Industrial Placement Programme - Communications and Corporate Affairs

Our Unilever Industrial Placement (IP) Programme is designed for students who are completing a year in industry as part of their degree studies. In the UK, our IP programme is a 12-month development scheme, for which we recruit top-performing undergraduate talent, with fresh ideas who are eager to gain exposure to real-world challenges. All new joiners are given real responsibility from day one and have an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the business.

Alongside this, they receive one-to-one mentoring and support to aid their development and help them achieve their goals. These programmes provide a variety of experiences, enabling individuals to learn, grow, develop personally and professionally, build confidence and gain a comprehensive understanding of the business.

Unilever is one of the world's leading FMCG companies, home to iconic brands including Dove, Vaseline, TRESemmé, Lynx, Persil, Domestos, Surf, Radox, Sure and Liquid I.V. Through products used by millions of people every day, we help improve health, wellbeing, confidence and care around the world. Established over 100 years ago, Unilever has a proud heritage of innovation and a long-standing belief that great brands, great people and responsible business go hand in hand.

Today, we are transforming into a faster, more focused growth company centred on Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care and Home Care. Through world-class brands, cutting-edge science and technology, digital innovation and AI-enabled capabilities, we are building unmissably superior products and experiences for consumers around the world. A career at Unilever offers the opportunity to work at global scale while helping shape the future of some of the world's most recognised brands.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, bringing curiosity, creativity and passion to solve real business challenges and make a meaningful impact every day.

A placement in Communications & Corporate Affairs puts you at the heart of helping one of the world's leading businesses build trust, strengthen reputation and create the conditions for growth. Our function brings together Communications, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability to influence the issues that matter most to Unilever, our brands and the stakeholders we serve. Applying to this role will place you within our Communications and/or Corporate Affairs teams.

If you are interested in Sustainability, please note that there is a separate Sustainability role advertised. The work we do is focused on protecting and strengthening Unilever's reputation, helping the business navigate an increasingly complex external environment and ensuring our strategy, brands and leaders are visible, trusted and understood. From strategic storytelling and executive communications to reputation management, media relations, policy engagement and stakeholder advocacy, you'll work on real business challenges while developing skills in communications, influence, research, content creation, digital channels, campaigning and strategic thinking.

This is a unique opportunity to gain exposure to some of the most important conversations shaping business, society and sustainability today while working alongside experienced communications and corporate affairs professionals.

One of the unique aspects of this placement is the breadth of opportunities available across Communications & Corporate Affairs. You could be placed within our Corporate Centre, helping shape Unilever's global reputation, public policy positions, media engagement, leadership communications, content strategy or internal communication programmes. You may also work alongside teams supporting areas such as…