Influence Intern
Publicis Groupe UK
🚀 Influence Internship – Ignite Summer Programme 2026 🚀 Publicis Groupe • £25,250 • 13 July – 25 September 2026
Step into the fast-moving worlds of PR, sustainability, and creative communications with the Ignite Influence Internship. Over 10 immersive weeks, you’ll rotate across MSL, Salterbaxter, and Taylor Herring—three award-winning agencies shaping culture, reputation, and impact for brands around the world.
Whether you’re curious about storytelling, passionate about purpose, or excited by campaigns that make headlines, this is your launchpad.
Responsibilities
You’ll experience three unique routes: Public Relations, Sustainability Strategy, and Communications & Marketing- working on real campaigns and client projects.
What You’ll Be Doing
MSL – PR & Creative Campaigns
- Support press activity, media sell-ins, and social content
- Work with creative teams to develop bold ideas
- Help plan and deliver events that make an impact
- Conduct insights research to strengthen pitches and campaigns
Salterbaxter – Sustainability Strategy
- Explore ESG and how businesses tackle sustainability challenges
- Contribute to live client projects and purpose-led strategies
- Carry out research and analysis to support recommendations
- Work with Advisory teams to build project and account skills
Taylor Herring – Communications & Marketing
- Support comms campaigns and day-to-day client work
- Take part in journalist outreach and media sell-ins
- Research brands and help build compelling client decks
- Get exposure to a wide range of creative marketing projects
Group Project
- Team up with your cohort to crack a real business challenge
Qualifications
Why You’ll Love This Internship
- Learn from award-winning teams at MSL, Salterbaxter & Taylor Herring
- Shape culture & reputation through campaigns that spark conversation
- Explore sustainability, helping brands tackle big global challenges
- Work across creative, strategic & communications disciplines for a rounded experience
Who You Are
- A collaborative teammate who thrives in diverse groups
- Detail-focused with pride in producing accurate, polished work
- Organised and able to manage your time well
- Curious and eager to learn about PR, sustainability, and advertising
- Inclusive and respectful of everyone’s perspectives
- Responsible, proactive, and committed to doing great work
- Ambitious about starting a career in comms, PR, or advertising
(No prior PR or comms experience needed—just enthusiasm, curiosity, and drive!)
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
At Publicis Groupe we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.
Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.
We have fantastic benefits on offer to all our employees, full details of which are shared when you join. This includes the classics like Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical, as well as Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. Please check out the Publicis Career Page Careers | Publicis Groupe which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).
How to Apply
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