Social Media Marketing Intern (6-month Internship)

Social Media Marketing Intern

Location: London, United Kingdom | Employment type: Fixed-term internship (6 months)

About our team

The Global Brand & Marketing team at SumUp shapes how over 4 million small businesses — and the people behind them — discover and connect with our brand. Our Social Media team sits right at the heart of that, building the strategic and operational foundation that builds our social media presence consistently across platforms, channels, and markets. We're now looking for a Social Media Marketing Intern who's as comfortable in a spreadsheet as they are spotting a trend — someone who can help us build something genuinely new, from the ground up.

What you'll do

Show up to weekly editorial meetings with trend-spotted ideas, platform-specific recommendations, and a point of view on where social is heading

Keep a sharp eye on what competitors are doing across platforms, tracking what's working, what's changing, and where the opportunities are

Own the content calendar and asset libraries, keeping the team organised, resourced, and always ready to publish

Support the scheduling, publishing, and QA of content across channels, making sure everything that goes live looks and reads exactly as it should

Dig into social performance data and turn what you find into clear recommendations the team can actually act on

Track UGC trends, influencer activity, and audience conversations to keep our editorial direction fresh and informed

Scout new tools, AI applications, and automation opportunities that could make the social function sharper and more scalable

Help put together presentations for senior stakeholders that clearly communicate what the social team is doing, why it matters, and where it's going

You'll be great for this role if you

Genuinely understand how social media works across platforms — not just how to use them, but why content performs differently on TikTok versus LinkedIn versus Instagram

Enjoy working with data and can turn a