Development, Commercial And Operations Placement Student in Manchester

As a placement year student at JCDecaux UK, you will gain industry experience working in three key departments within the business: Partnerships & Development, Commercial and Operations. During your time with each department, through direct involvement you will provide support & assistance to multiple stakeholders across our business in a dynamic, fast paced environment.

What you'll be doing...

• Partnerships & Development
  • Ensuring maximum responsiveness to client queries via phone, email and face to face meetings on site across the North, Midland & Scotland regions.
  • Supporting Partnership Manager on negotiations with landlords to achieve buy-in for business development proposals and secure sites through to contract completion.
  • Supporting Partnership Manager on day to day contract management across multiple key, high-profile partnerships held across both the public & private sector.
  • Working with the Planning to identify and complete surveys and planning pro forma’s prior to planning application.
  • Liaising with the Estates team to help ensure the accuracy of inventory, performance and sales records.
  • Supporting with the approval process for new locations including carrying out detailed site surveys and respective documentation.
  • Visiting sites across the North & Midland region to undertake detailed site surveys, take photos and ensure site is presentable at all times as well as handle any issues as and when they arise.
  • Supporting with the preparation of materials and presentations for meetings, ensuring excellent quality, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Commercial
  • Sharing photography internally to help the team with external conversation starters, sharing good work.
  • Collating industry news, including competitor news, account moves, category updates & programmatic.
  • Providing rapid response to enquiries and requests from customers – playout reports / photography requests / competitor information.
  • Shadowing on site tours where applicable, demonstrating knowledge of environments and formats.
  • Co-ordinating and sharing information between agency and specialist team.
  • Accessing Self Serve Hub and downloading any requested insight and/or data.
  • Collating and sharing seasonal sales opportunities and identifying clients.
• Operations & Projects
  • Shadowing Administration, inputting electronic documents into our Utilities systems.
  • Generating Assets reports from our Business Objects system with support from our Data Analyst team.
  • Collating advertising poster performance for each In Charge period.
  • Shadowing on site tours where applicable, demonstrating knowledge of environments and formats.
  • Stock ordering through SOP for field staff materials and tools.
  • Responding to Operational queries from External and Internal resources, working alongside the team on resolving any issues.
  • Shadowing colleagues on the methods and processes of requesting Emergency Disconnections to assets (Communicate with regional Electrical Companies).
  • Shadowing the processes of stock taking and inputting the data into our systems.

A little bit about you...

• Exceptional interpersonal skills, ability to build client relationships and a strong customer service ethic.
• Confident with great communication skills.
• Organised and good time management skills.
• Handling of multiple requests at any one time.
• Dedicated and committed work ethic.
• Ethical and reliable, respecting customers’ confidentiality.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Willing to travel within England and Scotland from time to time as required.

Qualifications and Experience

• On a placement year from the University of Manchester.
• PC literate - Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Must hold a clean, UK driving licence. Having a car is ideal due to regional territory covered.

A little bit more about us...

We believe in building a diverse and inclusive culture and positive employee experience. We are One Team, more than just ourselves. We are customer first, we understand, and help solve our customers’ problems. We Test & Learn, we are empowered to learn and grow, unafraid of change. We choose to care, we are committed to doing the right thing, the right way. It’s really important to us that we give as much to our colleagues as they give to us. Our latest Belonging Survey showed that our colleagues feel valued and listened to as we continue to build an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, belong and be their authentic selves. We believe that diversity of thought, experience and background provides the platform for great creativity. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

About our recruitment process…

1. You find or get sent this job advert, read it, and feel like you’d be a great addition to the JCD family.
2. You send in your application to let us know you’re interested.
3. We see your application, get excited, and give you a call.
4. You’ll meet us twice, depending on the role prepare a presentation and we’ll get to know each other.
5. You’ll begin your journey with us, we're excited to support and develop you throughout your career.