Press Office Assistant
(Undergraduate/Postgraduate Internship – 12 months)
Fixed Term Contract (Full-Time)
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 2024. With 190 Kia Dealers 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, the 2024 World Car of the Year the EV9 and the 2025 World Car of the Year the all new electric compact SUV the EV3!
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 has been recognised with Kia UK already named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces 2025 by Great Place To Work, and also ranked in the 2025 Best Workplaces for Development & 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!
What will I be doing?
1. Running your own PR projects, then developing the media exposure these projects receive
2. Representing the brand in front of the UK media (including major product launches)
3. Contributing to press releases, pulling content from across the entire business
4. Supporting our Head of PR, PR Manager, PR Operations Manager and wider Press Office team to achieve a best-in-class service to the UK media. We’re consistently rated the no.1 automotive press office in the UK
5. Monitoring media coverage and reporting back to the Head of PR, as well as general reporting within Kia UK and to Kia Europe
6. Supporting the PR Operations Manager and Events Coordinator in the creation and management of media events
7. Networking with UK journalist at events, industry organised gatherings and other opportunities
8. Working with our agencies to ensure support us effectively
9. Deal with a wide range of media enquiries and liaise with all business departments and suppliers
10. Simple financial handling to ensure our projects and events go ahead as planned
11. If you want, we can arrange for you to do some work experience at one of the UK’s leading automotive magazines – no pressure!
Am I right for this?
We don’t want to discourage anybody from applying for this role by making a long list of requirements, but to summarise: we want someone who is genuinely passionate about PR so ideally studying for/just finished a relevant course (. PR / Journalism / Writing / Media / Communication).
This role will encourage you to act quickly, test your flexibility, and motivate you to constantly adapt to new things (exactly what the media expects from us). You can get a huge amount of experience, knowledge and skills out of a year with us, so we’d love to welcome someone with big dreams that we can support.
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.