Middle East Graduate Program

Pave your career path with FGS Global

We are the best at what we do because we hire people who are open-minded, collaborative and bring diverse perspectives to the table.

If you’re looking to be challenged, want to learn and progress in a fast-paced environment, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills, we want to get to know you.

We work for some of the world’s most successful and interesting businesses, institutions, and individuals helping tell their stories to multiple stakeholders including investors, media, employees, and government. The exceptional quality of our people is crucial to our success as a company and how we serve our clients.

We help our clients navigate today’s fast-moving and interconnected world to win support from the people who are interested in them. The knowledge, creativity, and passion our people bring to this work is why we are a leader in our field.

Applications to the 2026 Middle East Graduate Program have now closed.

Thank you to everyone who applied. We received an exceptional pool of candidates and look forward to welcoming our next cohort.

Do you want to join a world-leading strategic communications consultancy?

During the graduate program you will get the opportunity to work on high-stakes, business-critical projects that span some of the world’s largest companies. You’ll encounter issues that make up the global news agenda of the time.

As part of the application process, you’ll be able to select which region appeals most to you and suit your skills.

Please follow links to our U.K., Asia, and U.S. pages if you are interested in applying for opportunities in those regions.

What the program will involve

Successful applicants to the Middle East graduate program will be based in either our Dubai or Riyadh offices, dependent on your preference and subject to visa and work permit feasibility. You’ll be working in close collaboration with our clients and colleagues across the region. We are a global business and we work on many global accounts with multiple offices working together.

The graduate program will begin with two training weeks to truly immerse you in our culture and the type of work we do. Following this, you’ll spend six months in a structured rotation program, learning both on-the-job and through formal training to help develop your knowledge and skillset across key areas of our business, primarily strategic communications, data and analytics, social strategy, and media and specialist content development. You will have the chance to put these skills to use across a variety of exciting and impactful client mandates.

Our people love the work they do, and the people they do it with, so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to get to know your local and global colleagues both socially and professionally.

Through the application process, we select individuals for this program we believe will pioneer the future of FGS Global. The intention is for us to invest in your development, and you to receive a truly immersive learning experience that challenges you and allows you to demonstrate your own entrepreneurial flare, growing with the firm. The expectation is that you continue with us after the program ends as a full-time Associate without any further interviews or assessment.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for motivated and proactive graduates who welcome a steep learning curve and the chance to collaborate with a wide range of people.
The role requires individuals who are interested and engaged in how different stakeholders communicate – be it through news outlets, investor presentations, social media, keynote events, or face-to-face conversations.
We want applicants who are interested in the news agenda, and track emerging issues and current challenges facing society today.
Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate that they embody the values our people live by: being ambitious together, working hard whilst keeping energy levels high, striving for excellence, and taking responsibility in all they do.
We care for and uplift those around us, and expect anyone who joins our team to do their part.

What we offer you in return

We are a diverse, dynamic, and caring group of people. We motivate each other, strive to deliver and celebrate together
You will have the opportunity to work with leading communications professionals, learning from the brightest minds in the industry.
You will be working on a diverse mix of clients, across industries, sectors, and geographies.
You will have continuous training and development throughout the program, with dedicated mentors.
You will be given the platform to innovate and trusted to demonstrate your entrepreneurial flare.  
You will have access to a range of office perks, location-dependent, including regular team socials, flexible and remote working policies, and private health and dental care.
A competitive salary benchmarked against others in the industry, including relocation support if applying from outside of the UAE.

Visa, language, and relocation requirements

Exceptional English language skills (written and verbal) are essential; Arabic fluency is preferred but not essential for successful candidates.
We will support candidates with their visa application.
2026 candidates must be able to relocate by the end of August 2026.

How the application process works

Step 1. We have developed an FGS Global-specific task that is designed to highlight the brightest, most creative graduates. It will be an opportunity for you to demonstrate your research skills, creative thinking and ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple way. This must be completed in a presentation. We will also ask you to fill out a short form and send us your CV. We appreciate the task takes a lot of work, but it gives us the opportunity to assess in a completely blind way based on your abilities and talents.

Presentations and CVs must be submitted in PDF format. This application must be completed by Thursday 15th January 2026 at 23:59 GMT. Late applications will not be accepted.

Our Step 1 review process is entirely anonymous. All application tasks and CVs are assessed blindly with personal identifying information removed prior to review.

Step 2. Successful candidates will be interviewed virtually between 3rd and 28th February 2026 and told whether they have been shortlisted and are through to the final assessment phase. At this stage, candidates will take an online scenario test simulating tasks we undertake.

Step 3. We will host a series of virtual assessments including group tasks, problem solving exercises and interviews in April 2026. Further details of the final assessment phase will be announced in due course.

Successful applicants will start full-time in September 2026.

General inquiries

If you are not yet in your final year of study, but would be interested in applying for work experience opportunities, please get in touch with us via UKMEAGraduateApplications@fgsglobal.com with your CV and a piece of work you are proud of.

The piece of work can be anything you choose which you think illustrates your curiosity and creativity (e.g., an academic essay, something you wrote for a school or University magazine, an example of a creative project you worked on, or anything else which you think is relevant).

For work experience applications, we do not expect your example of work, or any experience on your CV, to relate to strategic communications directly, but you may wish to outline in your email what interests you about communications and the world of business more generally.