2026 - Social Marketing Student

If you want a student placement where you do loads of photocopying and making people cups of tea, this one really isn’t for you! Each year we invite Students to complete their placement year with us in our Eco HQ in Surrey. We nickname these students our ‘Future Talent’ because they often go on to do great things, either here at TGB, on our Graduate scheme or in the wider working world.

We are proud to offer a 12 month placement as part of your undergraduate degree, giving you Industry experience in a global brand (but with community feel) organisation. As part of the emerging talent community, you’ll get access to our 70 : 20 : 10 learning and development framework, you’ll have the support of the student community and roll your sleeves up to get involved in specific projects & fundraising to make a genuine difference.

Whether you know the exact path you want to take, just want to dip your toe into working life or you’ve not really thought about what happens after uni, we’re able to provide you with experience in a generalist sales and marketing business, we’re inclusive and we’ll give you the tools for you to grow into a well-rounded employable graduate. You might also be a complete petrol head (which is great, but you don’t have to be), love innovation and believe that there’s ‘Always a better way’? If so, read on for more information about our placements and how we make it as easy as possible for you to apply!

About TGB In a nutshell: You may already follow Toyota or Lexus on social media or in the news and have heard about the great things that we continue to achieve globally, well, what we do here at TGB helps achieve those great things! Here at our ECO HQ in Surrey, we support the car dealership network as the sales and marketing functions for both Toyota and Lexus in the UK. We are a diverse team with a common goal, to do business the way that customers love.

There’s loads of really great stuff on our blog.

PR and Brand Marketing Student Whistle stop overview: Our Press Relations and Fleet Brand Departments have two roles available, one for each area of its work. The two teams work closely together, which means we can provide a single recruitment stream for candidates, giving you a better recruitment experience. The roles will give you the chance to learn how this busy and influential department works and to develop valuable skills.

On the brand side you will respond directly to Toyota and Lexus’s fleet business audiences, providing accurate information and publishing content to different platforms. Where Press Relations is concerned, you will gain real-world experience in building and maintaining relationships between our brands and the media. You will have ample opportunities to bring new ideas to the team and help manage and monitor new product launches, from inception to completion. Both teams will encourage you to come up with ideas on how its processes and ways of working might be improved. You will also be encouraged to take ownership of specific projects, so we are looking for candidates with a good eye for detail. You will also have access to the Insights team, giving you the chance to learn to analyse, code and report on initiatives.

You want in? To be considered for this role, you’ll need to be:

• Completing a 4 year undergraduate degree, ideally PR or Communications focused
• Confident in communicating, with an awesome eye for detail when it comes to written work and grammar
• Really team focused and able to build relationships
• Passionate about customers & obsessed with delivering a service the way that customers LOVE!
• Residing in the UK and either living within or willing to relocate to within a commutable distance of our ECO HQ

What you’ll get - Great people deserve great things: Enabling you to be the best you can be is top on the list at TGB, so it’s more than just an annually reviewed, externally benchmarked salary and bonus scheme that puts smiles on the faces of people that work here:

• Our hybrid working policy, means you’ll split your time working from home and at our state‑of‑the‑art Eco Campus
• £1k to support your relocation, to within a commutable distance of our EcoHQ if you’re joining one of our Emerging Talent programmes
• On site subsidised Café & Restaurant, gym & in‑house Wellbeing Ambassador, all set within RHS Kew & the Surrey Wildlife curated landscaped gardens
• Access to attractive car schemes for you (& your family) for Toyota & Lexus cars
• 25 days annual leave (+ bank holidays), which increases with length of service
• Defined contribution pension scheme + the option to add Additional Voluntary Contributions
• Private Medical Insurance for you & your immediate family fully funded by TGB
• Death in Service at 10 x base salary & Income Protection
• Optional company funded health related benefits, including Dental Insurance
• HealthCare Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) & Flu Jabs all at no cost to you
• Extended flexible benefits package including; cycle‑to‑work scheme, eye tests, holiday trading and Sports & Social Club (accessing annual ski trips, football tournaments, arts & crafts, discounted tickets to events & shows plus a whole lot more!)
• Long service recognition awards
• 2 volunteering days per year and various Corporate & Social Responsibility initiatives.
• Regular 121s with your manager, a personal development plan reviewed quarterly with a range of training & support (as per the TGB Management Deal)

Our TGB Community: TGB is committed to fostering a diverse & inclusive workplace where innovation thrives through diversity of thought. We believe in building a community culture that supports high performance by nurturing psychological safety, being mindful of barriers to inclusion, & encouraging allyship. We judge applications on merit, make no assumptions, & don’t discriminate against any protected characteristics. As a proud participant in the Disability Confident Scheme, we’re dedicated to creating an environment where everyone feels valued, supported and included. If there’s anything outside of our standard recruitment process that we can do to enable you to be your best our door is open to have the conversation.

The Process: We want to make sure that we get the best future talent available, so we have designed a screening and recruitment process to help us. All of our processes are mapped to our internal competencies and potential model as well as ensuring a great fit for our innovative and customer focused culture.

Application > Psychometric Testing > One way video interview > Assessment centre