Corporate Relations Graduate Programme 2026

European Graduate Programme

Function: Corporate Relations

Location: London

Start Date: 1st September 2026

Closing Date: 10th November 2025

Who We are?

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

Our Programme

Our graduate programmes put you at the heart of a global business, with hands-on experience and tailored learning for curious, driven minds. Start your journey to a career you’ll be proud of today.

The Diageo Corporate Relations function is a fully integrated team working across Diageo’s society, communications, and government relations agenda. Corporate Relations’ role is to protect and promote Diageo’s reputation and licence to operate, in service of becoming one of the best performing, most trusted, and respected consumer products companies in the world.

It consists of three key teams: The Global Brand and Communications team encompasses internal employee engagement and external communications focused on telling our story, inspiring our people, and building, influencing, and enhancing our reputation. The Government and Policy team focus on all aspects of tax, trade, and regulation across the business while maintaining relationships with multilateral organisations and Trade Associations. The Spirit of Progress team works on all our community empowerment, skills development, and environmental programmes. Their mission is to unlock the power of our business to deliver Diageo’s Spirit of Progress goals by creating a more inclusive and sustainable world while protecting our licence to operate and enhancing our licence to grow. 

On this two-year rotation programme within Corporate Relations, you’ll get to experience two different roles within these teams. You will build your expertise across multiple disciplines including public policy management, government relations, corporate communications, community engagement initiatives, stakeholder management, media relations strategy development, social responsibility programs implementation among others. Through hands-on learning with iconic projects that influence public perception and policy for Diageo globally as well as through formal training sessions and mentoring opportunities you will be inspired to excel while developing critical skills necessary for leadership roles. By the end of the programme you will have a deep understanding of Diageo's operations within Corporate Relations which will empower you to follow various career paths within this vital function at an accelerated pace. 

Who are we looking for? 

On the qualification side, you’ll need to have acquired or be expecting to obtain an academic degree and be graduating in 2026 or within the last 2 years. You must be proficient in English, and with opportunities across Europe you must be mobile and prepared to relocate geographically during the programme. 

We’re looking for curious, flexible, self-motivated team players who turn ideas into action—and who bring integrity, respect, and a passion for learning every day. As we shape the future of our Corporate Relations function we especially welcome applicants with a passion for data and analytics.

Most importantly be you. Bring your ideas, your ambition, and your unique talent. We’ll celebrate it and empower you to reach your full potential.

To be eligible for our graduate programmes, all candidates must have the continuous right to work in UK and IOI and any offer of employment is conditional upon this requirement being satisfied. Diageo do not provide sponsorship to undergraduates and graduates trying to obtain the right to work in the UK.

What are the rewards? 

With everything you can learn here, and the long-term opportunities we have to offer, Corporate Relations could just be the best decision you’ve ever made. 

Join us and you can also expect to receive a highly competitive salary (salary is dependent on the location of your rotations, as an example your year one salary based within the UK will be in the region of £38,000), along with an annual bonus opportunity and industry leading benefits package. 

Application details   

We have graduate opportunities across the business, each open for a limited time. For your best chance of success, apply early, and focus on one programme that’s right for you.

NB: Pymetrics is the first stage of the application process for all of our Early Career’s programmes at Diageo and after completion your result will be used for all applications that require it within a one-year period.  

Please note that our assessment centres this year will be held between November and February, so, you will hear from us closer to the time if you have successfully reached this final stage. We appreciate your patience. 

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to our purpose which values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. We know that for our business to thrive, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.   

Join our Graduate programme and support us in delivering our Spirit of Progress Plan to help create a more inclusive and sustainable world!