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Work alongside top marketers, media planners, and strategists to launch new shows and products that get the whole country talking. From bold campaigns to big ideas, you’ll be part of the action that only happens at Sky — Where innovation happens, and your career takes centre stage.
Business
Start date: 7th September 2026
£35,000 per annum| 2 years
About this programme
On our Business Strategy programme, you’ll spend two years working across different teams — from Marketing and Strategy to Trading and Corporate Affairs. You’ll take on real projects, like planning a campaign, analysing customer data, launching a product or helping define our five-year strategy.
What you’ll be doing
In your first year, you’ll complete two six-month placements within our Consumer Group. These will give you a broad experience across different types of work — from supporting the launch of new content or exploring audience insights, to working with data to understand performance or contribute to commercial strategies. Each placement is designed to help you build a well-rounded skill set and discover where your strengths and interests lie.
In your second year, you’ll choose two more placements based on what interests you most. You could explore areas like Women in Sport, Insight & Analytics, or Commercial Content Strategy. Whatever you choose, you’ll be solving real business challenges, learning from experts, and building skills that’ll set you up for the future.
This programmes’ alumni have gone onto become a Proposition Manager, Marketing Manager, Commercial Manager and Trading Manager
What we’re looking for
You’ll need to be finishing (or have finished) a degree and have the right to work in the UK. We’re not looking for a specific subject — we’re looking for people who are curious, full of ideas, and ready to get stuck in.
- Creative thinking and innovation – by contributing ideas and exploring new approaches to tasks and projects
- Project and time management – through working on real business challenges and delivering outcomes to deadlines
- Analytical skills – through interpreting data, identifying trends, and making informed decisions
- Adaptability and resilience – by trying new things and learning from experience in a fast-paced environment
- Business acumen – by gaining insight into how a large organisation like Sky operates across different functions
- Collaboration and communication – by working with diverse teams and sharing ideas effectively
Please note that we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship for this programme, so you’ll need to have the right to work in the UK by the start date.
Status
Applications will open Monday 6th October
Meet Aman
Director of Propositions
"Our Business Strategy graduates love the breadth of experience they get from the various rotations; everything from working on new product launches, delivering one of our marketing campaigns, to setting our commercial strategy. This sets our grads up really well to become future leaders of our business. You can expect all the support you need to be at your best. We want you to succeed."
Application journey
Prep Hub
This optional step will help you prepare for our application process — and you can access it before you’ve even applied.
Application
Time to submit your application on our system. We’ll be asking for your personal details, academic information and everything else that you think would be relevant such as work experience. That’s all there is to it.
If we need to make adjustments to make you feel more comfortable at any stage, please let us know when you apply — we’ll be in touch to discuss.
Digital Assessment
Once your application is in, we’ll ask you to complete our immersive digital assessments. They’re mostly situational questions and will also include a video interview.
We understand that you might want to utilise AI to support your preparation for taking the assessments – understanding Sky etc. But we ask that you complete the assessments themselves without the assistance of AI.
Assessment Centre
For the final assessment stage, we’ll invite you to our bespoke virtual assessment centre. You’ll get the opportunity to impress us in person and get a feel for what it’s really like to work at Sky.
The day could include an individual interview, group discussion or individual exercise. We’ll give you plenty of notice and let you know how best to prepare for the day.
We'll be in touch
Once you’ve completed all the assessment steps, we’ll let you know when you can expect to hear back from us. Good luck!
What do students think about our digital assessments?
93%
of people found our assessment to be interesting and insightful to complete.
95%
said our assessment was user friendly and easy to complete.
92%
felt like they were able to answer authentically and to be themselves in the assessment.
93%
said the assessment provided them with greater insight into Sky.
Preparation is key. In this short video, Junior gives a whistle stop tour of the Preparation Hub and explains how it can help you with your application.
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Hear from our Business Strategy alumni
John Finlay
Commercial Manager - TV Acquisition
I’d recommend someone to do the business strategy grad programme. Sky is such a big company that there’s so many good people that you can work with, and I think when you’re able to rotate around you build up a network of people that are really important further down the line.
