Intern | Corporate Communications - Food & Drink | London - #1727915

About Us

Hanover is an award-winning communications consultancy that advises enterprises, institutions, and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation.

From our offices across Europe and the Middle East, we adopt an integrated approach that connects the dots across channels, audiences and issues.

Our collective of smart, curious people think differently and live by a shared mission, purpose, vision, and values. These shape how we work, not just with our colleagues, but with clients and partners too.

Our mission is to ‘rewire communications for impact’ and harness its transformative power to advocate, trailblaze and make a difference.

We do this by igniting and empowering the potential of every individual within our company, recognising that each person is a unique spark, capable of creating extraordinary impact. We believe that by nurturing and harnessing the collective brilliance of our people, we can drive innovation, foster an uncommon work culture, and make a positive difference to society.

Embracing the complete range of skills and services across the communications spectrum without constraint, we create the best outcomes for our clients and deliver world-class work.

Hanover is looking for an enthusiastic Intern to join our award-winning Food & Drink B2B PR team to work across some of the biggest brands in the UK. The Intern will be part of a nimble and proactive B2B function, with clear responsibilities including monitoring, developing bespoke reports and research services for our existing food & drink public relations clients. The role also includes supporting the trade team across media, marketing events and new business activity, with around 20% of time devoted to providing ad-hoc support to the wider Corporate team (in which the trade team sits).

Key Skills & Experience

• A positive and enthusiastic approach
• Passionate about communications
• Excellent at managing own time effectively and highly organised
• Accuracy and close attention to detail
• Good writing and verbal communication skills
• Prior experience working as part of a team
• An interest in the food and drink sector is preferable, but not essential
  
  

This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to break into the world of PR and Communications to gain exposure to household FMCG brands. There will be on-the-job training as well as the opportunity to attend training courses related to the industry.

The Internship will be paid and is for 12-weeks with the potential to extend and also potential to progress to a full-time position for the right candidate. This is London-based and our hybrid working requires you attend our Southbank office three days a week.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement +

Hanover Communications is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating and ensuring a fair, inclusive, and diverse work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We believe that equality and diversity are essential to high performance and a thriving culture.

We maintain a strict no-tolerance stance against any form of discrimination and harassment, ensuring all individuals are treated equitably, irrespective of their race, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital or pregnancy status, genetic background, or any other attribute safeguarded under our company policies or federal, state or local laws and legislation.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please send an email to [email protected] with the nature of your request.

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Hanover is part of AVENIR GLOBAL’s powerhouse of specialist communications consultancies across EMEA and North America. Collectively we rank among the top 15 largest communication firms in the world.

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