Northern Europe Marketing Trainee (12-month placement)

Job title:

Northern Europe Marketing Trainee (12-month placement)

Company

AXA

Job description

Company Overview

Our ambition is to be a leading responsible asset manager.

At AXA IM, our purpose, to act for human progress by investing for what matters, is central to every action we take as a business.

As a responsible asset manager, we actively invest for the long-term to help our clients, our people and the world to prosper.

Our conviction-led approach enables us to uncover what we believe to be the best global investment opportunities across alternative and core asset classes. We are already entrusted with €844 billion in assets (as of end of December 2023).

Working as part of the AXA Group, a world leader in financial protection, our team of over 2,700 people (as of end of December 2023) around the world combine a range of specialist skills and experience to best serve the needs of our clients.

The combination of responsible, active and long-term defines our investment philosophy, but also how we run our business, what underpins our clients’ partnerships with us, and what drives our people.

Being responsible is in our DNA as a firm and is central to our ethos as an employer. It is embedded in how we grow and protect our people. It unites our team, from our leaders, to our growing number of specialists, to the newest members of our teams.

Careers at AXA IM

Empowering our people to drive progress
As part of a responsible, progressive organisation, our people help us to invest for what matters. Everyone in our diverse, global family shares this responsibility.
Together our people push boundaries and drive forward ideas. They’re willing to be bold and take the lead, using initiative and enterprise to create exceptional service. The kind of service that seeks to drive long-term prosperity for our clients, society and the world we live in.

Diversity and Inclusion

Thrive within a diverse community
At AXA IM, inclusion and diversity are closely linked to our values and to our culture of respect for employees, clients and the communities around us. We always aim to create an environment where everyone feels they belong, are included and can thrive within a diverse community.
Further information on Inclusion and Diversity and AXA IM Inclusion and Diversity | Careers |

Programme information

You will join as a trainee as part of the Investment20/20 one-year trainee programme. While we can’t guarantee a permanent position at the end of the 12-month contract, however, if you perform well & if we have an open position available at the time, then permanent employment could be a possibility. The Investment20/20 trainee programme is offered by many investment management firms and 75% of the 2,500 Investment20/20 trainees are offered permanent positions at the end of the one year.

As a trainee, you will be introduced to investment management and you will gain industry knowledge, experience and develop relationships to progress your career and develop skills to secure a permanent role. We will support you in achieving/starting a professional qualification if this is something you are interested in doing (most firms offer it and we highly recommend doing so). As part of the Investment20/20 programme, you will have opportunities to meet and network with over 300 trainees across the industry and participate in socials and insight events.
Our trainee programme is a fixed term one-year contract paying £26,000. You will receive 27 days annual leave. All roles are based in London.

The Team

The Core UK Marketing Trainee will work within the Core Northern Europe Marketing Team assisting with all events and marketing. They will work closely with other internal teams such as; specialist marketing teams, communications team, sales teams & investment specialists, to help raise the visibility of AXA Investment Managers a a responsible investor, business and employer, actively investing for the long-term so that our clients, people and communities can move forward. The trainee would cover both marketing and events projects across UK Wholesale, Institutional and the Dutch market to gain broad experience of marketing & events communications, activities and planning.

The Northern Europe Marketing Team consist of 5 full time members and 1 trainee. The team all report into Lisa Bush (Head of Marketing for Northern Europe).

Responsibilities include

• Contribute to the implementation of the UK marketing strategy for both Institutional & Wholesale client segments, to include ownership and project management of key industry sponsored and AXA IM proprietary events and all associated marketing activity.
• Help to raise the visibility of AXA Investment Managers and our key corporate themes, as well as provide support as required on other key marketing initiatives such as our virtual sales roadshows (virtual lunches), reporting on events and marketing comms and learning/using our marketing email platform Eloqua and the Salesforce CRM system.
• Event Management & Logistics for UK Wholesale, UK Institutional and the Netherlands.
• Helping to maintain the UK Budget. Raising Purchase Orders’s (PO’s) and receipting invoices for the team.
• Reporting: Keeping active ownership on all statistics and return on investment documents across the team.

Qualifications

Skills and requirements

• Aptitude and enthusiasm for events & marketing
• Strong command of the English language, written and spoken
• Interest in financial markets/asset classes can be helpful
• Very strong attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong organisational skills and keen learner
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong numeracy skills
• Team player and proactive worker
• Creative and enthusiastic self-starter

How to apply

If you are a Graduate apply online with your CV and a cover letter including your answers to the following three questions in 250 words each answer:

• Why are you applying for this particular traineeship?
• Tell us about the most interesting project or piece of work you have completed as part of your studies at either school/college or university. What did you have to do and what interested you most about it?
• Tell us the positive impact of social media and what’s your favourite social media platform

We are an inclusive employer. Please let the recruitment team know if you have a disability, condition or difference that may require us to make adjustments.

Key dates

Online applications close: April 7th 2024
Start date: September 2024

Successful candidates will be asked to attend a competency interview followed by further operational interviews and an HR interview at the end of the process

Unsuccessful candidates at CV submission stage will be notified by email.

If you have been unsuccessful with your application you can always consider other trainee opportunities here:

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 23:47:02 GMT

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