Whoever you are, whatever your background, build a career to be proud of here - we’re with you all the way. Make your mark on M&S. Become a Legend of Tomorrow.
Direct Entry
It’s who you are that will make you a legend of tomorrow, whatever your background. If you’re ambitious, a great communicator and want to learn on the job, we can be flexible on academic requirements. We offer Direct Entry roles in Buying, Merchandising, Trading, Design and Product Technology – how far will you take your ambition?
Are you ready to go from today’s graduate to tomorrow’s legend? Get ready for infinite routes to the top in retail, digital, innovation, commercial and more. Retail never stops evolving, and neither will you. Experience a masterclass in technical training, leadership, structured mentorship, and 360-feedback. This is your chance to become our next legend.
Retail
Create the most amazing shopping experiences for customers. Take pride in our stores. The energy, the presentation, the atmosphere, the team – we want them to be the best. From six figure budgets to leading a high-performance team, in-store in the UK and Ireland, you’ll do it all here. Show us your trends knowledge, your enthusiasm for all things digital, and your new ideas, and we’ll unleash your inner manager.
Work with our seriously inspiring Software Engineering and Product experts, leading our digital transformation. Play your part in helping to create the simple, intelligent solutions that benefit our whole business. Interpret the voice of our customers, translating their needs into a product vision that you can bring to life in our innovative team. Join us and become a legend of tomorrow.
Want to build a legacy you’ll look back on with pride? Help support our entire business as we work smarter to revolutionise M&S. Get professional qualifications and build your expertise in Finance or People (HR), working on live projects to help to make ours a transformation felt by our entire industry. Your passion for retail, digital mindset and curiosity is where your legendary journey begins.
Digital is our present and future, and data is at the heart of our decision-making. Work in Data Science, Product or UX Design as part of our retail-revolutionising Digital & Data team. Help us design, engineer and deliver machine learning models that help our customers make great decisions and build engaging digital customer experiences. Start becoming a legend of tomorrow, today.
Whatever your taste, there’s a legendary career waiting for you in the ever-evolving world of food. Want to whip up exciting partnerships with suppliers in our Commercial department, ensure safety and quality in Food Technology, or be first to market with fresh ideas in Product Development? Or maybe you want to accelerate the brand in Marketing, or capture the imagination of customers in Space Range and Display. You’ll find it here. Define your future and feast on all the innovation you want with us.
What do customers want? The data of popularity never lies. Unafraid to innovate, we’re always looking ahead of the curve on trends, while maximizing profitability. Our Buyers and Merchandisers make sure products fly off the shelves. Our Product Designers spend their time figuring out what looks great. All while making sure our Plan A mission is upheld, ensuring our products are as sustainable as they can be. Ready to join?
Our amazing colleagues span many walks of life – it’s what makes us remarkable and why diversity is so important to us. If you’re a 1st year student (or on your 2nd of a four-year degree), from a low-socio economic background, and/or identify as a person of Black heritage, join us for four days of networking and interactive sessions. Discover what kind of legend you could become. You might even meet Percy Pig! Now closed for 2023.
Join a Legendary Team
Whoever you are, whatever your background, build a career to be proud of here - we're with you all the way. Make your mark on M&S. Become a Legend of Tomorrow.
Please note, applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Don't leave it too late to apply!
School Leaver Programmes
Your journey into the world of retail starts here, and we’re with you all the way. Whatever you’re passionate about, our Academy training will set you up for greatness. Not sure what kind of legend you want to be yet? No worries. We’ll help you figure it out. Every legend starts somewhere. Take your first step with us.
Retail
Are you ready to start building a career to be proud of? Learning starts in one of our UK & Ireland Academy stores. With real hands-on experience, covering every aspect of how a store operates, from supply chain to sales floor, you’ll learn all about our branding and customers. Not to mention gaining a professional retail management qualification. Help us revolutionise retail. Become a legend of tomorrow.
There's a Merchandising and Buying team behind every product. They're the legends figuring out what our customers want next and how we give it to them – and you can be one of them. Here, you’ll work on live business, analyse data, spot trends that drive sales, help allocate stock, monitor sales, and play an impactful part of the team. Become a legend of tomorrow.
Grow more than you could ever imagine. Whether you’re a foodie or fashionista, or data is more your thing, get ready to experience a role where you’ll make an impact from day one and discover your incredible potential. Imagine the impact you could create and use your time with us to turbo-charge the rest of your degree. And get a leg up to becoming a legend before you’ve even graduated. Ready to go?
Internships
Food
Food at M&S. Legendary for its quality, sustainability, innovation, and marketing. Get a taste of more than the product on a Food Technology Summer Internship. There’s not much you won’t get stuck into - it’s your chance to impress us with your creativity and ambition. Jump-start a career to be proud of. You could be legendary too.
We’re only as legendary as the people who support us. Start building a legacy to be proud of on one of our Finance or People (HR) Summer Internships, working on live projects with today’s M&S legends. Show us your passion for retail, digital mindset, and insatiable curiosity. This is where your journey to becoming a legend of tomorrow begins. We’re with you all the way.
If you’re full of ambition and eager to learn about what it takes to thrive at a digitally based, data-first company, you could be M&S legend material. Let’s find out together. Join one of our Data Science Summer Internships and experience the digital retail realm first hand. Bring your big ideas and passion for data and kick-start a legendary career.
Indulge your insatiable appetite for real-world experience on a Food Tech Industrial Placement. And get the inside scoop on why we’re legendary at quality, innovation and sustainability. Whatever your taste, there’s an inspiring career waiting for you in the ever-evolving world of food. Show us your creativity, ambition, and unbridled curiosity, and kick-start a career to be proud of.
Got the makings of an M&S legend of tomorrow? Let’s find out together. Our Data Science Industrial Placement offers real-world experience in the digital retail realm. If you’re bursting with ambition and eager to discover what it takes to thrive at a digitally based, data-first company, bring your big ideas and passion for data and kick-start a legendary career.
