Marketing Undergraduate

Marketing Undergraduate Scheme 2026

Hello! We’re Mitchells & Butlers – we’re a big player in the UK hospitality game. Throughout the UK we have over 1,750 vibrant pubs, restaurants and bars across 18 successful and varied brands. You may have never heard of us before but we’re sure you’ve heard of a few of our brands, like All Bar One, Miller & Carter and Toby Carvery.

We set the industry standard when it comes to delivering excellent guest service and great food & drink, but none of this would be possible without our amazing teams of people and our Marketing teams are an important ingredient to our success.

They bring our brands to life and make them stand out from our competitors. We’re sure you have seen some of their great work when you’ve popped in for a drink and a bite to eat. From our menus to our social media, the impact of our marketing team flows through M&B, ensuring our guests know what to expect, who we are and what we deliver.

Our Marketing Undergraduate Scheme

Our scheme, and our industry needs ambitious Undergraduates with a thirst for knowledge and bags of drive and determination. If you’re on the lookout for a fantastic opportunity to kick start your Marketing career, you’ve come to the right place.

Our 12 month scheme is designed to give you a real insight into the world of Marketing in a professional environment and there’s no better place to do this. We’ll make sure your personalised programme caters to your development needs but is also loads of fun along the way. We want you to enjoy your time with us just as much as the learnings you’ll get from it.

We will make sure you get there by…

• Pub, Bar or Restaurant placements (Week 2 - 3) – Learn the industry roles
• Central Marketing Placements (Month 2 - 12) – Get exposed to lots of different projects across different corners of Marketing

You’ll be really well supported by a great team of people on your journey with us - your line manager, placement manager, and a graduate buddy from our community of graduates across the business.

Benefits:

• £24,500 salary
• A Company Car
• Flexible working and ownership of your own diary
• 26 days annual leave with an option to buy an extra 2 weeks holiday – (You choose when you want that break!)
• Pension (Yep, retirements a long way off but it’s important to look after the future you)
• 33% food and drink discount at all our venues and 33% hotel stay discount with Inn Keeper Collection (You’ll be the envy of your old uni mates)
• Plus a 20% discount for five friends or family members
• Wellbeing: We’re serious when we say this matters to us – Wellbeing’s all about being healthy, happy and feeling good about who you are and what you do. Here at M&B, we’ll help you live well and feel well, and that’s why we have wellbeing tools like private medical plan, employee helpline, Denplan, Cycle to work scheme and Gym discounts for you to choose from.
• Sustainability Commitment: When it comes to sustainability, we’re an organisation that doesn’t compromise on our responsibilities. Our sustainability goals are built around supporting the communities we serve, sourcing as responsibly as we can, and showing respect for the planet by working hard to reduce our emissions, tackle waste and protect biodiversity.

All sound exciting so far? To be eligible to join our Marketing graduate scheme…

• The programme is open to all penultimate year undergraduate students from a marketing, digital marketing, or marketing related degree discipline
• You’ll be on track to achieve at least a 2:1 degree and be able to show a review of your first-year grades
• Have achieved ABB grades at A level or above (equivalent BTEC grades)
• Hold a full and valid UK driver’s licence
• As this role is mobile there’s flexibility over where you are based in the UK, but you’ll need to be able to travel to regularly travel to our Head Office located in the heart of Birmingham

How should you apply?

If you’re excited by what our Undergrad scheme has to offer, we want to hear from you! Click the apply button to complete an online application via our careers website.

Should your application be shortlisted, you will be invited to take part in a 3-stage assessment process,

1 - Video interview where we’ll get to know a bit about you, and if you impress us here, we’ll invite you to complete Verbal & Numerical Testing (from the comfort of your own home)

2 - Face-to-face interview and group assessments at our Retail Support Centre in Birmingham – where you’ll also get the chance to know more about us (should you progress after video interview)

3 – Final stage senior management interview (should you progress after Face-to-face assessment)

And if you’re successful – you can look forward to starting your journey with us in late September/early October 2026!

Please contact [email protected] if you have any issues or queries.

Closing date - 23:59, 17th October 2025.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS FOR UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT STUDENTS ONLY.

The small print: Our schemes are as popular as Miller & Carter on date night and Toby Carvery on a Sunday! This means we sometimes close applications early due to high demand. Don’t delay- apply today.