Brand Internship - Dubai

We are thrilled to share this fantastic opportunity for two high-calibre local graduates (who have graduated or will be graduating with a Bachelor’s or Masters degree between February 2025 and August 2026) to join our Brand team on a 12-month internship. From day one, our interns are fully integrated into Team Hilton and are involved in different aspects of the business. Our internships offer vast exposure and opportunities, such as the opportunity to network with senior executives, and for some, international travel, and involvement in regional conferences.

Based in our Dubai Area Office, you will also benefit from an open space office, located in Internet City, close to the Dubai Marina and The Palm Jumeirah and other interesting locations in Dubai. We have approximately 214 team members based in the Dubai office, we are a social and fun bunch of people driving the business for the MEA region from here.

The Opportunities

We have two opportunities available within our Brands team. One in Luxury Brands and another in Brand & Central Operations. Find out more about the two opportunities below. You will be asked to state your preference at a later stage in the application process.

Hilton Luxury Brands Intern

As a Hilton Luxury Brands Intern, you will play a key role in supporting the day to day operations of the EMEA luxury brand team, ensuring hotel teams across the region have timely access to guidance, resources, and brand related support. This role provides hands on exposure to brand management processes, hotel openings, brand standards, and performance monitoring - offering a unique opportunity to learn how luxury brand strategy is delivered in practice.

As a Hilton Luxury Brands Intern, You Will

• Support new hotel opening processes, including updating task lists, tracking progress against brand milestones, and coordinating with cross functional teams.
• Monitor hotel performance by reviewing monthly service evaluation reports, identifying trends, and supporting the team in highlighting opportunities for improvement.
• Manage the regional brand support inbox, ensuring hotel teams receive timely and accurate responses to daily operational and brand related inquiries.
• Maintain and update the Luxury Brand Resources platform, ensuring property leaders have access to current brand materials, toolkits, and reference documents.
• Support the regional brand waiver review and approval processes, ensuring all submissions are tracked and followed up within expected timelines.
• Ensure all regional brand guidelines and documents remain current, aligning updates with global brand standards and distributing changes to relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain the Brand Standards Tracker, monitoring required updates across the region and ensuring consistent implementation in all properties.
• Assist in developing internal presentations that highlight key achievements, brand initiatives, and the impact of the luxury brand team.
• Support delivery of brand personality and culture programs.
  
  

Brand & Central Operations Intern

As a Brand & Central Operations Intern, you will be a valued member of the team, contributing meaningfully to projects that support our continued success. This role plays a key part in delivering cross brand initiatives across the EMEA region, with a focus on enterprise level innovations that require collaboration across multiple functions—from idea review through to implementation.

You will gain broad exposure to the business and work closely with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior members of the EMEA Leadership Team, providing a unique opportunity to understand how strategic projects are shaped and delivered at regional level.

As The Brand & Central Operations Intern, You Will

• Participate in monthly and quarterly project status meetings with the Brand Management and Central Operations teams.
• Maintain project trackers and prepare clear, accurate status reports to support delivery against agreed scope, budget, and timelines.
• Support the creation of executive level presentations for regional meetings, leadership audiences, and ongoing initiatives.
• Track and coordinate initiatives across Brand Management and Central Operations within EMEA, helping to improve efficiency, avoid duplication, and increase transparency.
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, coordinating inputs and deliverables to ensure initiatives move forward smoothly.
• Conduct ad hoc analysis to generate insights, summarise key takeaways, and support actionable next steps.
• Monitor progress against objectives and timelines, following up with stakeholders and supporting accountability.
• Manage day to day project tasks, including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, and capturing and sharing follow up actions.
  
  

Why choose us?

Embarking On Our Year In Industry Programme Is a Transformative Journey, Encompassing a Structured Framework Of Learning And Development Activities. Heres What You Can Look Forward To

Learning and Development: Interns have access to Hilton University and other learning resources to enhance their skills and contribute meaningfully to ongoing projects.

Networking: Our programme offers our interns the chance to connect with professionals across the business, paving the way for valuable relationships.

Feedback and Growth: Regular evaluations and feedback sessions will ensure our interns receive guidance and an opportunity to continually improve.

Cross-Exposure: Opportunity to gain insight into another function.

Hilton Perks: Including our Go Hilton TM Travel Program, which provides you with access to heavily reduced hotel room rates for you, your family & friends.

Competitive Salary & Benefits: 60,000 AED PA, housing allowance 48,000 AED PA & transport allowance 6,000 AED PA.

Location: Area Office, Dubai. Our placements are office based with flexibility offered across some teams.

What are we looking for?

As with any job, we do have certain criteria that you will need to meet to be considered for one of these highly sought-after opportunities. These are detailed as follows;

• First and foremost, Hilton is a hospitality company, and we are looking for individuals with a strong sense of alignment to our culture and values.
• You must have graduated, or be due to graduate, with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree between February 2025 and August 2026.
• Hospitality, Business Management degree or related field is preferred for both roles. In addition a Marketing degree is preferred for the Luxury Brand Internship. However, we will consider applicants from other disciplines provided you are able to demonstrate a strong desire to progress a career in this area.
• You must be able to undertake a full-time (40 hours per week) 12-month graduate internship, from 1st of September 2026.
• Must be eligible to work full-time in the UAE without company sponsorship.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage tasks, trackers, and shared resources.
• Strong data analytical skills, including reviewing reports and identifying trends.
• Detail oriented with strong time management and follow up skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple brand initiatives, including hotel openings and brand programs.
• Advanced people skills with the ability to communicate effectively with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Proactive self starter who can take ownership of assigned deliverables and proactively escalate challenges to their Line Manager as needed.
• Excellent time management, organisational, coordination and communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Team working skills and problem-solving skills along with accuracy and attention to detail.
• You must have Microsoft Office skills i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and resources to achieve outstanding results.
• Advanced people skills with the ability to communicate effectively with various internal and external stakeholders.
  
  

What is it like working for Hilton?

Hilton is one of the largest and fastest-growing hospitality companies in the world, with more than 9,000+ properties in 141 countries and territories. In the 100+ years since our founding, we have defined the hospitality industry and established a portfolio of 25 world-class brands, including our flagship Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand, which is the most recognised hotel brand in the world.

We have an incredible culture which makes Hilton a great place to work and recently ranked the #1 Worlds Best Workplace.

We value and celebrate our team members diversities and individualism and foster a culture of belonging across our organisation. Joining Hilton will give you the opportunity to contribute to our rich culture and give back to the community. Our Team Member Resource Groups in Dubai focus on Abilities, Women’s and Ethnic representation. You can find details on our Culture page.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions of the role. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Selection Process

Please apply now, applications close on Sunday 12th April 2026. Our internships are extremely popular, therefore please bear with us whilst we process your application as we want to ensure that each applicant is given the consideration that they deserve.

If successful in your application, you’ll be invited to complete a digital one-way video interview and an online assessment, this allows us to learn more about you and whether this internship might be a great fit! So please do look out for our email updates and we encourage you to complete each next step as soon as possible. The EMEA Graduate Recruitment Team will then contact you and inform you of your outcome.

Good luck, we are looking forward to meeting you!

Work Locations

Hilton - Regional Office - Dubai

Schedule

Full-time

Brand

Hilton Corporate

Shift

Day Job

Job Level

Apprentice/New Grad/Intern

Job

Brands

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