European Graduate – Consumer Marketing & Sales, UK
at Sony Electronics
Weybridge, England, United Kingdom -
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Description:
European Graduate – Consumer Marketing & Sales, UK
Start date: October 2025
Location: Weybridge, UK
- Do you thrive in a diverse and innovation-led environment?
- Do you want to become a part of a global company that inspires you and encourages your creativity?
- Are you a driven, motivated, and passionate person with a can-do attitude?
We are seeking our new European Graduates!
Starting in October 2024, our Graduate Program provides an immersive experience from day 1. Your personal and professional development will be supported by networking sessions with graduates from other European countries and various trainings, including a six-month development program ‘Making of Champion’ focusing on your leadership skills and attitudes that will enable you to realise more of your potential, achieve meaningful work and personal goals, and develop success habits. All this knowledge and experience will be demonstrated during half-yearly reflection presentations with senior business leaders.
The Graduate Program consists of two assignments:
- Your first 18-month assignment will be in the Sony UK & Ireland Sales and Marketing teams. Depending on your career aspirations and strengths, you will do either one or two rotations in groups such as Product Marketing & Management, Channel Marketing, Marketing Communications or Trade Marketing.
- Afterwards, you will join one of the Pan-European teams for a second 12-month assignment. In this role, you will have a chance to gain a broader and more strategic view of Sony Europe, its products and various European markets. For example, you will support strategic product launches and business and marketing planning across the whole of Europe.
As part of the 2.5-year program, you will be exposed to a broad range of other business functions including finance, procurement, public relations and logistics. You will be given the opportunity to not only expand your knowledge but also immerse yourself in what it means to be a marketing professional in a multinational organisation and to understand where your career could take you.
At the end of your second assignment, in April 2028, you will be ready to take on a new responsibility and to further develop your career in Sony Europe in a permanent role!
You will have:
- Degree in Business Management, Economics, Marketing or a similar field
- Marketing / Commercial experience gained during placement, internships or extra-curricular activities
- Strong analytical and numerical skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint)
- English language (written and spoken), fluency in other European language(s) is a plus
- Affinity for technology and desire to grow and develop
Our recruitment process:
The job posting will be open until 17th November. Afterwards, the selected candidates will be asked to complete an automated video interview. In December, the best-performing candidates will be invited to an assessment centre. We are striving to finalise our recruitment process by the end of December.
Throughout the recruitment process until your start date, there will be regular catch-up calls with the program coordinators and current graduates to answer any questions and provide guidance and further information on your Sony journey. This will also allow you to connect with the other future graduates and start building your network. If you will need to relocate, this is also a great opportunity to gather more information.
Life at Sony
You will become a part of a diverse Graduate Network within Sony which will allow you to foster friendships and to build lifelong connections with like-minded graduates. We ensure Competitive Salaries by using established benchmarking and encourage healthy Work-Life Balance with 25 vacation days and hybrid working policies where available. We are a positive Community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture across Europe.
We are passionate about personal development and continuous learning. To help you get the most out of the Graduate Program, there will be a tailored Development Program with various training modules, career development sessions, mentoring and a range of other Learning & Development programs available to help you learn, grow and lay the building blockers for your career.
We like to celebrate and reward our colleagues who make a real difference using our Recognition platform, Bravo!. We also provide access to numerous services & platforms for all aspects of Wellbeing. We Listen to our people through ongoing conversations and surveys, Respect their suggestions, and act to promote a better placement experience for everyone.
Your new office
Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack , or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.
Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA
Bring your uniqueness to Sony.
We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.
We are Sony Europe.
Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.
With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.
Bring your passion, creativity, and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.
Equal Opportunity
Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.
Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe
Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at
AccommodationRequest@eu.sony.com
or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.
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REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Marketing/Advertising/Sales
Marketing / Advertising / MR / PR
Marketing, Sales
Graduate
Proficient
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Weybridge, United Kingdom