-paced FMCG environment, supporting the Customer Marketing team across the Cash & Carry channel. The role offers exposure to large-scale projects, product launches, and high-impact brand activations within one of the UK's biggest commercial channels.
This is a hands-on role where no two days are the same - ideal for someone eager to learn, highly organised, and confident in a dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities

• Support delivery of shopper and trade marketing activations
• Coordinate with marketing agencies on campaign execution
• Assist with briefing processes and campaign rollouts
• Manage POS and branding materials (production, collation, and distribution to depots)
• Liaise with internal teams (sales, marketing, etc.) to ensure alignment on upcoming activity
• Support depot visits and trade shows
• Handle administrative tasks including tracking assets, timelines, and campaign elements
• Conduct regular check-ins with agencies and suppliers (e.g. printers)

What You'll Be Working On

• Major campaigns within the Cash & Carry channel (a key focus area for the business)
• New product development (NPD) launches in the UK market at pace
• Brand activations, including:
  • A well-known Jamaican RTD/fortified wine brand with strong UK presence
  • Partnerships with a large DJ coming up and the Jamaican football team
  • Campaigns targeting Gen Z and youth culture, if someone is tapped into this it is a bonus
• Large-scale cultural events such as Notting Hill Carnival

This role offers the opportunity to see campaigns come to life in-store, making it highly rewarding and tangible.
Ideal Candidate Profile

• Highly motivated, eager, and enthusiastic
• Strong drive and determination - attitude is more important could outweigh experience
• Organised with excellent attention to detail
• Confident communicator, able to work cross-functionally
• Hands-on and proactive - someone who enjoys "doing the doing"
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Creative thinker with a willingness to challenge ideas

Experience

• If someone has come from agency side then this could work
• Candidates with freelance or agency internship experience are highly desirable
• Previous success has been seen with agency interns transitioning into similar roles

Team & Culture

• Collaborative environment with multiple internal teams
• Opportunity to learn from a highly experienced team
• Requires someone who will integrate well with Matt and the wider team

Salary

• £102 day rate, but could look at someone who is Approx. £28,000-£30,000 pro rata (potentially attractive to candidates considering a move from agency to client side)

Interview Process

1. Initial conversation (Teams)
2. Second stage:
   • Small task and/or creative presentation
   • Final stage likely face-to-face

Additional Notes

• Strong interest in shopper/trade marketing is important
• Interest in UK youth culture is a bonus (adds fresh perspective)
• This is a varied, high-energy role with significant learning opportunities
• Definitely not a role where you'll be bored