Global Marketing: Professional Placement Year Internship

Overview

• Position title: Global Marketing: Professional Placement Year Internship
• Business unit: Global Marketing
• Contract type: Internship
• Preferred start date: Summer 2026
• Eligibility: Undergraduates in their 3rd year of a 4-year degree with a professional placement year
• Duration: 12 months
• Location: 22 Bishopsgate, London

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is now part of the BNP Paribas Group since 1st July 2025 following the closing of its acquisition. BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) is the asset manager of BNP Paribas, a leading banking group in Europe with international reach.

Description of the role:

As a Global Marketing Intern, you will gain hands-on experience by supporting the delivery of strategic campaigns aimed at retail and wholesale clients, contributing to BNPP AM’s visibility and client engagement efforts. You will work within the global marketing team and have the opportunity to collaborate with other global segment managers covering institutional and ETFs, supporting them in some of their deliverables.

Your role and responsibilities will include:

• Help to deliver on strategic and sales campaigns, by providing support for the delivery of activities such as email campaigns, delivery of content items, production of videos, coordination of global events, updating global digital hubs, putting together result metrics, supporting assisting the campaign manager in overall management and delivery of the campaigns that increase visibility for our Equities, Fixed Income, or Multi-Asset products.
• Work with the brand and advertising team to help deliver content across channels such as advertising, content and video syndication, while providing support on researching the competitor audit / landscape.
• Work with the research & insights team to deliver the global email strategy including the creation of email templates, building campaign distribution lists and reporting on metrics through the campaign management tool.
• Help the global marketing team to increase further its profile and facilitate access to a global marketing content repository; this will involve taking responsibility for sharing our content internally and being key in helping to maintain our global marketing SharePoint.
• Suggest/implement new processes, procedures or practices that help the team become a more efficient and effective resource for the BNPP AM business.
• Help manage the team’s overall efficiency by helping to prepare meetings as well as maintaining workflows and pipeline documents as and when relevant.
• Help the team to efficiently and effectively manage their budgets, co-ordinate with raising PO’s, updating budget spreadsheets and confirming actual spend etc.

Structured development:

The candidate will have the opportunity to shadow marketing managers and marketing executives over the course of the placement, to learn more about, and contribute to, global marketing strategy and execution within an international fund management business.

Skills-based development:

Over time the candidate will also take ownership of ad hoc marketing projects to develop project management and broader communications skills. The candidate will also be expected to develop investment knowledge and understanding of the fund management industry as a whole through exposure to fund management and investment sales teams.

Education, Skills & Experience:

• Currently entering the 3rd year of a 4-year degree, ideally with a focus on either marketing / communications / economics / finance / business
• A confident communicator with excellent written and spoken English
• Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Creative, proactive, and eager to learn
• Previous interest or experience in financial markets is helpful
• Creative and enthusiastic self-starter

What We Offer:

• This internship is an excellent opportunity to discover an international working environment.
• Due to our leading market position, you can gain strong exposure to a variety of complex issues that we face as a diverse investment manager.
• You will be fully integrated into our team, and you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively and gain exposure to other departments such as sales and investments.
• Autonomous, entrepreneurial and result-driven culture where taking initiative is encouraged.
• You will join a growing platform which will allow you to take on real responsibilities rapidly.
• GBP 28,000 basic salary + competitive benefits package.

What We Expect From You:

• Workplace professionalism
• Physical attendance to the office 3-4 days a week
• Curiosity
• Commitment
• Willingness to learn & grow

Please join us to realise your potential to drive progress, for yourself, our clients and the world in which we live.