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Global Corporate Affairs Intern

Location: United Kingdom, Windsor

Address: 1 - Corp Windsor, Windsor One, Arthur Road, IHG Hotels & Resorts, SL4 1RS

Job number: 163018

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Your placement year, a FTSE 100 business, with your name on it, starting September 2026 

 

We have a fantastic opportunity to join us for a 12-month work placement within Global Corporate Affairs joining the team as a Global Corporate Affairs Intern. 

 

As our Global Corporate Affairs Intern, you’ll rotate across three teams, Corporate Responsibility, Global Communications and Corporate Affairs, working on the sustainability stories, press moments and reporting that shape how the world sees IHG Hotels & Resorts. You’ll meet senior leaders, build a network across the business, and finish the year with twelve months of substantive experience to take back to university.

We are delighted to invite applications now for a start date in September 2026.

 

What you’ll do

  • Rotate across Corporate Responsibility, Global Communications and Corporate Affairs, a broad view of how a global business communicates and operates.

  • Take on real responsibility; managing your own project work, hitting deadlines, and seeing things through to the finish.

  • Sharpen your skills; reviewing and proof-reading copy, working with sustainability data and spotting trends.

  • Research best practice in Corporate Responsibility and ESG reporting; and have your input genuinely valued.

  • Help produce IHG’s annual Responsible Business Report and our quarterly financial results reporting as a FTSE 100 company.

  • Support the Global Communications press office on day-to-day media enquiries.

  • Draft and proof internal stories, social media posts and other content across internal, external, owner, sustainability and public affairs work.

  • Prepare weekly briefings shared across the wider team, including with senior leaders and IHG’s Board.

  • Build your network, from our Employee Resource Groups to time with IHG’s Senior Leaders. We want to see you flourish.

 

What you’ll bring

  • You’re currently studying for a degree in a relevant discipline and need a placement year as part of your course.

  • You’re genuinely interested in sustainability, communities, climate change and the environment and you keep an eye on politics and current affairs.

  • Corporate communications excites you, the storytelling, the strategy and the audience side of it.

  • You’re audience-aware, with a good feel for different global markets and cultural nuance.

  • You’re comfortable with numbers, able to work with data to spot trends and insights.

  • Strong written and verbal communication, and you enjoy working as part of a collaborative team.

  • You know your way around social media, LinkedIn especially.

  • Confident with Microsoft Office 365.

 

Ready to make your year count?

 

Twelve months. Three teams. One global brand. If you want a placement year that genuinely sets you apart when you go back to uni, this is it.

 

Applications close on 26 May 2026 at 9am - don’t leave it to the last minute, we may close the position early if we receive a high volume of interest. Apply today.

 

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Who we are

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.

Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.

We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.

We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.

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