Assistant Creative Digital Designer Apprentice

Summary

Sale Sharks are looking to add an Assistant Digital Designer Apprentice to their Creative team. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of the Club and will suit someone who is keen to learn and develop their skills in a supportive environment.

Wage

£14,722.50 to £23,809.50 a year

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The company would be paying at the rate of national living wage or the relevant salary for the person’s age.

Training course

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

Hours

Monday to Friday, times to be confirmed. You will also be required to work weekends, whenever there are fixtures.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

4 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

Assisting the graphic design lead with all digital and printed channels, including club social media accounts, mailers and website, print-ready creative Club materials spanning Men’s, Women’s, Academy and Club. This will include:

Updating documents in line with brand guidelines and application across the business to deliver high quality design work within our brand guidelines
Creating digital and static outputs ensuring all are in-line with Club values
Creating promotional graphics for brand campaigns, ticketing campaigns and seasonal kit launches
Involved in the design of fixture and match launch promotions for player announcements; new signings, player milestones, leaving players, international duties
Input into elements of the creative design of matchday promotional material; fixture updates, ticket promotions, team news & gameday graphics, half time/full time score update templates, big screen slides, team-sheets, travel info graphics, Ticketmaster graphics, Macron retail graphics, Paid Social graphics
Creating website graphics / GIFs and mailer graphics, along with input into materials for Mission Sharks Programme, 100 Club, Academy, Foundation, Rugby side Infographics/Templates, Sale Sharks Supporters Club, marketing, events, hospitality
Updating seasonal design templates for Sale Sharks Men’s, Women’s and Academy
Internal stationary; Word/PPT Templates, Letterheads, Business Cards and Carrington Training Centre signage and branding assets
Research and reference gathering
Liaising with external suppliers and print companies

Where you’ll work

Carrington Lane

Carrington

Manchester

Greater Manchester

M31 4AE

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

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN 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

Upon successful completion of the programme, apprentices will achieve a BA (Hons) in Creative Digital Design, as well as a Creative Digital Design Professional Level 6 degree apprenticeship.
The programme is delivered in the new School of Digital Arts (SODA) close to Manchester City Centre.
The delivery model is induction plus 18 days of teaching per year, using a blended delivery model. There are 3 units each year, with 4 days teaching on campus in 2 day blocks, and 4 half days online per unit. Apprentices will also be required to attend campus for 2 days during the academic year to work on their portfolio.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

Various (grade BCC (104 UCAS Points))

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

IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Team working
Knowledge of Microsoft Office
Experience of Adobe Creative
Work independently
Build strong relationships
Interest in photography
Interest in videography

About this company

We are Sale Sharks: A team. A community. A family, woven together by the Fabric of the North. Born in Manchester and proud of our roots, Sale Sharks is the only Premiership Rugby Union team in the North-West, playing top-flight rugby in the Gallagher Premiership and European Champions Cup, with an emerging Women’s team competing in Premiership Women’s Rugby. With Northern charm in our blood and Shark pride in our hearts, our mission is to be the most impactful rugby club on the planet, on and off the pitch. Inclusive and caring in everything we do. We’re not afraid to take risks, trying something new in search of better and facing up to the toughest with courage and pride. We use our position as the best team in the North to make a real difference, whether that’s through grassroots sports or community initiatives. We play with integrity on and off the pitch and we are seeking someone who shares our values of Togetherness, Fearlessness, Passion, Pride and Humility.

http://www.salesharks.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Access to on-site gym. Subsidised meals during season. Free parking on site. Free match tickets to all Sale Sharks home fixtures.

After this apprenticeship

There may be a chance to apply for a full-time position on completion of the apprenticeship.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000304410.

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