Communications (Multiple Roles & Locations) Industrial Placement, Uk 2026

**Site Name**: UK - London - New Oxford Street, UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle, UK - Hertfordshire - Ware, UK - West Sussex - Worthing
**Posted Date**: Sep 15 2025

**Roles Available in Location**: Barnard Castle, Worthing, GSK HQ, Ware

Currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in Marketing, Business, Humanities, Communications, Sociology, Psychology, English, HR, Media, arts or related.

**Other requirements**: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK (United Kingdom) or ROI (Republic of Ireland) University for the duration of your placement.

**If you have already graduated with a bachelor’s degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters, you are not eligible for this programme.**

**Language requirement**: Written and spoken fluency in English

**Expected Start date**: June 2026

**Duration**: 1 year (approximately)

**Salary**: A salary of £27,100 (London) or £25,400 (other locations) plus a bonus.

**Workplace Arrangements**: Please read the workplace arrangements for each role carefully before applying.

**Application Closing**:
**Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?**

A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career - to take on a real role with genuine impact. You’ll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments. You’ll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.

**What do we offer you?**
- A competitive salary, with an annual bonus based on company performance.
- Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements.
- Access to our cutting-edge wellbeing platform: personalise your experience, help reduce stress, increase focus, build connections and resilience. You will also have access to a confidential helpline 24/7, mindfulness, health screenings and financial wellbeing support.
- Access to Private Healthcare Insurance, including 24-hour access to an online GP.
- Optional Support: Includes identity protection, long-term care insurance, home, auto, and pet insurance
- Opportunities to work with Employee Resource Groups, providing opportunities to network, gain mentorship, and develop personally and professionally.
- Access to IPUnite which is a community of Early Careers programme participants offering development, networking and social connections to help you make the best of your programme. You will also be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students.
- 2 volunteering days per year

Typical skills you can expect to learn on this placement will include:

- Teamworking through working with multidisciplinary teams
- Communication (written & verbal)
- Time management
- Problem-solving
- Networking
- Data analysis and management

Technical skills (detailed within each role description)

**The Roles (5 available)**

**Role 1 - Strategy & Change Communications - Barnard Castle**

Workplace Arrangements: Full time on site required

Overview of the Department

The Barnard Castle site is located in the Northeast of England is sited within the County Durham countryside. Barnard Castle is a key site for GSK with a large number of New Products coming through development at site. We manufacture and supply a huge range of different pharmaceutical products from Sterile Products (Syringes and Vials) to Liquid Inhalations and Dermatologicals. We have recently opened a new state of the art aseptic digital facility producing biopharmaceuticals.

Key Placement Learnings
- Keeping employees at all levels informed of change, performance and progress at the site
- Being involved in delivering the site’s communications strategy
- Drafting news stories, case studies and features for internal and external communications channels from digital to print using multiple platforms.
- Preparing materials from posters to videos
- Organising town halls, site conferences and specific campaigns
- Creating clear and consistent messages using multiple communication platforms.
- Interacting with different levels of the business to ensure the appropriate approach is taken to engage staff across all functions
- Utilising and improving current digital platforms

**Role 2 - Communications & Events - Worthing**

Workplace Arrangements: Full time on site required

Overview of the Department

Working within the Communications department at Worthing, you will report directly to the Site Communications Lead, ensuring that site communications support the team’s strategic goals and objectives. You will have the opportunity to produce and deliver high quality materials to support leaders in their cascade of messaging and drive staff engagement. You will have the opportunity to develop rapport and build