Website Marketing Assistant (Placement Year 2025-26)

Website Marketing Assistant

Undergraduate Placement Year (July 2025-26)

Welcome to Kia UK!

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 2023. With more than 190 Kia dealerships 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 – and the pioneering EV9.

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 was recognised with Kia UK named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2024 by Great Place To Work®, and also ranked in the 2024 Best Workplaces™ for Women and 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 Website Marketing Assistant is responsible for assisting with the development, implementation, and monitoring of website changes including campaigns, product information and search engine optimisations aimed at increasing website engagement and generating leads.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the delivery of digital excellence across the digital platforms of Kia UK.  This includes the day-to-day running of the Kia website and Kia dealer websites, working in conjunction with the Website Marketing Manager, Website Marketing Specialist and Kia’s agency partners.

• Updating Kia.com/uk  focusing on posting engaging up-to-date content covering product launches, quarterly campaign updates and global campaign materials.

• Increasing Kia’s digital footprint through search engine optimisation.

• Managing projects – getting creative, sourcing assets, and implementing digitally excellent solutions.

• Working with agency partners to ensure we’re getting the best support possible.

• Creating summaries of upcoming projects and website enhancements to provide marketing updates to internal and external partners.

• Working with the team to provide monthly campaign results

The Team

The Marketing team is run with a high-performance culture, 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. a Business or Marketing 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 solutions.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A high level of attention to detail.

• A positive, can-do attitude.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

• Good organisation skills.

• Full driving licence (requirement for Product Marketing roles)

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

• £22,500 salary

• 24 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

• Hybrid working (2 days a week remote working)

• Employee car scheme

• Onsite chef (free lunch every day)

• Private medical care & annual health check

• Private dental care

• Income protection, critical illness protection & life assurance

• Pension with significant employer contribution

• Social events (Spring Ball, Christmas events, social activities) and weekly sports clubs

• Opportunity to get involved with our charity partners

The Location

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: Video Interview

Step 3: Assessment Centre at our Head Office in Walton-On-Thames

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 (lward@kia.co.uk). 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.