Placement Year: Social Media Assistant (2026-2027)

About Us

Kia UK is a leading automotive brand offering one of the industry’s largest range of models across multiple vehicle segments and was the fourth most popular UK car brand in 2024. With 190 Kia Dealers across the country, Kia is now widely known for its advanced electrified products offering the technology of tomorrow, today. Spearheading this charge are award-winning products including the fully electric EV6 – Kia’s first dedicated electric vehicle, the 2024 World Car of the Year the EV9 and the 2025 World Car of the Year the all new electric compact SUV, the EV3!

Kia UK has consistently grown for over 30 years, supported by bold design, quality products and ever-evolving customer service. By 2027, the brand aims to offer no less than nine fully electric vehicles in the UK, a positive step towards becoming a leading global sustainable mobility solutions provider.

People are central to Kia UK and every day is an opportunity to learn something new and to grow personally and professionally. This has been recognised with Kia UK already named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2025 by Great Place To Work® and also ranked in the 2025 Best Workplaces™ for Development & Wellbeing. Kia employees reported positively on areas such as working atmosphere, trust in management, corporate strategy, pride in working for the company, benefits, facilities and much more!

The Role

The Social Media Assistant provides support to the Social Media Lead and Brand Communications team and facilitates the smooth operation of the department, contributing to the long-term growth of the business.

Responsibilities include:

• Contribute to the creation of social media marketing material, ensuring a high level of quality and alignment with wider marketing activity.

• Act as a central point of contact for Social, liaising with agency partners and internal stakeholders on projects.

• Support the Social Media Lead across Kia’s social activity including quarterly campaigns, content review, influencer management and photoshoot planning.

• Lead on performance reporting, gathering results and insights from relevant platforms and stakeholders to supply to senior leadership and the wider global organisation.

• Assist with managing large budgets, reconciling against marketing activity.

• Liaise with other marketing teams (such as Web, CRM, Events, Fleet and Product), as well as various agencies to ensure consistency of process and clear outputs.

The Team

The Marketing team is run with a high-performance environment, operating with genuine collaboration, clear communication, setting high standards and leading by example. We invest heavily in our employees, and you will be fully supported throughout your internship with us. You will gain a huge amount of experience, knowledge and technical skill to set you up for a successful career, and we pride ourselves on retaining great talent – in fact, we have hired several previous interns after they have completed the final year of their degree.

About You

The ideal candidate will be:

• Studying a relevant degree (e.g. Marketing, Digital Media or Business-related subject)

• Able to work effectively within a team and independently.

• Passionate and hard-working, open to developing knowledge and skills.

• Proactive, taking the initiative to develop fresh approaches and new ideas.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A high level of attention to detail.

• A creative mindset with a grounded approach.

• A positive, can-do attitude.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

• Good organisation and data skills.

We recognise that there may be a number of ways to meet our requirements. We are looking for the best candidate for the job and encourage you to apply even if your experience or qualifications don’t exactly match what we’ve outlined in the role description. If you think you could be a good fit for this role, we’d love to hear from you!

The Benefits

• Adaptable working hours (core hours between 10:00am-3:00pm)

• Hybrid working (up to 2 days a week remote working pro rata)

• Employee Car Scheme (car lease + insurance all included from £85/month)

• Onsite Chef -> free lunch every day

• Private Medical Care (Vitality)

• Annual Health Checks and free flu jabs offered onsite

• Private Dental Care (Denplan, £0 excess)

• Pension with enhanced employer contribution

• Life Assurance

• Critical Illness Protection

• 24 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

• Wellness benefits including free eye tests, employee assistance programme, Mental Health First Aiders and more

• Financial hub providing free financial guidance and support

• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave (up to 6 months full pay)

• Enhanced Paternity Leave

• ‍Free weekly yoga, football, and badminton clubs

• Pool tables, dart board, and massage chairs onsite

• Opportunity to get involved & give back via our charity partners

• Birthday Vouchers

• Celebrations such as our Spring Ball, Christmas events, Social Club and much more!

Location/Travel

The Kia UK Head Office is based in Walton-on-Thames, just a 5-minute walk from the station. We also have plenty of on-site parking for drivers, including EV charging ports.

There is step-free access throughout the building, but please let us know if you require any additional accessibility support and we will cater to your needs as best we can.

Interview Process

• Step 1: CV review

• Step 2: Teams interview

• Step 3: Face-to-face interview

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We understand that every candidate is unique, and we welcome the opportunity to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that all individuals can fully participate in our interview process. If you require any adjustments or support to facilitate your interview, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We are happy to discuss your needs and make arrangements that support your participation to best showcase your skills and qualifications.

At Kia, we are committed to employing the best-qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and thereby not discriminating against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability.