Momentum Events & Activations Internship 2026

About Momentum

Momentum is a leading South African financial services provider offering solutions in insurance, investments, retirement, savings, and healthcare. Part of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings, the company serves individuals and businesses with tailored financial products. Momentum focuses on financial wellness, innovation, and long-term security, while also supporting skills development and graduate programmes in the financial services sector.

About the Internship

The Events & Activations Intern will support the Events team in delivering high-quality stakeholder, client, and employee experiences across the Momentum Group brands. The role provides hands-on exposure to event planning, project coordination, brand activations, and experience design. The intern will assist with day-to-day project management tasks, event administration, and operational support to help ensure events are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to brand objectives.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist with planning and coordinating event activities and timelines.
• Support logistical arrangements including venue bookings, suppliers, catering, and event materials.
• Help manage guest lists, registrations, briefing packs, and on-site operations.
• Assist with event setup, execution, and post-event wrap-up to ensure smooth delivery.
• Help update and maintain project plans, schedules, and task trackers for events and activations.
• Assist in documenting project requirements, status updates, and next steps for the team.
• Support the monitoring of project milestones, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Help escalate risks, issues, and delays to the project lead or event manager.
• Assist with coordinating cross-functional inputs from marketing, communications, finance, and suppliers.
• Help ensure project documentation is organised and accessible (agendas, contact lists, reports, timelines, budgets).
• Support the team in maintaining compliance with event procedures, project workflows, and quality standards.
• Assist in creating engaging client, employee, and stakeholder touchpoints across events and brand activations.
• Help implement experience design elements such as décor, branding, guest flow, and customer journey enhancements.
• Support the maintenance of journey maps and experience guidelines to ensure consistency in brand delivery.
• Communicate with vendors, suppliers, internal teams, and partners to coordinate deliveries and timelines.
• Assist in obtaining quotes, processing purchase orders, and confirming supplier requirements.
• Support relationship management through professional communication and timely follow-ups.
• Assist with compiling event budgets, reconciling invoices, and tracking cost estimates.
• Help gather feedback, survey data, and performance metrics for event ROI reporting.
• Conduct research on trends, innovations, technologies, and competitor activities to support continuous improvement.
• Prepare documents such as meeting notes, checklists, run-sheets, and briefing documents.
• Participate actively in team meetings, creative sessions, and project reviews.
• Demonstrate curiosity, learning agility, and willingness to take initiative.
• Support a collaborative, energetic, and solutions-driven team environment.
• Uphold Momentum Group’s brand values and commitment to delivering exceptional experiences.

Requirements

• Relevant qualification in:

1. Marketing
2. Events Management
3. Project Management

• Strong interest in events, project coordination, and brand experiences.
• Basic understanding of project management principles (e.g., timelines, budgets, task tracking).
• Proficiency in MS Office; exposure to project management tools (e.g., Trello, Asana, MS Project) is advantageous.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Attention to detail with the ability to multitask.
• Good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to support events outside regular hours when required.