Business Summer Internship Programme 2018 - Singapore

Overview of the programme

Business with main focus on sales and marketing excellence is essential to the continuing growth of our business. These are the teams that develop new investment products, tell clients about them and manage relationships to make sure the right clients choose the right products. It’s a varied and fascinating part of Fidelity International to explore as an intern.

What you’ll be doing

This is a big opportunity to build your knowledge on products, institutional sales channel, wholesale channel or customer services in this internship. We will assign you to one of the business departments where you will spend from eight to ten weeks.

You will be given great opportunities to develop your interpersonal skills through participating in cross functional projects. Rest assured, you’ll return to university with an international perspective on investment sales and marketing that will set you up for life.

Interns will be assigned to one of the following departments: Private Banking Business, Singapore Intermediary Business, or SEA and ME Marketing. Please refer to the below key responsibilities in each of the departments.

Private Banking Business

Reporting into: Wholesale Director

Key responsibilities of the intern:

Sales and Client Relationship Management

• You will assist the sales team to sell to and service our clients
• Though this experience you will be able to gain sales pitching and client servicing skills

Content Production and Management

• You will work with the sales team to produce and maintain content for all our sales and product literature including product presentations, product placemats, product commentaries, thought leadership pieces and competitor analyses
• Though this experience you will be able to gain writing, positioning as well as technical knowledge

Transition Management /Model Progression Project

• You will be involved in various transition projects (eg client servicing, sales-force management, on-boarding etc) for the Private Bank Channel
• Through this project you will be able to gain access to different stakeholders within the firm and also pick up project management skills along the way

Singapore Intermediary Business

Reporting into: Wholesale Associate Director

Key responsibilities of the intern:

Sales and Client Relationship Management

• You will assist the sales team to sell to and service our clients
• Though this experience you will be able to gain sales pitching and client servicing skills

Content Production and Management

• You will work with the sales team to produce and maintain content for all our sales and product literature including product presentations, product placemats, product commentaries, thought leadership pieces and competitor analyses
• Though this experience you will be able to gain writing, positioning as well as technical knowledge

Develop Educational and Though Leadership Investment Literature

• You will be tasked with a project to develop educational literature on investments tailored to the needs of our key client segments. These educational literature will be used by Fidelity’s sales people to train our clients
• Examples of modules that should be included in such literature are 101 on investments, financial planning (including retirement planning) etc
• You will be required to present one of the modules to the wholesale team
• Through this project you will be able to hone your presentation skills as well as investment knowledge

Southeast Asia & Middle-East Marketing

Reporting into: Head of Marketing, SEA and ME

Key responsibilities of the intern:

Marketing Project

• You will be tasked with a project to create and develop a new client engagement tool that will be deployed at client events and/or in-house events
• You will work with an external vendor(s) to create and bring-to-life the tool or activity, possibly on a digital or non-digital platform
• You will be required to make a formal presentation on your idea(s), recommendation and get buy-in from the stakeholders which include Marketing as well as Sales teams
• Through this project, you should be able to gain insights on how the marketing function delivers and supports our funds distribution business. You should also be able to learn valuable project management and presentation skills, as well as gain experience in soft skills

Other Responsibilities

• You will assist the Marketing team in event management for Wholesale, Private Bank and Institutional businesses in SEA and ME, for instance venue sourcing, pre- and on-site logistics etc
• You will be required to liaise with external vendors depending on marketing needs
• You will assist the Marketing team on brand/product campaigns
• You will assist in the Marketing team in any tracking/MI collation of marketing activities

Who we look for

We are looking for hungry and driven individuals who demonstrate strong ability to be proactive and think outside the box. We are also looking for people who are sociable and have high EQ, and be able to build ties with people from a range of business cultures and backgrounds. Confident and articulate, you should also have good analytical skills and technical knowledge on investments in general. Above all you’ll be ready to soak up new sales and marketing ideas and concepts and take on whatever responsibility comes your way.

Skills and Requirements:

• Student in the penultimate year of undergraduate or master’s programme
• Strong interest in financial services industry
• Good academic performance
• Initiative and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to multi-task
• Excellent level of written and verbal communication / presentation skills
• Proficiency in English and Chinese
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office applications
• Proactive and positive attitude, welcoming with enthusiasm new initiatives and learning opportunities
• Well-organised and attentive to details

How to apply:

Please submit your CV and motivation letter through this direct link or earlycareersatfidelity.com by Wednesday, 28 February 2018. Within your motivation letter, please state your reasons for applying to Fidelity International, our Business Summer Internship Programme and your preference of the department(s) you are interested in.

Our application system opens on Friday, 2 February and we will be accepting applications until Wednesday, 28 February 2018.

*Please note that we are unable to accept individual CVs sent via email, and all candidates interested in our summer internship have to apply online via our official application system.

If you have any questions, you can email us at mycareer@fil.com.