Marketing Graduate Scheme

Marketing Graduate Scheme 2025 - Launch Your Marketing Career with Rentokil Initial!

Are you a recent graduate with a passion for marketing? Do you want to fast-track your career and become a marketing expert in a global business services company?

Look no further! Rentokil Initial, a global leader in business services with renowned brands like Rentokil, Initial, and Ambius, is launching its new look Marketing Graduate Scheme in the UK.

We're seeking ambitious and talented graduates to join our 36-month programme and become the marketing experts of the future.

About Us

Rentokil Initial is one of the world's largest business service companies, offering a wide range of services including pest control, washroom hygiene, specialist cleaning, interior landscaping, property preservation, dental & clinical waste management, and asbestos removal. Our new Marketing Graduate Scheme supports these diverse UK businesses and our global teams.

The Opportunity

Our fast-track 36-month programme provides comprehensive training and experience in all aspects of marketing, from product category support and marketing services to digital marketing and budget management.

You'll gain a rounded understanding of the marketing function within our UK businesses and be at the heart of creating and delivering initiatives to support our sales goals. Perform well, and you'll take ownership of marketing for one of the product/service categories in your business(es) after just 12 months!

What You'll Do:

● Induction: Spend your first 4 weeks learning about all marketing areas, agencies, the contact centre, Sales Academy, global category marketing team, and our front-line sales and service.

● Marketing Executive: Support Marketing Managers by understanding systems and processes, tracking sales, creating training content, organising events, managing marketing materials, running campaigns, conducting research, updating the intranet, providing web content, and more.

● Junior Product Marketing Manager: Take ownership of marketing for a product/service line, working with the Marketing Manager and global category team on competitor insights, campaign execution, localisation of global claims, forecasting, and internal communication.

● Product Marketing Manager: Have full ownership of creating and delivering the marketing programme for all product/service lines within your business. Play a key role in our Route 1 programme and innovation programme.

● Global Category Marketing Team: Strategically create and deliver customer-focused solutions, manage product lifecycles, identify new product and content opportunities, and produce best-in-class marketing materials.

What We Offer:

● A starting salary of £25,415, increasing as you progress through the programme.

● A comprehensive support network, including a buddy, line manager, and mentor.

● Exposure to other departments such as Technical Innovation, Finance, Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, PR Brand Messaging, and Global Marketing.

● Opportunities for professional qualifications, including the CIM Diploma in Professional Marketing.

● 360° feedback and year-end reviews to aid development.

● Access to our internal eLearning programme.

● Hybrid working, with 2 days a week in an RI office, national travel, and a day a month at our Global HQ in Crawley.

● RI Reward store offering a variety of discounts at a variety of well-known high street

Requirements:

What We're Looking For:

● Minimum of grade 6 in GCSE Maths and English Language.

● A 2:1 degree, ideally in a marketing discipline.

● Customer-focused mindset.

● Ability to gather and analyse large amounts of information.

● Strong relationship-building skills.

● Project management skills with tight deadlines and budget focus.

● Good analytical and interpersonal skills.

● A can-do attitude and creative thinking.

● Excellent literacy, design sense, attention to detail, and accuracy.

● Decision-making and initiative.

● Ability to multi-task and deliver at pace.

● Emotional intelligence and resilience.

● Ambition for career progression in marketing.

Benefits:

Application Process:

You will attend two interviews and meet members of the marketing teams. The first interview will assess your skills and experience, and the second will focus on your work style, motivations, and aspirations when you will be required to make a presentation.

Join Rentokil Initial and kick-start your marketing career! Apply now!