Level 6 Creative & Digital Design Degree Apprenticeship Programme - Port Sunlight, Wirral

UNILEVER U.K. CENTRAL RESOURCES LIMITED

Wirral, CH63 3JW

Closes on Thursday 13 February

Posted on 30 October 2024


Summary

Would you like to work with and learn from the biggest brands in the world, bringing your purpose to life with your work? We care as much about the sustainability of our business as we do about the success of our brands and our people. Together, we can feel good about the work we do every day.

Annual wage
£22,716 a year

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Training course
Creative digital design professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 8 September

Duration

3 years

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

As a Creative Design Professional in Research & Development, you will be part of the Global packaging design team, but will also have scope to support the wider R&D community including:

  • Defining, designing and validating new product innovations.
  • Design Research and 3D Product Design
  • Design Engineering & Graphic Design

Where you’ll work

Research Laboratory

Quarry Road East

Bebington

Wirral

CH63 3JW

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

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

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

    Creative Digital Design Professional Level 6 Apprenticeship Standard:

    • As an apprentice, you’ll receive on-the-job training and experience in an administrative position along with formal training to gain the knowledge and skills you’ll need to support our business operations
    • You’ll join a team with a dedicated line manager committed to enhancing your career experiences. You will receive the BA(Hons) in Creative Digital Design upon completion of this programme

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English Language and Maths (grade 4 or above)
    • minimum of 3 A-Levels including 2 STEM (grade BBC or above)

    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

    • Communication skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Team working
    • Creative

    Other requirements

    Please note: we open for applications once a year and work on a rolling basis, which means that as soon as we reach the required number of applications, we will close the process for that role/business area. Therefore, we advise applying as early as possible once applications go live to avoid disappointment.

    About this company

    Unilever are one of the world's largest fast-moving consumer goods companies, meaning we own, make & sell products that people use in their everyday lives. We own over 400 brands found in homes all over the world – including iconic global brands such as Dove, Lifebuoy, and Magnum. Our apprenticeship programmes allow people from all backgrounds to find their purpose and rise to their full potential, whilst learning invaluable skills and earning a wage. ​​​​​​​​​​​ All our programmes offer you on the job experience and formal training to give you the knowledge and skills to fire-up your career and give you the opportunity to work towards nationally recognised qualifications.

    https://careers.unilever.com/uk-apprenticeships (opens in new tab)

    Company benefits

    • A pension Scheme • A discounted staff shop • Subsidised Gym Memberships • Shares • 25 days of holiday allowance

    Disability Confident

    Disability Confident

    A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

    You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

    After this apprenticeship

    • Good chances of progression to temporary / permanent employment.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284773.

    Apply now

    Closes on Thursday 13 February

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    Company’s application instructions

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