Industrial Placement Opportunities

Commercial Strategy

Working with the Commercial team, the Commercial Strategy Industrial Placement will support the strategic direction of the commercial programme of the Mercedes-AMG Formula One Team (and associated properties). The Industrial Placement will support on and take ownership of various strategic commercial projects under the guidance of senior team members. This is a unique opportunity for someone to work in a high-performance environment in elite-level sport, top-tier global sports marketing and commercial business strategy. This role will support strategy development across the entire commercial business: sponsorships, strategic partnerships, merchandise and licensing, e-commerce and retail, CRM, e-sports, sustainability and ED&I initiatives and leisure and entertainment.

Graphic Design

The graphic design industrial placement is the ultimate opportunity to kick start your graphic design career by gaining valuable hands-on experience in a very exciting and fast-paced sector. The in-house design team strives to provide first-class creative which adds value to the business, assisting it to visually perform at its optimum and stand out both on and off the track. The remit of the design team is wide and covers many areas of design including brand, trackside, internal, clothing, social, hospitality, interiors, and commercial design elements. Proactivity and innovation are integral to the design team’s ability to stretch to the ever-diversifying needs of the business. The successful candidate will support the design team with creative projects to contribute to reaching their goals and those of the wider business.

Health and Wellbeing

We know that our wellbeing programme is the best on the grid however we also appreciate it can be better, that we can reach more team members and have an even greater lasting impact on individual and team performance. To do so, we are looking for a passionate Health and Wellbeing Industrial Placement. Working collaboratively as part of a small group, you will have the opportunity to apply the latest academic thinking from your studies to deliver measurable impact in one of the most challenging sport performance environments in the world. You will complete key projects during your time here to enhance the wellbeing of individuals and deliver performance to the Team. The role will cover a broad range of activities from organisation and delivery of training through to data analytics and reporting. You will find yourself engaged with all areas of our Team across a broad spectrum of activities. No two days will be the same and you will have the opportunity to contribute towards the development of our wellbeing programme along with your own personal and professional skills.

IT Core Technology

As an Industrial Placement student in our Core Technology Team, you will be a valued member of the IT Department, bringing your analytical nature and high standards to a range of range of exciting, real-world challenges. Working collaboratively across the IT Department, your ideas and skills will make a tangible contribution to the performance of our team, both on and off the track, working to support, operate and evolve our core capabilities. During this placement you will have the opportunity to work with industry leading infrastructure, networking and containerisation technologies in on-site datacentres and around the world, utilising Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps methodologies and Site Reliability practices in associated software systems.

IT Network

As an Industrial Placement student in our Core Technology Team, you will be a valued member of the IT Department, bringing your analytical nature and high standards to a range of range of exciting, real-world challenges. Working collaboratively across the IT Department, your ideas and skills will make a tangible contribution to the performance of our team, both on and off the track, working to support, operate and evolve our networking capabilities. During this placement you will have the opportunity to work with industry leading networking technologies in fields such as data centre, campus and wireless networking, perimeter security and associated software systems.

Marketing Operations

Under the supervision of the members of the Marketing Operations sub team, assist the team with tasks to deliver efficient organisation and smooth functioning of the Marketing Operations Team. The Marketing Operations sub team supports the effective running of the wider Marketing team and enables cross functional working to ensure we have the right resources working together to deliver to our high standards.

In particular:

• Support Marketing Operations functions across Formula One with the development of marketing material including brochures, toolkits and key documents for internal and external use, ensuring they are complete and kept up to date.

• Support the Operations Team to plan and coordinate the travel arrangements of the team at races. Support the Hospitality & Event teams with the planning, organisation and implementation of events and guest programmes as and when needed.

• Support with the tracking and organisation of our Value in Kind product allocations and roll out to staff keeping logs and compliance paperwork up to date.

• Support our Asset management by providing administrational support, coordinating asset movements, and booking in key logistics.

• Support the Operations Team with planning and administration of Driving Experiences and Operations led projects. Exposure to our collateral days, launches and brand shoots to support the wider marketing department requirements.

• Work with senior members of the Marketing Operations team to implement and manage processes that contribute to the efficient working practices of the team.

This role touches on all areas of delivery in our Marketing Department and provides support and operational management to many of our Marketing sub teams.

Partnerships

The Partnerships Industrial Placement will provide the right candidate with the opportunity for hands-on experience of sports sponsorship coordination and delivery for a leading team in one of the largest global sports. We are looking for a passionate, capable, and proactive individual to join our Partnerships team to support the creation, planning, delivery of marketing activations to our Partners, as well as the tracking and reporting of sponsorship entitlements which the team deliver to our Partner and Supplier brands. At Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team we strive for best-in-class delivery across all Marketing functions, the successful candidate will work collaboratively across the Marketing Operations Department as well as with our Partners and their associated agencies.