Here at Samsung, we offer a variety of 12-month placement opportunities to penultimate year university students. The one-year programme will help you navigate the early years of your career with us, supporting your transition from student to professional, giving you the skills to communicate and perform at your best in corporate life before returning to university to complete your studies.
Joining Samsung’s Placement Programme will help put you in touch with the future, with opportunities to grow and handle business-critical and influential responsibilities in a truly global enterprise.

Our Placement Opportunities

Sales

Much of Samsung’s success is down to our brilliant Sales teams. You’ll either be based in the field as a real hands-on member of the team, travelling across the UK winning clients and selling some of our most premium products. Or, you will be based at our head office taking part in strategic planning and marketing, which is vital to the success of our business. Our roles offer fantastic prospects for those interested in becoming Area Sales Managers and National Account Managers.

Marketing

At Samsung, Marketing is at the very heart of our business and plays a key role in ensuring our customers can love our brand and recognise our products. Our opportunities will give you unrivalled exposure to the business and will allow you to work on projects that determine how we communicate and engage customers with our diverse product range. With a range of Marketing roles available you will gain unrivalled, hands-on experience and exposure to the business.

Customer Experience

Samsung is much more than just great innovative products, it is about capturing the imagination of customers, fulfilling their expectations and genuinely connecting with them. The Customer Experience team works across all areas of the consumer and B2B business providing support online, through contact centres, in people’s homes and on the high street. Joining the Customer Experience team will provide you the opportunity to see everything about customer contact and be part of the support innovations which differentiates us as a brand.

People

At Samsung we put people at the heart of everything we do and believe in humanity above all else. As a HR function, the Samsung UK & Ireland People Team aim to ignite passion in people and you could support us in attracting, retaining and developing a world class, diverse and passionate pool of colleagues. Joining the People Team will give you invaluable insight into key HR projects and annual processes that add value & have a real impact on the wider business.

Finance

Finance is integral to our business. Whether you’re based in Finance Operations, Commercial Finance, or Tax & Audit, you’ll be given responsibility and valuable insights into how our Finance teams support the continued success of the business. Our Finance opportunities require efficiency and accuracy, and to be considered you must be working towards a Maths, Economics or Accounting related degree.

Sustainability & Compliance

Samsung is directly affected by a wide range of laws and regulations, as well as constantly changing demands from customers and other stakeholders. As a member of the Legal, Compliance and Sustainability team, you will be helping deliver innovative programmes to ensure SEUK is at the forefront of industry best practice.

Technical

Here at Samsung UK our technical roles are focussed around managing the engineering & software aspects of our products. As well as technical support for areas of the business including Mobile, Digital Appliances & Climate Solutions.

Product Management

Gain an insight into our extremely diverse range of products across both B2B and consumer markets with involvement in each stage of the product lifecycle, including product planning, forecasting and marketing. The role will involve being a passionate Product Ambassador for Samsung products, supporting the product team to deliver exceptional strategy and insights that enable Samsung to 'Win in the Market'. You will work closely with stakeholders across the business from Channel & Retail Marketing, Field Marketing and Sales Team.

Make sure you view our careers site to see which vacancies are open for our 2025 intake.

Location, location, location

The majority of our opportunities are based in our hub in Chertsey, Surrey. Our offices are located in beautiful grounds, and within easy reach of London and just off the M25. Our on-site restaurant serves a wide range of delicious meals, including South Korean and Western options.

Want to join us?

Apply for one of our open vacancies online on our careers site. Click here and search for Emerging Talent