Wholesale Marketing - Intern (12-Month placement)

Description of the department:

The Core UK Wholesale Marketing Intern will work in the Core UK Wholesale Marketing Function with the Events and Marketing team. They will also work closely with other internal teams such as; comms team, sales teams, to help raise the visibility of AXA Investment Managers and of our key corporate mantra (As a responsible investor, business and employer, we actively invest for the long-term so that our clients, people and communities can move forward). The intern would cover both marketing and events projects to gain a wide experience of marketing & events communications, activities and planning.

The main responsibilities of the role:

Contribute to the implementation of the UK Wholesale marketing strategy to include ownership and project management of key sponsored and AXA IM hosted events and the marketing associated around them. To raise the visibility of AXA Investment Managers and of 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.

Event Management & Logistics for UK WH hosted & sponsored

• Assisting with planned physical and virtual event schedule for UK Wholesale throughout the year, taking leadership from start to end with key events to learn the full process.
• Helping with speaker bios & headshots, sourcing the right content for the event and sending across to the third party platform
• Taking minutes and notes in briefing meetings
• Sourcing external speakers through our preferred speaking finding platforms for AXA IM hosted events
• Learning how to host virtual webinars via brighttalk and zoom platforms
• Gifts related work- Researching/ordering, ideas on how to make events more ESG friendly
• Asset TV- (reporting on stats) supported by Marketing Exec

Virtual & Physical sales roadshows

• Owning the virtual lunch schedule for the year (liasing with the catering company and sales support to make sure lists are sent to catering company in a timely manner)

Brighttalk Platform

• Learning how to use the brighttalk platform and working with Marketing Exec and Senior Marketing Manager to use the platform to enhance the prospecting campaign in place, from managing the data flowing in to Eloqua to the potential lead gen work which might be in play H2. Working hand in hand with the reporting element below

Eloqua

• The use of Eloqua has a cross over with marketing/events. From a marketing POV:
• Being trained by Marketing Exec on how we use Eloqua for email creation, taking ownership of some emails, and insights from day 1.
• This would be a good opportunity for the intern to see ‘test and learn’ in progress as the contact strategy is very much a work in progress. Providing support for a/b testing and data collation to support Rosie on learnings and optimising.
• Data flow from SF to Eloqua and back – process still evolving, but to support Marketing Exec on this oversight and implementation
• Supporting on covering the delivery of UK Take 2 for when the global intern (reporting to Piers) is on leave.
• Post event email creation (for the events where delegates are over 60 in number) and event data (new vs old)/updating client data post event and post client services feedback to reflect in the relevant campaigns.

Reporting

• There is a cross over with marketing/events with this. Would include:
• Keeping active ownership on ensuring all stats from marketing and events activity are recorded in the relevant places
• Being able to collate the relevant stats when needed
• Maintaining the Wholesale events tracker with relevant stats/figures

Project management

• In H2 of the internship, the intern will be handed over a project (TBC) to give them the opportunity to learn and showcase their skillset. It will enrich their experience and will be a meaningful and integral activity in the marketing/events calendar for H2.

UK WH budget

• Raising POs in CODA for all UK wholesale activity and working with Senior Marketing Manager on tracking invoice numbers and POs etc. as well as with Senior Events Manager for event invoices and POs

Regulatory support

• Bi-annual statement mailing

Profile:

• Education qualifications- (preferably studying or have studied: Marketing, Economics, or Event Management in Finance)
• Aptitude and enthusiasm for events & marketing
• Strong command of the English language, written and spoken
• Previous experience/interest in financial markets/asset classes helpful
• Very strong attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong organisational skills and keen learner
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong numeracy
• Team player and proactive worker
• Creative and enthusiastic self-starter

Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life? Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry. We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA - a leading global brand and one of the most innovative companies in our industry - onto even greater things. In a fast-evolving world and with a presence in 64 countries, our 166,000 employees and exclusive distributors anticipate change to offer services and solutions tailored to the current and future needs of our 103 million customers.

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is a responsible asset manager, actively investing for the long-term to help its clients, its people and the world to prosper. Our high conviction approach enables us to uncover what we believe to be the best global investment opportunities across alternative and traditional asset classes, managing €887 billion in assets as of December 2021.

AXA IM is a leading investor in green, social and sustainable markets, managing €563 billion of ESG-integrated, sustainable and impact assets at the end of 2021.

We are committed to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 across all our assets, and integrating ESG principles into our business, from stock selection to our corporate actions and culture. Our goal is to provide clients with a true value responsible investment solution, while driving meaningful change for society and the environment.

At end of 2021, AXA IM employs over 2,488 employees around the world, operates out of 28 offices across 18 countries and is part of the AXA Group, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management.

We are proud to foster a high-performance culture, which means that we seek to recruit and retain people who are not only technically-skilled but also globally-minded, innovative and able to leverage their unique perspectives and life experiences to support our success as a company. Employing the best professionals from the widest possible talent pool is at the heart of our strategy of delivering excellent quality of service to our diverse clientele.