Brand Communications Assistant; Undergraduate Placement Year 2027-28

Welcome to Kia UK!

Kia UK is a leading automotive brand offering one of the industry’s largest range of models across multiple vehicle segments, contributing to it being the fourth most popular UK car brand in 2025. With more than 190 Kia dealerships across the country, Kia is now widely known for its advanced electrified products offering the technology of tomorrow, today.

Kia UK has consistently grown for over 30 years, supported by bold design, quality products and ever-evolving customer service. By 2027, the brand aims to offer no less than nine fully electric vehicles in the UK, a positive step towards becoming a leading global sustainable mobility solutions provider.

People are central to Kia UK and every day is an opportunity to learn something new and to grow personally and professionally. This was recognised with Kia UK named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2024, 2025 and 2026 by Great Place To Work®, and also ranked in the 2025 & 2026 Best Workplaces™ for Women, Development, Wellbeing, and Manufacturing, Production & Transportation.

Kia employees reported positively on areas such as working atmosphere, trust in management, corporate strategy, pride in working for the company, benefits, facilities and much more!

The Brand Communications Assistant provides support to the Brand Communication team and facilitates the smooth operation of the department, contributing to the long‑term growth of the business.

Responsibilities include:

• Act as the central point of contact for the Brand Communications team, being the first port of call for other departments and our agency partners.

• Contribute to the creation of national and dealer marketing communication materials including TV, radio, cinema, outdoor, digital, social, POS (and much more).

• Support the Brand Communications Manager and Marketing Executive in new model launch campaigns and quarterly sales programmes.

• Lead on performance reporting, gathering results and insights from relevant stakeholders to supply to senior leadership and the wider global organisation.

• Assist with managing large budgets, reconciling against marketing activity.

• Liaise with other marketing teams (such as Web, CRM, Events, Fleet and Product), as well as various agencies to ensure consistency of process and clear outputs.

The Marketing team is run with a high‑performance culture, operating with genuine collaboration, clear communication, setting high standards and leading by example. We invest heavily in our employees, and you will be fully supported throughout your internship with us. You will gain a huge amount of experience, knowledge and technical skill to set you up for a successful career, and we pride ourselves on retaining great talent – in fact, we have hired several previous interns after they have completed the final year of their degree.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Studying a relevant degree (e.g. a Business or Marketing related subject)

• Able to work effectively within a team and independently.

• Passionate and hard‑working, open to developing knowledge and skills.

• Proactive, taking the initiative to develop fresh approaches and new solutions.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A high level of attention to detail.

• A positive, can‑do attitude.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

• Good organisation skills.

We recognise that there may be a number of ways to meet our requirements. We are looking for the best candidate for the job and encourage you to apply even if your experience or qualifications don’t exactly match what we’ve outlined in the role description. If you think you could be a good fit for this role, we’d love to hear from you!

• 24 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

• Hybrid working (2 days a week remote working)

• Employee car scheme

• Onsite chef (free lunch every day)

• Private medical care & annual health check

• Private dental care

• Income protection, critical illness protection & life assurance

• Pension with significant employer contribution

• Social events (Christmas Ball, Staff Summer Event and other socials) and weekly sports clubs

• Opportunity to get involved with our charity partners

The Kia UK Head Office is…