Octopus In Colour 2026 – Octopus Energy Generation- The Collective

During your internship, you’ll help contribute to the Collective's growth, primarily working across Marketing, Product and Compliance.

In your role, you will support the marketing of new investment products, as well as any engagement initiatives with our retail investors. You’ll also work with the team to expand our product line, performing market research and data analysis to inform the design of our next investment offerings. Alongside this you’ll be spending time with our Head of Compliance to understand how our investment platform stays in line with regulations, while keeping an eye out for any suspicious activity and financial crime. 

As a new business within Octopus, you will also have the opportunity to explore wider areas of the team. These include updating our website, building out our pipeline by evaluating new green energy project investment opportunities, and getting a front-row seat to financial modeling to learn how we "unlock value" in a project to make it a better deal for our investors. 

By the end of this internship, you will have explored the key areas of our team and understand the different pillars of a renewable energy investment start up business. You will also work on a project which you will present on our presentation day along with other interns and Octopus employees. 

Check out some of the highlights from our team members below: 

Cassie -  Marketing

I oversee all of the Collective’s content, from webpages and emails, all the way through to social posts and billboards. My job is to make sure that no matter where someone meets the Collective, their experience is seamless, cohesive, and unmistakably Octopus.

Reysha - Head of Propositions

As Head of Propositions, my focus is on unlocking strategic growth of the Collective. This involves building out new investment products, scaling propositions and expanding into different markets. My role includes assessing potential growth opportunities to understand whether they are suitable for our retail investors, and if so, work with the team to deliver it on the investment platform.

Adam - Head of Compliance  

As Head of Compliance for the Collective, I lead the Compliance and Risk functions. My role involves designing a customer onboarding journey compliant with UK laws, ensuring that investment product risks are identified and mitigated, and managing our relationship with the FCA (regulator). I oversee all operational areas, this includes tech, product, and investment, while managing the firm’s financial crime strategy, from identifying suspicious activity to reporting incidents to the relevant authorities.

We're looking for someone open to working in a start up environment. Things can change quickly on our team, so you’ll need to be adaptable as we’re working out the best ways to expand investments into green energy projects. We ideally want someone who is interested in investments, but also the social aspects of shared ownership, helping people get involved in the energy transition and promoting more community involvement in energy generation.

The strength of our team is in communication and bringing new ideas and thoughts to the table, so we’d love for this to be something that’s natural to you. If this sounds like you and you have a genuine passion for making renewable energy more accessible and wanting to help the environment, then we'd love to hear from you!

How to apply

Follow the link below to be taken to an application form where you will be prompted to 'Attach Resume/CV'. Please do not upload a CV. Instead, you should upload a cover letter made up of no more than 400 words. We’d like to know:

If your application is successful, you will be asked to complete a short video interview to find out more about you and talk about the internship.

Please also note that we are unable to sponsor visa applications for this role. We will review applications on a rolling basis.