Commercial Placement - 2025

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Commercial and Distribution Placement (2025)

The Commercial Placement at Hearst Networks EMEA provides an immersive experience in the business side of broadcasting. This placement role, starting in Summer 2025, focuses on advertising sales, sponsorship, and campaign optimization.

What the role entails:

• Sales and Sponsorship: Support advertising sales efforts, securing sponsorships, and managing client relationships.
• Campaign Management: Assist in analyzing campaign results and optimizing outcomes for clients to ensure maximum revenue generation.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work across teams to align sales strategies with programming and promotional goals.
• Operational Support: Help with administrative tasks to maintain efficiency in commercial operations.

What experience you can gain:

• Sales Skills: Gain practical experience in client management and business negotiations.
• Advertising Insight: Learn how sponsorships and advertising campaigns drive revenue in the media industry.
• Strategic Thinking: Develop a commercial mindset by identifying ways to optimize campaign performance.
• Networking Opportunities: Build connections with professionals in sales, marketing, and content strategy.

Who we are looking for:

• Business-Oriented Students: Passionate about the media industry with a focus on advertising and revenue.
• Team Players: Able to work collaboratively with different departments to achieve common goals.
• Proactive and Analytical: Capable of solving problems and identifying opportunities for growth. Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.
• Detail-Oriented: Strong organizational skills are essential for managing multiple campaigns and client needs.

Eligibility:

• For Sandwich-Year Students: Open to students pursuing a degree with a placement year.
• Placement Dates: Summer 2025 for placement year, returning to university August 2026. This role will be based in the London Hammersmith office, working a minimum 2 days from the office, with the option to work the rest of the week from home.

Application Requirements: 

As part of your application, in addition to your CV we'd like you to include a cover letter. This is your opportunity to tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in this role. You might want to cover things like:

• Why you're drawn to this internship and the field you're applying for.
• What makes you a good fit for the role.
• A project or experience you're proud of and why it stands out to you.These are just examples—feel free to tell us anything you think is relevant to your application and highlights your personality, skills, and interests.

Important: Please avoid using AI tools like ChatGPT to generate your entire cover letter. We want to hear your voice and get a sense of who you are, not a polished response from a machine. We’re looking forward to learning more about you!

This placement offers an incredible opportunity to develop a foundation in media sales and business strategy, paving the way for a successful commercial career.

About Hearst Networks EMEA

At Hearst Networks EMEA, we share stories that matter, inspiring and exciting our audiences with hit US franchises (The Curse of Oak Island, Pawn Stars), must-see docudramas (Royal Kill List and Colosseum), and original commissions (Sex: A Bonkers History with Amanda Holden, Royal Autopsy, Cops Gone Bad with Will Mellor). Over the past few years, we’ve championed our own original programming and relished in the successes of recent series’ such as The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd, Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman, The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Royal Mob.

We welcome talented candidates with infectious enthusiasm who love what they do, and are ready to learn, develop and thrive. Here you’ll find a community of innovative, creative and inspiring people who aren’t afraid to embrace responsibility and try new things collaboratively, as a team.

We are a certified Great Place to Work® with a can-do, motivated culture that believes in working to live, not just living to work. Every employee has a voice and is encouraged to be themselves and be ambitious. With offices in Rome, Madrid, London, Warsaw, Munich and Johannesburg, we are a truly international organisation that celebrates difference and diversity.

As an inclusive employer, we value the diversity of our teams and want our workforce to reflect our wider society. We encourage and welcome applications from people from under-represented backgrounds and are keen to make sure we are inclusive and accessible to all. Please do let us know if you require any adjustments or assistance for meetings and communications with you when you apply for a role with us.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button.

Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.