Industrial Placement - Communications

About the Placement

As part of Bentley’s annual Early Careers intake, you’ll join a community of around 93 trainees including Industrial Placements, Graduates, and Apprentices. During your placement, you’ll be based at our Bentley Campus "Dream Factory". Alongside hands-on work experience, you’ll also benefit from:

• CSR and outreach activities
• Opportunities to participate in charity events, community projects, and social committees
• Masterclasses, development workshops, and social events
• Inclusivity networks and peer support groups
• Placements and rotations across different areas of the business that interest you

About the Role

As an Industrial Placement Student at Bentley, you will play a key part in Bentley’s journey to extraordinary vehicles for our customers. Based out of our state-of-the-art headquarters in Crewe, you will:

• Gain invaluable experience in managing high-impact projects.
• Develop a deep understanding of communications and PR.
• Lead your own projects in Corporate, Internal, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and Sustainability Communications you will play a key role in driving our strategy and business.

Your main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Researching, creating and writing press releases, press materials and briefing documents for product, corporate, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and Sustainability PR projects.
• Being an active lead within corporate and sustainability comms generating content and storytelling for internal and external communication channels.
• Proactively working with suppliers e.g. photographers and designers to generate captivating content.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders to coordinate Bentley Comms events, talks and activities to support all internal communications.
• Ensuring all day-to-day processes are managed with timely and accurate responses e.g. responses to journalists on all Bentley topics.
• Working closely with the Bentley Environmental Foundation and other sustainability stakeholders across the business.

About the Department

The Communications team is at the heart of the business, responsible for all of Bentley’s internal and external media content. This placement will allow you to work as part of this team and develop a thorough understanding of a busy press office. Important tasks include:

• Handling day-to-day media enquiries.
• Managing timely and accurate responses to journalists on all Bentley topics.
• Supporting on media visits to the Bentley Factory.

What we are looking for

The successful candidates will be on track to achieve a 2:1 in Communications and Public Relations, Marketing, or Media degrees.

Skills required for the role

• Be hungry to continuously learn and improve and consistently ask questions.
• Actively create and contribute to an inclusive culture and safe space for all to learn and grow.
• Take ownership of decisions and strive for the best outcome for the team, the business and yourself.
• Be adaptable, quick-thinking and with a methodical approach to problem solving.
• Be aware of both your strengths and development needs- learning from mistakes and sharing learnings with others.
• Be open-minded and inquisitive, while planning and prioritising the workload to work effectively with others.
• Be tenacious and resilient, but also adaptable to the needs of others.

What we offer

As an Industrial Placement you will have access to the following benefits:

• A starting salary of £25,500
• Support from our Early Careers team and 121 manager mentorship
• 35 days’ holiday inclusive of bank holidays
• 10% pension contribution with life assurance benefits
• Learning and development opportunities

Right To Work

To be eligible for an Early Careers programme you must have a legal right to work in the UK for the duration of the placement or graduate scheme. We welcome students who have Settled Status, a Tier 4 Visa, or a Graduate Visa. We are unable to offer sponsorship for our Early Careers positions.

Application Process

• Submit your application, including your CV and Cover letter.
• Applications will be screened by our HR team and the Hiring Manager.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by our recruitment team and invited to attend an online Assessment between 9th – 27th November.
• Candidates successful at assessment stage will receive an offer shortly afterwards.
• All applicants will be kept informed throughout the recruitment process.