About Us
Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at
www.sophos.com.
We are looking for two enthusiastic and self-motivated marketing interns to join our EMEA Field Marketing Team. This is a 12 month paid internship starting in June 2025 through to the end of June 2026.
We will be holding an in-person assessment day during the 1st week of December 2024 and as such, candidates must be able to commit to attending in order to be considered.
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to work with our Marketing Managers across the EMEA region to implement marketing campaigns, support with event and webinar delivery, monitor social media platforms, and conduct analysis and reporting on the activity.
In addition to being a skilled communicator, you should have excellent multitasking and organisational abilities. This internship will allow you to acquire essential marketing skills, work with marketing experts across the globe, and provide you with knowledge of various marketing strategies and platforms. Ultimately, you will gain comprehensive experience with a wide range of transferable skills in marketing to prepare you to enter any fast-paced environment in the future.
These positions are being offered as fully remote with a requirement to attend our headquarters in Abingdon, Oxfordshire on a regular basis (no less than once a month) to meet with the wider team.
What You Will DoSupport with marketing campaigns – the creation of collateral, copywriting, proofreading, email creation and campaign reporting.Support with virtual and in-person events – event registration pages, social media promotion, creation of delegate packs, event reporting, and where necessary, attend the events.Support the webinar programme - webinar creation, scheduling, registration tracking, webinar hosting, and post-webinar reporting.Using internal systems such as Salesforce, Asana, Zoom and Microsoft Teams to update information, manage your workload, and effectively communicate with the marketing team.Create copy and content for key marketing communications and use supporting creative tools such as Taxi, Cvent and Canva to build emails, event registration pages and social media posts.Help to ensure that the wider Sophos teams, including the regional sales teams, are kept up-to-date with planned marketing activities.What You Will BringCurrently a graduate student within a Marketing discipline seeking a 12 month industry placement.A keen interest in Marketing and a desire to develop commercial experience in this field.Good project management and organisational skills.Excellent communication skills.Strong written skills.Confident, self-motivated, and able to manage own workload.Previous work experience in an office environment desired.Special ConditionsCommences: June 2025Contract Type: 12 month fixed term contract.Contract Hours: Full time.Location: Remote but able to attend our Abingdon, Oxfordshire headquarters no less than once per month.#LI-Remote
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At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.
What's Great About Sophos?
· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
Data Protection
If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. If you have any questions about Sophos’ data protection practices, please contact dataprotection@sophos.com.
