Media Intern

BRAND: Starcom
Job Function: Client Management
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Interns/Admins
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company description

Publicis Media helps clients drive sustainable business growth by harnessing the modern media landscape to drive one-to-one consumer connections at scale. Publicis Media UK is made up of 2000 people working across market-leading media agencies including Zenith, Starcom and Spark Foundry as well as specialist practices Publicis Media Exchange (PMX), Performics, Publicis Sport & Entertainment, Publicis Media Content and NextTECHnow. Together they combine deep expertise in media investment, strategy, insights and analytics, data and technology, commerce, performance marketing and content. Publicis Media is part of Publicis Groupe and is present in more than 100 countries with over 108,000 people employees worldwide.

Overview

Media Internship - Ignite Summer Programme 2026

Publicis Groupe • £25,250 • 13 July - 25 September 2026

Want to learn how ads end up on TikTok, TV, YouTube, Instagram, and beyond?
Join Publicis Media's 10-week summer internship and discover the world of media advertising across Spark Foundry, Starcom, and Performics. You'll explore planning, media investment, and digital marketing - even with zero experience.

If you're curious, creative, and excited to work with brands people love, this is for you.

Responsibilities

What You'll Be Doing

Media Planning Rotation

• Research audiences, consumer behaviour, and media trends
• Support strategic thinking and campaign planning
• Help build insights, research packs, and client presentations

Media Investment Rotation

• Learn how media is bought across TV, digital, social, and other platforms
• Support campaign delivery and optimisation
• Understand how performance is tracked and measured

Digital Marketing Rotation

• Support live campaigns across Social, Search, and Programmatic
• Monitor performance data and recommend optimisations
• Work with digital specialists to improve campaign results

Group Project

• Collaborate with your intern cohort on a real client brief
• Develop and pitch a media solution to senior stakeholders

Qualifications

Why This Internship Is For You

• Hands-On Media Experience working with brands people love
• Learn From Industry Experts through mentoring, workshops, and on-the-job learning
• Explore Multiple Disciplines across planning, investment, and digital
• Be Part of a Supportive Community that values curiosity, collaboration, and fresh thinking

Who You Are

• Curious about media, marketing, and how brands reach audiences
• Analytical, organised, and comfortable working with data
• A strong collaborator who enjoys working in teams
• Confident communicating ideas and insights
• Motivated, proactive, and eager to learn
• Open-minded, inclusive, and excited to start a career in media

(No media experience required - just curiosity, ambition, and the drive to learn!)

Additional information

Recruitment Process

• Apply by: 7th January 2026

• Step 1: Complete the Arctic Shores online gamified assessment

• Step 2: Take part in a screening call with a recruiter (early January)

• Step 3: Attend an assessment centre (week of 26 January 2026)

• Programme dates: 13 July - 25 September 2026

• Salary: £25,250

Publicis Media has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Planswe also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS - Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG's (Employee Action Groups).

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