At a Glance
- Tasks: Join Nikon's Graduate Management Programme and gain hands-on experience across key business areas.
- Company: Nikon UK, a globally recognised imaging brand with over 100 years of innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous holiday, wellbeing allowance, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with excellent training and career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Kickstart your career with real responsibilities and opportunities to make an impact.
- Qualifications: 2:1 degree or above, strong GCSEs and A Levels, leadership experience required.
Salary: £31,900 per annum
Location: Surbiton, Surrey just 2 minutes from the mainline station
Hybrid working: 2 days in the office / 3 days from home
Two-year rotational graduate programme
This is an exciting opportunity to join Nikon UKs Graduate Management Development Programme, gaining hands-on experience across different areas of the business while developing the skills and commercial understanding needed to build your future career. Over two years, you'll complete rotations across three of four key business areas:
- Marketing
- Sales
- Commercial Planning
- Customer Service
This isn't a programme where you'll simply observe from the sidelines. You'll have real responsibility from the outset, contributing to live projects, working alongside experienced colleagues and gaining exposure to different people, functions and commercial challenges.
Your rotations could include:
- Marketing
- PR and media communications
- Social media and content
- CRM and customer communications
- Copywriting
- Video development
- Product launches and events
- Sales
- Supporting key retail customers
- Working alongside Account Managers
- Sales reporting and analysis
- Supporting marketing investment activity
- Direct sales operations
- Commercial Planning
- Budget and commercial planning
- Business and customer insights
- Market analysis
- Using data to support commercial decision-making
- Customer Service
- Responding to customer enquiries by telephone, email and written communication
- Resolving service-related queries
- Supporting customers face-to-face at events
- Maintaining accurate customer information and records
What we're looking for:
- A 2:1 degree or above
- A minimum of 7 GCSEs at grade 7 or above, including both Maths and English at grade 7 or above
- A minimum of 3 A Levels at grade B or above
- Evidence of leadership and initiative
- A genuine interest in developing experience across different commercial functions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good Microsoft Office skills
- The ability to commute to Surbiton for two office days each week, or willingness to relocate
- Previous work experience, an internship or work placement would be highly advantageous.
Please ensure your CV clearly includes your GCSE and A Level subjects and grades, together with details of any relevant work experience and examples of leadership or initiative.
What Nikon offers:
- £500 home-office furniture allowance
- £300 wellbeing allowance
- 27 days holiday, rising to 32 days, plus bank holidays
- Generous company pension
- Private medical and dental insurance
- Product discounts
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid working 3 days from home
- Onsite parking
- Ongoing coaching, training and career development
Nikon's Surbiton office is conveniently located just two minutes walk from the mainline station. You'll be joining a collaborative international organisation with more than 100 years of heritage and a brand recognised around the world for innovation, design and performance.
If you're ambitious, curious and keen to develop a broad commercial career with Nikon, we'd love to hear from you. To apply for the job click apply and send us your CV.
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