Research & Development Industrial Design Internship/Placement Year 2025 - 2026

Job Description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

As an organization we are committed to developing the next generation of Makers and Bakers. Joining us at an early career stage in our fast paced and ever changing environment will enable you to do more, learn more and grow more. You will be encouraged to step outside your comfort zone– you may even surprise yourself! We will ensure you are given the support you need to be at your best and enable you to be yourself and bring passion and personality. Here you can lean in and speak up and bring your own flavor.

At Mondelēz International, a major global player in chocolate, biscuits, candy and beverages, we can offer you a job that is pure, shameless indulgence.

Well, what could be nicer than working with chocolate every day, coming up with mouth-watering designs that tickle the taste buds of chocoholics everywhere in the world?

Why do we offer this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Because we can! We are the company behind well-known global brands such as Cadbury, Milka and Toblerone.

The role is based in Bournville, where British chocolate was born and where all wonderful chocolate creations for the Mondelez world are designed.

The Design Role:

Working with our research and development community as part of a team of designers who love what they do, you’ll provide rationales and creative thinking behind your inventions, aesthetics and chocolate products to deliver amazing experiences for our consumers.

When you’ve visualised [sketched out or rendered] your creations, you’ll be expected to present them to people at different levels. And when everything moves into prototyping and mass production, you’ll be able to eat your work!!! You will have the personal skills to present your ideas and work well with all kinds of people around the world.

Candidate Requirements:

• We’re looking for a very creative individual that will make a delicious difference to our business. Frighteningly creative, great at conceptualising ideas, CAD user and studying towards a Design degree.

• With a high drive for good design and keen interest in new product development, consumer centricity, design research, concept generation, visualisation, and prototyping. All things creative.

• You must be able use your knowledge and full repertoire of technical skills. From hand sketching and illustration to 3D CAD and prototyping.

• Brilliant problem-solver and multi-tasker.

To support your application, we require a one-page digital example of your work to be submitted with your CV. The format should be A3 and must demonstrate your design skills, from creative thinking to CAD.

So, are you ready to come up with the next best thing in the chocolate world?

Apply here...

Starting salary: £23,000

Closing date for applications is midday Monday 4th November 2024.

We will be holding our final stage assessment centre for this role in-person at our Bournville offices on Thursday 5th December 2024. Reasonable travel expenses will be covered.

For more details on our Early Careers schemes and advice on our application process, visit our careers site today - Early Careers - UK | Mondelēz International, Inc. (mondelezinternational.com)

Mondelēz is a diverse and inclusive employer with an objective to ensure a fair and equal hiring process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to apply or throughout our assessment process please contact earlycareersenquiries@mdlz.com stating “NE Early Careers” as the subject.

Our candidate requirements are based on criteria to enable you to succeed in the role. If you have narrowly missed the above requirements and there are extenuating circumstances that you would like us to consider, you can let us know by contacting earlycareersenquiries@mdlz.com stating “NE Early Careers” as the subject and attaching a letter from your school/university to confirm your extenuating circumstances.

The responsibilities of this position are performed within the framework of a regional business model that is defined and managed by Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Switzerland .

Business Unit Summary

At Mondelez Europe, we are proud, not only of the iconic brands we make, but also of the people who make them. Our delicious products are created in 52 plants across Europe by more than 28,000 passionate people. We are the top maker of chocolate and biscuits and a leading maker of gum and candy. We make sure our powerful global brands and local jewels like Cadbury, Milka and Alpen Gold chocolates, Oreo, belVita, LU and Tuc biscuits get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are. Join us on our journey to continue leading the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

Intern (Fixed Term)

Interns

Early Careers