Field Marketing Intern – 12 Month Fixed Term Placement

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About Us

Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response.

Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies — including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats.

Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

The Field Marketing Intern, with excellent English skills and desirable language skills in German, French, Italian, or Spanish, will be part of the Field Marketing Internship team. This is a 12-month paid internship starting in June 2027 through to the end of June 2028. The role will deliver marketing support across field marketing to implement marketing campaigns, support event and webinar delivery, monitor social media platforms, and conduct analysis and reporting on the activity.

In addition to being a skilled communicator, the candidate should have excellent multitasking and organisational abilities. This internship will allow the candidate to acquire essential marketing skills, work with marketing experts across the globe, and provide them with knowledge of various marketing strategies and platforms. Ultimately, you will gain comprehensive experience with a wide range of transferable skills in marketing to prepare them to enter any fast-paced environment in the future.

This person needs to be a motivated team-player who is organized, result driven, diligent and ideally speaks one or multiple core languages (German, Spanish, Italian, French).

This position is being offered as fully remote with a requirement to attend our headquarters in Abingdon, Oxfordshire on a regular basis (no less than once a month) to meet with the wider team.

Responsibilities::

• Support with marketing campaigns – the creation of collateral, copywriting, proofreading, email creation and campaign reporting.

• Support with virtual and in-person events – event registration pages, social media promotion, creation of delegate packs, event reporting, and where necessary, attend the events.

• Support the webinar programme - webinar creation, scheduling, registration tracking, webinar hosting, and post-webinar reporting.

• Using internal systems such as Salesforce, Asana, Zoom and Microsoft Teams to update information, manage your workload, and effectively communicate with the marketing team.

• Create copy and content for key marketing communications and use supporting creative tools such as Taxi, Goldcast, and Canva to build emails, event registration pages and social media posts.

• Help to ensure that the wider Sophos teams, including the regional sales teams, are kept up-to-date with planned marketing activities.

Skills Required::

• A keen interest in Marketing and a desire to develop commercial experience in this field.

• Currently enrolled in a Marketing (or related) degree programme and required to complete a 12-month industry placement as part of your studies

• Good project management and organisational skills.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Strong English language, both spoken and written.

• Confident, self-motivated, and able to manage own workload.

• Previous work experience in an office environment desired.

• Desirable knowledge of other Core languages: French, Spanish, German, Italian

Special Conditions::

• Commences: June 2027.

• Contract Type: 12 month fixed term contract.

• Contract Hours: Full time.

• Location: Remote but able to attend our Abingdon, Oxfordshire headquarters no less than once per month.

Ready to Join Us?

At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.

What's Great About Sophos?

·   Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.

·   Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit

·   Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy

·   Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities

·   Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint

·   Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp

·   Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge 

·   Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity.   We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team.  All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation.  We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know. 

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