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Job no: 074970
Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Head Office - Glasgow, Head Office - Gosforth
Categories: Brand and Marketing

Job title: Graduate, Brand & Marketing
Business unit: Brand & Marketing
Location: Glasgow or Newcastle
Salary: Up to £28,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent

Give your career some Virgin va-va-voom

Looking to become a master of marketing? The next boss of brand? If the answer is ‘hell yeah’, then read on.

If you're a recent Grad (or about to be) and fancy yourself as a future banking buff who makes customers, colleagues and communities happier about money - we've got just the thing.

Being a Virgin Money Brand and Marketing Graduate will get your career off to a flying start. Over two years, we will give you the pick of 4 x 6 monthly placements, tasting different marketing divisions and learning a range of skills. At the end of your rotations, you’ll step up into one of our Brand or Marketing teams, and put your experience to work. We have 2 graduate positions available in our department.

Our Grads will join our expert teams and get to grips with a whole host of brand & marketing specialisms including:

• Strategy and Planning
• Media Planning and Buying
• Social Media
• Campaign Management
• Creative Development
• CRM
• Customer Insight
• And much more

It’s all about you

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has (or track for) a 2:2 degree or higher
• Is up for learning new things and putting them into practice
• Has a great attitude, sense of ambition and is big on joining in, speaking up and looking for new ways to make changes
• Has a passion for brand and marketing

Here’s what it means for YOU:

• 38.5 days annual leave for all colleagues (including bank holidays and pro rata if part-time)
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year
• A 35-hour working week
• 20 weeks paid, gender neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt
• Market leading Pension & Private Medical Insurance
• Flexible benefits including Cycle to Work, Wellness & Health Assessments and Critical Illness
• Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows)

And you get these Red-Hot Rewards from day one!

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

Applications close on Wednesday 7 June 2023.

We will shortlist by 19 June 2023 and invite successful candidates to an assessment programme and interviews during the first half of July. We’ll be flexible and work around your availability if you are taking a well-earned break.

Our successful applicants will start at the beginning of September 2023.

How to apply:

Alongside your CV, we’re asking applicants to send us a short video selfie telling us about yourself. More guidance on this can be found in the application form.

We want this to be a great experience for you, so if you have any questions or niggles, be they big or small, please feel get in touch with us [email protected]. It’s important to us that you feel relaxed and be your true self. If there are any reasonable adjustments that we can make for you in this process, no matter how small, please let us know as we’re happy to help.

We’re also mindful you may have University deadlines so please do let us know if you have any concerns or challenges with this timeline.

What are you waiting for… Apply Now!

Inclusion at Virgin Money

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do here at Virgin Money. It’s good for you, it’s good for us and it’s amazing for our customers. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on your diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs and backgrounds to be the best we can possibly be. Got any questions about this or need some support with your application? We’d love to hear from you so get in touch with our careers team at [email protected].

Now the legal bit…

Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it) but we’ll need to you to confirm you have the Right to Work in the UK.

If you’re successful securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. This includes a credit and criminal record check, as well 3 years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we’ll ask for 6 years' of regulatory references and once in role, you’ll be subject to periodic employment checks.