Overview
Who We are? With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
European Graduate Programme
Function: Marketing
Location: London
Start Date: September 1st 2026
Closing Date: 20th October
Our Programme
Our graduate programmes put you at the heart of a global business, with hands-on experience and tailored learning for curious, driven minds. Start your journey to a career you’ll be proud of today.
From Guinness, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker to Baileys, Captain Morgan and Gordon’s, Diageo has a stable of premium drinks brands enjoyed the world over. Our Marketing teams play a big role in ensuring our brands live and breathe their purpose and we remain at the heart of celebrations everywhere.
We want to create future “General Managers” for our brands: balancing critical thinking for the future with real time business performance and understanding. Creating compelling and powerful stories to make our existing brands even stronger will be critical to the ongoing success of our brands – some of which are over 250 years old. You may also be part of the launch of a new one. Working as part of a team, you’ll use your creativity, vision and pioneering spirit to bring our brands to life.
On this three-year rotation programme, you’ll experience two different roles and will build your experience across multiple Marketing disciplines including media planning and execution, social media, innovation, budget management, business performance and drivers, shopper marketing and activation. You’ll work on iconic and innovative brands to excel and build the foundations of your Marketing and Commercial Capability, helping you to advance at an accelerated pace where you’ll be ready to specialise in a Marketing area within Diageo after the programme.
What you’ll do
* Participate in a three-year rotation across multiple Marketing disciplines
* Engage in media planning and execution, social media, innovation, budget management, business performance and drivers
* Work on iconic and innovative brands and contribute to brand strategy and activation
* Develop foundations for Marketing and Commercial Capability and accelerate progression toward a specialist role
Who we are looking for
* Acquire or be expect to obtain an academic degree and be graduating in 2026 or within the last 2 years
* Proficient in English and willing to relocate geographically during the programme
* Curious, flexible, self-motivated team player with integrity, respect, and a passion for learning
* Particularly welcome applicants with a passion for data and analytics
Eligibility
All candidates must have the continuous right to work in the UK and IOI; any offer of employment is conditional upon this requirement being satisfied. Diageo does not provide sponsorship to undergraduates and graduates trying to obtain the right to work in the UK.
Rewards
Expect a highly competitive salary (salary is dependent on rotation location; for example, year one salary within the UK will be in the region of £38,000), along with an annual bonus opportunity and industry-leading benefits package.
Application details
We have graduate opportunities across the business, each open for a limited time. For your best chance of success, apply early and focus on one programme that’s right for you.
NB: Pymetrics is the first stage of the application process for all of our Early Career programmes at Diageo and results will be used for all applications requiring it within a one-year period.
Please note that our assessment centres this year will be held between November and February. You will hear from us closer to the time if you have successfully reached this final stage. We appreciate your patience.
Join our Graduate programme and support us in delivering our Spirit of Progress Plan to help create a more inclusive and sustainable world.
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