GRAD:FOCUS

Oct 4

10 min read

Hey all, welcome to the first edition of ‘Grad:Focus’!

The Politics Society’s new bulletin for job opportunities such as Graduate Schemes, Placements and Internships.

This week we have a focus on Private Sector Summer Internships and a few development programmes. Listed below are the companies mentioned and click on the job’s name to apply and find out more information!

Companies mentioned this week:

UBS	Fleishmann Hillard	Chase & JP Morgan
EY	Barclays	Wall Street Journal
Kroll	Revolut	Ion Analytics Tik-Tok

StoneX Group

StoneX Internship (Compliance)

Are you looking to gain real world experience in an entrepreneurial culture? Consider an internship at a thriving global financial services firm a StoneX Internship will provide development, support, career growth, and an endless array of opportunities.

You can expect to make an impact on the business and experience a career defining internship program.

Your Role

The StoneX Compliance Department provides regulatory advice and support to the various business lines under the StoneX Financial Limited entity in the UK and across our offices in the EMEA region.

· The Department is also responsible for maintaining the compliance governance and control framework which includes training, policies and procedures, regulatory horizon scanning and regulatory implementation.

· The Department comprises of three core teams covering the Wholesale Business, Retail Business and Central Surveillance. The intern will rotate in all these three teams working across multiple business lines.

Kroll

Intern, Forensic and Investigations

Are you ready to dive into the world of Forensic, Investigations and Intelligence with Kroll's amazing team? We're on the lookout for dynamic individuals to join our Team as Interns for summer 2025.

· Kroll consistently provides firms with the professional investigative consulting expertise necessary to resolve conflict through fact-finding and critical analysis.

· We have conducted thousands of investigations worldwide and have an unmatched track record of resolving disputes and working with in-house and external counsel to successfully conduct and conclude internal or regulatory inquiries.

· Our experts help organizations with their critical fact finding when they need to conduct internal investigations or to examine allegations of wrongdoing. Whether or not actual misconduct is discovered, such inquiries, and their aftermath, can pose serious risks to companies and their stakeholders, damaging their reputation, disrupting their business operations and exposing them to government scrutiny, as well as to potential criminal, civil and regulatory liability.

Your role

Kroll's investigative services and expertise have helped clients successfully resolve investigations promptly and with minimal business disruption.

The Ideal Candidate

Current Degree Pursuit: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college with a focus on analytical research, complex problem solving, and critical thinking.
Task Prioritization: Prioritize tasks in a collaborative team environment and a highly professional and commercial approach to problem solving.
Tech-Savvy: Advanced Microsoft Office skills, with proven experience in using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Revolut

Rev-celerator Internship Programme: Operations Intern

At Revolut, we do Ops differently. Our hyper-talented Operations experts don’t just keep things ticking over. They're given the most complex, hard-to-solve problems in the business. Then they create elegant, scalable solutions that keep pace with our ambitious growth plans.

Your Role

· Working to optimise product and onboarding flows to enhance customer experience

· Researching and proposing new features to ensure a seamless customer experience

Helping manage vendor relationships and contributing to the development of performance tracking systems
Developing strategic supply chain partnerships and participating in deal-making
Contributing to feature development efforts that are vital to delivering the best possible experience to Revolut customers.
Learning from industry leaders and participating in weekly meetings to stay aligned with team priorities.
Managing project tasks, tracking progress, and communicating key outcomes
Sharing updates about your work with our diverse global teams
Attending regular performance reviews to receive feedback and guide your development

Barclays

Public Policy & Corporate Responsibility Analyst Summer Intern Programme 2025 London

If you're a recent graduate or soon-to-be graduate, join us and unlock a world of carefully curated experiences, knowledge, and connections to shape your career.

· Along the way, you can expect all the training and support you need to make your mark on the world. Put simply, we’ll empower you to help determine how we do things and where we go next.

· Our graduates are a vital part of our success, and we welcome applications from people from all walks of life. Whoever you are and wherever you want to join us, if you’re curious, creative and ambitious, this is a world in which you can truly belong.

Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility (PPCR) sits at the heart of this British universal bank. It is responsible for the bank’s societal purpose including the Group’s sustainability and citizenship agendas, our internal and external Communications strategy, and our Government and Regulatory Policy engagement activity.

Your RoleWhilst the day-to-day activities within each team may differ, we are focused on building high-quality relationships with stakeholders including the media, government, regulators, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), communities and colleagues in an effective and collaborative way for the benefit of our customers and clients, our people, our shareholders, and the communities in which we operate, as well as for society more broadly.By joining PPCR you’ll work on diverse and intellectually challenging projects in a fast-paced environment. You’ll learn how to communicate and engage effectively with stakeholders at the most senior levels, learning how to step back and think strategically about the outcome Barclays is trying to achieve, and how the function can help the bank to meet its strategic and commercial objectives.

JP Morgan Chase (Chase UK)

The Chase Digital Development Programme

Looking for the next generation of product leaders to transform customer experiences, simplify the ways we do business and develop innovative offerings that drive toward product excellence while putting the customer at the centre.

· By joining, you'll be part of a team who's friendly, committed, hard-working and growth orientated.

· Over two years, we'll show you how to build new products and journeys, all while balancing business innovation with what our customers need (and want) – and making our mark as an exciting new player in fintech.

Your Role

Our programme gives you the tools and experience you need to become a skilled Product Manager, by empowering you to harness insights and help us build innovative customer experiences in a full-time, two-year programme. Your time will be made up of three eight-month rotations, so you can see what goes into developing intuitive experiences, from start to finish.

· You'll work with teams across lots of different areas of the business, and have access to a huge range of skillsets, leadership styles and opportunities to learn.

· Through this new-found network, we'll help you evolve your professional skills with mentorship, training and plenty of hands-on experience. On a more personal level, you'll also spend time learning from your peers as you support each other to grow.

ION Analytics

The Leadership Development Program (LDP)

Our Leadership Development Program (LDP) is a foundational global initiative focused on developing talent for ION’s growing operations around the world. The program provides an opportunity for outstanding college graduates to start a career in a dynamic and fast paced global FinTech firm.

Your Role

Analysts will spend the first 18 months of their career in 3 unique, 6-month rotations covering a broad range of ION's core capabilities. At the end of their 3 rotations analysts will transition to a deeper dive in one area of ION.Sample Rotations/deep Dives Include;

Product Strategy
Product Management
Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
Product Implementation Services
Consulting and Delivery Services
Sales and Account Management
Corporate Development
Project Management

Internship - Data Science

We want to innovate the financial services offered by commercial/retail banks in Italy in the areas of wealth management, credit lending, risk management and compliance. Building on our consolidated expertise and product offering in the Capital Markets domain, we want to scale our solutions and frameworks to the commercial/retail banking industry.

To do so, we start from the quantitative modelling and analysis of the current processes put in place by our customers, so that we can profile opportunities of automation and prioritize client needs on manual/painful workflows.

Your Role

Quantitative modelling of business processes
Codification of customer requirements, needs, activities
Business intelligence with PowerBI/Excel - Packaging high-quality deliverables for external clients –
Data manipulation with Pandas or Spark/Hive
Hands-on experience with BI tools (Excel, PowerBI)
Experience with Python data science libraries (pandas, pyspark, sklearn) is nice to have
Fluent English

UBS

2025 Summer Internship Programme- Global Research

You’ll be working on the HOLT team which is part of Equity Research within the Investment Bank. We’re a team of individuals with advanced consulting, management, research, technology, and banking backgrounds who have access to software tools and some of the most sophisticated databases in the world. We have proven track record of understanding the valuation of equities with strong brand recognition across major institutional investors, hedge funds and wealth manager.

Your role

Conduct in-depth research and analysis on companies, industries, and market trends to support investment recommendations and decision-making processes
assist with data collection, financial modeling, and valuation analysis
prepare comprehensive research reports and presentations for stakeholders
gain insights from the HOLT model to help generate industry and company specific reports
Understand market signals and how they apply to the fundamental and quantitative investment process

2025- Summer Internship Programme – Human Resources

Interested in working in finance, specifically interacting with people and helping them achieve their potential, but not sure where to start? Do you want to work for a firm with a truly global footprint?

You’ll be working alongside our Human Resources colleagues, located in London. The team touches every aspect of an employee’s experience, from recruitment to retirement. We support our people, enable them to perform at their best and make sure they are fairly rewarded, playing an essential part in maintaining our inclusive culture.We're looking for ambitious students to join our 2025 Human Resources Summer Internship Program.

Your Role

Rotate through different areas including generalist and specialist roles in recruitment, reward, talent development, employee relations, employee advisory and management support
Be involved in projects across the business, giving you access to a global network of contacts.
Be involved in projects and will have access to a global network of contacts

Candidate

is in their penultimate or final year of a bachelor or master’s degree
is on track for at least a 2.1 (UK grading system) or equivalent in their first undergraduate degree.
has values that align with ours hard-working, trustworthy, dedicated and collaborative.
is a strategic thinker with strong communication skills

· is motivated to work in a business with high demands and tight deadlines

JP Morgan

2025- Corporate – Human Resources Analyst Development Program- Summer Internship London

Skill Development: Learn HR practices like recruiting, talent development, and employee relations.
Networking: Build your professional network and gain insights from senior leaders.
Diverse Experience: Work in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Your Role

Duration: 9 weeks
Orientation & Training: Start with an introduction to our history, culture, and global HR function.
Hands-On Experience: Apply your knowledge in various business areas such as Asset Management, Consumer & Community Banking, Commercial Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking, and Cross-firm functions.
Mentorship: Receive guidance and support from a peer and senior mentor.
Events: Attend speaker series and other events to meet colleagues and senior leaders.
Career Opportunities: Top performers may receive a full-time offer at the end of the program.

Fleishman Hillard

Internship, Social and Digital Analytics, PR & Communications Agency

Our approach is rooted in the belief that effective research, analytics and evaluation is a blend of rigor and flexibility, consistency and customizability. Using careful data gathering and thoughtful analysis of facts, we can unlock intelligence and generate the transformative ideas that shape a company’s success.

With our unwavering focus on business outcomes, and never-ending cycle of intelligence gathering, we ensure sustained success for our clients. We provide them an advantage by finding the truth – about their audiences, their operating environment and their competition.

We work across the agency’s client portfolio, providing research, analytics and intelligence services focused on corporate reputation, brand marketing, patient awareness, stakeholder engagement, tech innovation, B2B sales and product launches.

Your Role

As trusted advisors within the agency, we provide research counsel to our agency partners daily, delivering on a wide range of research consultative services, including, but not limited to:

Providing new and existing clients with research, intelligence and analytics that helps them plan cut-through campaigns by exploring and understanding their target audience(s) and stakeholders
Delivering in-depth analysis of coverage, social conversation and other digital signals to understand the topics and issues that are pertinent to our clients and the campaigns we execute on their behalf
Using primary research to develop content and thought leadership collateral for our clients to support their business and broader communication efforts
Developing and implementing measurement and evaluation strategies that allow for programmatic tracking and reporting of campaigns and to demonstrate how PR and communication impact our client’s business

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal internship

The Wall Street Journal internship programme is an opportunity primarily for university students in their second year, to work in our award-winning newsroom in London. Final year students (undergraduate and graduate), enrolled in a degree programme by the application deadline are also eligible to apply.

Your Role

You will work closely with editors on the London news hub, a team that captures breaking news and is crucial in setting up the U.S. day for the best possible reader experience across all platforms and for every article published. You will edit and publish news and feature articles at speed, with a focus on writing sharp headlines. You will also help curate our native platforms such as the WSJ app, home page and social feeds, and off-platforms such as Google showcase and WhatsApp.

People Consulting Summer internship

Gaining experience in People Consulting specialisms (e.g. change management, communications, HR transformation, talent management, diversity, equity and inclusion, learning, and workforce analytics).

Your Role

Working in project teams to help clients solve people-related problems and implement people-related solutions. Your day-to-day activities will vary depending on your project. Organising and participating in client meetings and interviews.
Conducting research and analysing data to develop commercially sound recommendations.
Writing elements of reports, presentations and other deliverables.
Completing project management tasks and sharing your ideas and taking on real responsibility

Tik Tok

Strategy & Operations, Summer intern – June 2025

We’re seeking talented individuals for a 2025 internship at TikTok. Our internships provide industry exposure and hands-on experience, turning ambitions into reality while creating endless opportunities through your inspiration.

TikTok's UK Ecommerce team seeks a Strategy & Operations graduate. You'll drive strategic projects support operational improvements and analyze key business areas for growth.

This role demands an analytical mindset, curiosity, and problem-solving skills. You’ll own projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive key deliverables in sales, policy, and product operations.

Your Role

Act as a strategy partner for TikTok Ecommerce, using data-driven insights to fuel growth.
Collaborate cross-functionally to build strategic plans and drive projects that support GMV, merchants, and content growth.
Conduct detailed ecommerce analysis to inform business recommendations.
Leverage research for near-/long-term business strategies and perform market analysis. and lead initiatives for continuous improvement.

Candidate