Marketing Graduate Scheme – 2026 in St Albans

Marketing in Premier Foods offers a unique opportunity to own the end‑to‑end process of managing some of the nation’s most beloved brands, all from our Head Office in St Albans. In this role, Marketing acts as the lead within the Premier Foods business, owning everything from long‑term strategy, the P&L and Innovation plans. A strong grasp of consumer behaviour and market dynamics is key to driving Innovation, Communications, and brand success.

What does a Marketing Grad Scheme at Premier Foods involve?

• Ownership from day 1 – we are a lean structure, so everyone plays a key role in the team.
• Analysis – we believe that obsessive focus on insight and understanding of market dynamics and data is a key contributor to excellent results. You’ll need to be numerically excellent and curious to keep digging and asking ‘why?’ to get to the heart of a business question.
• Managing Innovation – a great innovation plan is at the core of our Premier Foods strategy. You’ll develop concepts, validate them with consumers and manage projects from ideation to completion. This process includes developing a P&L, packaging design, product idea and tracking once it lands in store. There will be multiple opportunities to present to the Senior team at cross‑functional business forums.
• Cross‑Functional working – we are a collaborative business, and you’ll have exposure to multiple functions beyond Marketing, including the broader Commercial team (Sales and Category) alongside our Product Development and Factory teams.
• Communications – most of the communications you will work on will be creating key campaign visuals for execution with our Shopper team. Whilst we have a focus on TV, the opportunity to create new TV Advertising doesn’t come around too often.

What will you get from us?

• A great induction! Including a Corporate Induction, visiting one of our manufacturing locations and spending a few days with ‘Stand Out’ (our field sales team), learning about our customers, our brands and how and why our consumers buy our products.
• During the scheme you will attend various off‑job training courses that will support your personal development.
• You will receive regular reviews and feedback from your line manager – all to help you learn and develop.
• You will work alongside experienced marketers and learn on‑the‑job all our processes and ways of working.
• You will be given early responsibility which will give you exposure to key business meetings, brand development, the power of insights and how we do innovation at Premier Foods.
• At the end of the scheme, we will continue to support your career progression and development, the pace of which will be dictated by two things – your personal capability and potential and the right opportunity becoming available.

What will we expect from you?

• To take ownership for your own learning and show commitment to the scheme and to the role you perform.
• To be a team player – we are all in it together here at Premier Foods.
• If you are not already ‘commercially aware’, we’ll need you to develop this thinking quickly.
• We operate Hybrid working. This means working part of the week in the office and part of the week at home. You can work 5 days in the office if you want to, but we expect office‑based employees to be in the office at least 2‑3 days a week.
• Our graduates play a role in supporting our ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) strategy, primarily around being charity/volunteering champions.

Do you offer…?

• Degree qualified.
• An understanding of the UK FMCG/Retail sectors.
• Analytical and highly numerate skills.
• Successful candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK from the start date.
• Your base will be St Albans AL1 2RE and you will need to be prepared to relocate here: you may be required to spend time in other locations with overnight stays especially during the first two weeks of induction.

Ready to apply? Click apply, submitting an up‑to‑date CV tailored to this opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you.

At Premier Foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.