Intern - Data Researcher

 

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About FT Leaders Academy

The FT Leaders Academy is the Financial Times’ global learning business, dedicated to empowering individuals at every stage of their leadership journey — from the classroom to the boardroom. Combining the FT’s trusted journalism, real-world insights, and access to leading experts, the Academy delivers transformational learning experiences that develop confidence, capability, and strategic perspective. 

The Academy’s portfolio spans three key pillars:

Board Director Programme — preparing aspiring and current board members to lead with confidence through accredited qualifications, workshops, and online modules.

Partner and Executive Programmes — equipping professionals with the tools, approach, and peer network to navigate complexity, lead change, and drive organisational success.

FT Schools and FT Skills — inspiring the next generation of leaders by transforming FT content into practical educational resources for students and teachers worldwide.

Each programme is designed to reflect the Financial Times’ global standards of excellence, integrating business intelligence, innovative learning design, and a deep understanding of leadership in the modern world.

Role Overview

As an intern within FT Leaders Academy you will be responsible for prospecting and generating new leads to support the marketing team for the FT Executive Programmes from multiple sources including internal data sets, data building lists, discovery and individual research. Key responsibilities include data management as well. This role is based in London and will be three days a week, paid at the London Living Wage.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead Generation - online research to obtain potential clients' contact information from various industry sources following project specifications, requirements and key deliverables.
• Lead Enrichment - conduct further research to contribute and actionable intelligence to our database leads.
• Data management - ensure data integrity by undertaking data cleansing activities, amending or removing data in a database that is incorrect, incomplete, improperly formatted, or duplicated.
• Marketing reporting - prepare and maintain reports for the Marketing team on lead generation, enrichment progress and database health to support campaign planning and execution.
• Create a close working relationship with the Marketing team to support marketing activities
• Assist with adherence of regulatory/compliance requirements for all data operations systems.
• Strict adherence to GDPR compliance, ensure data protection protocols are consistently applied within our processes.
• Participate in and perform special tasks and projects when needed. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Key Skills:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office especially with Excel. Proficient with Google Suite - Google Sheets, Drive etc. Working knowledge of Salesforce or other CRM systems would be a bonus
• Strong organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to work across multiple projects
• Strong analytical skills and the proven ability to pay close attention to details         
• A high degree of accuracy in work practices and ability to cope well under pressure
• A flexible, adaptable and organised approach to work, exercising initiative and working independently as appropriate
• The ability to create, manage and maintain databases and write reports.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing
• Key understanding of our events and target audience
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to a fast paced market

The successful candidate will demonstrate all of the above plus a thorough and organised approach to prioritising and managing a varied workload.

Formal Education and/or Certification:

Graduate of any 4-year course

Length and Type of Relevant Job Experience:

At least 1 year work experience

Core Competencies:

• Attention to Detail – Thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small. Monitors and checks work or information and plans and organizes time and resources efficiently.
• Drive for Results – Consistently maintains high levels of productivity; Shows a passion for improving the delivery of services with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Accountability – Takes responsibility for all work activities and personal actions; follows through on commitments
• Initiative – Understands how one's own actions relate to the company's and department’s strategic goals; recognizes and responds to opportunities in order to reach a goal; seeks new and improved techniques, solutions, and approaches to completing assignments. 
• Adaptability – Quickly modifies behaviour to deal effectively with changes in the work environment; readily tries new approaches appropriate for new or changed situations.
• Effective Communication – Can convey clear and convincing oral and written communication to individuals or groups effectively taking into account the audience and nature of information being presented. Uses appropriate strategies to gain genuine agreement and commitment.
• Planning and Evaluating – Develops timelines and turning points, identifies priorities. Ability to organize work, set priorities, and determine resource requirements. Determine short- or long-term goals and strategies. Coordinate with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals. Monitor progress and evaluate outcomes.

Accessibility
We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.

Further Information
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