Graphic Design Degree Apprentice

IDEAGEN LIMITED

Nottingham, NG11 6JS

Closes on Thursday 30 January

Posted on 29 October 2024


Summary

You will be required to create designs, digital and print collateral, from internal stakeholder briefs and adhere to brand guidelines, and commercially contribute to the delivery of a strong and consistent brand identity, creating effective communication materials that attract and engage with our audience.

Annual wage
£18,000 a year

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Training course
Creative digital design professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
37.5 hours, Monday to Friday. Start and finish times to be confirmed. Hybrid - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in our Nottingham office.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • Assist in the creation and development of design concepts for various projects.
  • Collaborate with team members to produce design solutions that meet client requirements.
  • Support the design team in preparing presentations and proposals.
  • Conduct research to stay current with industry trends and incorporate them into design projects.
  • Participate in team meetings and brainstorming sessions to contribute design ideas.
  • Help maintain the organisation and updating design files and resources.
  • Respond to feedback and make the necessary adjustments to design work. 

Where you’ll work

One Mere Way

Ruddington

Nottingham

NG11 6JS

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED

Your training course

Creative digital design professional (integrated degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents
  • Apply creative design processes to all creative digital development projects, including online services and installations and non-screen-based media, producing designs compelling to customers / users and to leverage the multitude of digital touch points including, but limited to; mobile, tablet, laptop, desktop, wearable, consoles and cars.
  • Create designs using industry standard methods; Typography, Digital Art, Video and Special Effects, Rendering, Animation, 3D Graphics and Digital Photography.
  • Create eye-catching creative design concepts and prototypes for presentation to clients using industry standard tools and advanced methods to address design problems set by clients.
  • Create 'production' ready digital media assets including, but not limited to designs, style guides, animations, videos, story boards, images, audio to achieve a determined business outcome.
  • Select, refine, adapt and apply industry standard contemporary creative digital design technologies, and working with data to develop creative design solutions. Apply and leverage data e.g. personalisation, behavioural, location, weather, in design concepts and solutions.
  • Communicate design concepts and solutions to team members, designers, brand managers, product leads, marketing directors, commercial and sales in a strong and compelling manner, evaluating the outputs and methods used and their implications.
  • Use design concept digital art to deliver creative design sales pitches to clients.
  • Brief and work with third parties such as photographers, model makers, agencies and data professionals.
  • Produce and maintain a portfolio of creative digital work.
  • Keep abreast of industry developments, creative trends and innovations, knowing what’s emerging, and when and when to act to make cost effective use of new and emerging tools and technologies.
  • Input into market/user research and UX briefs and work with their outputs.
  • Collaborate between team members, clients and working with a range of stakeholders including market researchers, user experience professionals, user researchers, developers, photographers, model makers, brand managers, product leads, marketing directors, commercial, sales and communication specialists.
  • Review and build accessibility requirements into all interactive creative digital media solutions.
  • Work effectively both individually and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, with methodologies such as agile, building and maintaining positive relationships with team members, clients and other stakeholders.
  • Lead and manage end to end creative digital design projects in line with governance policies, meeting deadlines and managing client expectations for different environments, including agile.
  • Deliver well-designed, high quality creative digital solutions including prototyping skills within organisational brand guidelines.
  • Design interactive artefacts using industry standard immersive technology techniques.
  • Be able to plan and undertake own development and life-long learning to keep abreast of emerging technologies and techniques to review how these are best.
  • Apply creative design processes to all creative digital development projects, including online services and installations and non-screen-based media, producing designs compelling to customers / users and to leverage the multitude of digital touch points including, but limited to; mobile, tablet, laptop, desktop, wearable, consoles and cars.
  • Create designs using industry standard methods; Typography, Digital Art, Video and Special Effects, Rendering, Animation, 3D Graphics and Digital Photography.
  • Create eye-catching creative design concepts and prototypes for presentation to clients using industry standard tools and advanced methods to address design problems set by clients.
  • Create 'production' ready digital media assets including, but not limited to designs, style guides, animations, videos, story boards, images, audio to achieve a determined business outcome.
  • Select, refine, adapt and apply industry standard contemporary creative digital design technologies, and working with data to develop creative design solutions. Apply and leverage data e.g. personalisation, behavioural, location, weather, in design concepts and solutions.
  • Communicate design concepts and solutions to team members, designers, brand managers, product leads, marketing directors, commercial and sales in a strong and compelling manner, evaluating the outputs and methods used and their implications.
  • Use design concept digital art to deliver creative design sales pitches to clients.
  • Brief and work with third parties such as photographers, model makers, agencies and data professionals.
  • Produce and maintain a portfolio of creative digital work.
  • Keep abreast of industry developments, creative trends and innovations, knowing what’s emerging, and when and when to act to make cost effective use of new and emerging tools and technologies.
  • Input into market/user research and UX briefs and work with their outputs.
  • Collaborate between team members, clients and working with a range of stakeholders including market researchers, user experience professionals, user researchers, developers, photographers, model makers, brand managers, product leads, marketing directors, commercial, sales and communication specialists.
  • Review and build accessibility requirements into all interactive creative digital media solutions.
  • Work effectively both individually and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, with methodologies such as agile, building and maintaining positive relationships with team members, clients and other stakeholders.
  • Lead and manage end to end creative digital design projects in line with governance policies, meeting deadlines and managing client expectations for different environments, including agile.
  • Deliver well-designed, high quality creative digital solutions including prototyping skills within organisational brand guidelines.
  • Design interactive artefacts using industry standard immersive technology techniques.
  • Be able to plan and undertake own development and life-long learning to keep abreast of emerging technologies and techniques to review how these are best.
  • Your training plan

    This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

    Requirements

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Team working
    • Creative

    About this company

    Ideagen is the invisible force behind many things we rely on every day - from keeping airplanes soaring in the sky, to ensuring the food on our tables is safe, to helping doctors and nurses care for the sick. So, when you think of Ideagen, think of it as the silent teammate that's always working behind the scenes to help those people who make our lives safer and better. Everyday millions of people are kept safe using Ideagen software. We have offices all over the world including America, Australia, Malaysia and India with people doing lots of different and exciting jobs.

    https://www.ideagen.com/ (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    Graphic Design Assistant / Executive. 

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    IDEAGEN LIMITED

    Katie Duffy

    Katie.duffy@ideagen.com

    01157180767

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284721.

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    Closes on Thursday 30 January

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    Company’s application instructions

    nitial application - Fill out the application online. Shortlisting - Once the applications are in, we'll shortlist the most suitable candidates against the person specification for the role. Screening call - If you've been shortlisted, you'll have an initial video or phone call with our talent acquisition team. Testing - To ensure a thorough and fair process all candidates will participate in testing that is appropriate to the job role.