Informa UAE Graduate Programme

We are looking for talented, highly motivated UAE nationals who are interested in developing a new and exciting career within the events industry!

You will have the opportunity to:

• Participate in a 1-year immersive and structured programme
• Join one of our leading Marketing Content or Design teams and gain fantastic hands-on experience across our Informa Markets and Informa Connect divisions
• Gain exposure to the complete event lifecycle and contribute to the event success through your energy, enthusiasm, and being a great team player
• Have an opportunity to attend one of our flagship events held in EMEA
• Receive a competitive monthly salary plus benefits
• Benefit from a dedicated mentor within Informa
• Access extensive learning and development opportunities
• Work on iconic event brands such as WHX Dubai, Dubai Airshow, Middle East Film & Comicon, and many more events across different sectors
• Gain an accredited certificate in Exhibition Management (CEM)

After completing the UAE Graduate Scheme, you can apply for full-time roles at Informa and continue building your event management career with the world’s leading business-to-business events company.

Qualifications:

To be considered, you must have recently graduated and be able to demonstrate excellent written and spoken English. Informa offers a dynamic and collaborative environment, so if you naturally excel at problem-solving and teamwork, this is the right place for you.

We're excited by people who are ambitious, hardworking, and eager to learn with an active interest in personal development.

Key skills that will help you succeed in the UAE Graduate Scheme are:

• Teamwork: you are kind and collaborative in your approach
• Accountability: you take ownership of your responsibilities
• Flexibility: you can adapt to changing situations
• Curiosity: you're interested and engaged in what's happening around you

Qualifying Criteria

You will also need to:

• Be an Emirati national and hold a valid UAE passport and family book
• Have graduated from 2023 onwards in a related field such as Marketing, Business, Graphic Design, or similar
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills in English (both verbal and written)
• Be dedicated to a 40-hour working week (8 hours per day plus a one-hour lunch break) and be committed to being based in our Dubai office at least 3 days a week

Additional Information:

Please note that the application window will close on the 21st March.

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive, and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it; see what our colleagues have to say at LifeAt.Informa.

Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the trust they receive, and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely and flexibly
• Time out: 25 days annual leave plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World team day, and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Annual Flight entitlement after completing 1 year of service, paid as a cash amount
• A comprehensive company-funded private medical insurance with optical and dental coverage
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning/mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it's time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves

We're not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in, and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most, although not all, of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

Remote Work:

No

Employment Type:

Full-time