Digital Innovation Intern - #1703709

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Duration: 8 weeks, full-time, starting 1 July (some flexibility on start / end dates)

Location: Hybrid – 2 days/week in Edinburgh or Midlothian, rest remote

Pay: £4,105 total (National Living Wage + payment in lieu for 5 days’ holiday)

Reporting to: Co-Founder

Purpose

You’ll turn our annual sustainability benchmarking report into an engaging, automated digital platform – helping leading UK financial institutions track and improve their sustainability performance more effectively. Your work will directly increase the impact and efficiency of our strategy consultancy.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and prototype an online tool/platform based on our existing benchmarking data


• Recommend the most effective low/no-code tools (e.g. Notion, Airtable, Glide, Bubble)


• Automate the data collection process for future benchmarking reports


• Experiment with AI/document automation to extract insights from annual reports


• Ensure a smooth and intuitive user experience, behind a log-in wall


• Support content organisation, basic UX testing, and light branding/visual design

Ideal Skills & Interests

• Comfort with digital tools, no-code platforms and/or automation (Zapier etc.)


• Curious about sustainability, consulting, or financial services


• Self-driven and analytical, with strong attention to detail


• You don’t need to code, but you do need to be resourceful and tech-savvy

To apply:

To apply, please email us at *****@perigonpartners.co.uk with:

• Your CV


• The link to a short video (max 2 minutes) telling us:

1. Why you’re excited to work with us


2. What you think you’ll bring to the role

This doesn’t need to be fancy — a quick phone video is perfect. Include a link to your video (WeTransfer, Dropbox, Google Drive or a private YouTube link) along with your CV.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, ages and stages.

Please write "Internship Application" as your email subject and ensure your email contains both your CV attachment and, in the body of the email, the link to your video. If these conditions aren't met, we may not be able to process your application (as we have automated steps in place).

Our selection process:

• Applications close on Thursday 16 May
  


• We’ll review all submissions and get back to everyone by Saturday 25 May - please note that as a tiny and exceptionally busy business, we cannot offer feedback to applicants who are unsuccessful in this stage


• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a 30-minute video conversation with our Co-founder


• Following the chat, you’ll receive a short task or case study — designed to take around 1 hour, with 24 hours to complete


• Final decisions will be made shortly after, with a view to contracts being in place by mid June