Extraordinary people work at American Express. Are you one?
If you are close to completing a degree course in Computer Science or related discipline, American Express has an exciting new choice.
Our Technologies Masters Programme has been designed to encourage education, as well as build an IT talent pool for the future of its Technology business, American Express has teamed up with the University of Sussex to offer an integrated package of part-time postgraduate study and part-time work for students with a passion for a career in IT.
Graduates will join us on a fixed term, part-time contract, working (30 hours per week), studying (approximately 20 hours per week), at the American Express offices in the Innovation Centre on the University campus, all fees for the MSc course will be paid by American Express. The package also includes an annual salary of £17,300 (currently under review), a sign on bonus of £1,000 (paid over 2 years) plus a range of benefits you would expect from a global blue chip company starting in August 2008.
If you value teamwork and see yourself as a future technology leader, you have nothing to lose. Paid employment, fully expensed MSc course fees and, for the highest performers at the end of the 2 year programme, the chance to join American Express in our global Technologies organisation.
We are looking for final year graduates with a 2.1 or above in Computer Science or other related degrees that have a substantial computing or psychological content (e.g. some engineering, ergonomics degrees). At American Express we see success as a never ending process, one that simply does not allow for complacency or mediocrity. We offer global careers that recognize no boundaries. Listed individually in Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies To Work For and the Financial Times Top 100 Best Workplaces in Europe, American Express offers you the opportunity to develop your career in a truly global blue chip company.