2025 Content Creation Apprentice

Summary

As a Content Creation Apprentice you will provide creative design support to our bid activities and projects, communications, marketing and functional campaigns for businesses throughout Thales in the UK, as well as supporting our events team with the production of events and exhibition material.

Annual wage

£16,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£16,000 (age 16-18) £21,000 (age 19+) per annum Pension – Thales match, plus 1%, with a maximum contribution of 7% Health Insurance – 50% of salary for five years Performance related pay uplifts

Training course

Content creator (level 3)

Hours

Flexible working, Monday - Friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours Monday - Thursday, 5 hours Friday).

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

This will involve you supporting the creation of digital content, filming and making videos and animation and exploring the exciting world of 3D to support our sales community.

On a day-to-day basis, you’ll be involved in:

Providing innovative design solutions to a diverse range of communications and marketing campaigns
Developing the design solution for corporate publications and producing promotional displays and marketing brochures for Thales products, services and events
Designing and developing environmental graphics, material for intranet web pages, interactive media, multimedia projects and compelling business winning graphics to support bid submissions
Providing expertise and a creative input from the inception stage of design through to final production, where necessary co-ordinating work with other team members and undertaking liaison with customers to ensure the solution is explored, developed and delivered to the expected level
Applying the latest graphic design techniques in order to maintain and enhance the increasing expectation and requirements of customers, fully using the potential of design packages and the skills of other team members
Understanding and managing individual work packages across a number of related areas e.g. Engineering, Communications, Sales and Marketing
Supporting activities across the company as required including Bid activities, Conferences, Exhibitions, site branding etc. (for this will include some ad-hoc travel)

Where you’ll work

Ocean House

Throop Road

Templecombe

BA8 0DH

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

JUST IT TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Content creator (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Interpret the aims of the brief.
Research ideas and concepts to meet the brief.
Evaluate brand requirements and brand guidelines.
Prepare a mood board or other visual aid for the content to be created.
Present ideas, pitches and proposals for creative content to be further developed.
Storyboard and outline script their ideas for content to be developed.
Interpret data, consider its integrity and use it to inform content.
Develop accessible written content for different platforms and devices.
Apply best practice and inclusive language when creating content.
Write and edit copy or scripts for use on different channels and platforms.
Create or capture visuals and audio using standard packages and equipment.
Source, obtain and prepare media assets for use; using industry standard packages to adapt and edit content.
Use industry standard tools and content management systems to organise, structure and label content effectively, methodically and securely enabling efficient search and retrieval.
Identify and recommend the platform/s or channel/s to use for the media campaign.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with clients, colleagues and suppliers, establishing and using professional contacts.
Engage and respond with audiences through social media, adapting content to respond to evolving circumstances.
Monitor user experience to ensure content is focused on maximising engagement.
Analyse the differences between audiences using audience segmentation techniques and data.
Use lessons learned to evaluate the success of the content and identify areas for improvement for future campaigns.
Use continuing professional development planning to support own current and future training and development needs.
Operate effectively within the production workflow to meet production timelines.
Interpret the aims of the brief.
Research ideas and concepts to meet the brief.
Evaluate brand requirements and brand guidelines.
Prepare a mood board or other visual aid for the content to be created.
Present ideas, pitches and proposals for creative content to be further developed.
Storyboard and outline script their ideas for content to be developed.
Interpret data, consider its integrity and use it to inform content.
Develop accessible written content for different platforms and devices.
Apply best practice and inclusive language when creating content.
Write and edit copy or scripts for use on different channels and platforms.
Create or capture visuals and audio using standard packages and equipment.
Source, obtain and prepare media assets for use; using industry standard packages to adapt and edit content.
Use industry standard tools and content management systems to organise, structure and label content effectively, methodically and securely enabling efficient search and retrieval.
Identify and recommend the platform/s or channel/s to use for the media campaign.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with clients, colleagues and suppliers, establishing and using professional contacts.
Engage and respond with audiences through social media, adapting content to respond to evolving circumstances.
Monitor user experience to ensure content is focused on maximising engagement.
Analyse the differences between audiences using audience segmentation techniques and data.
Use lessons learned to evaluate the success of the content and identify areas for improvement for future campaigns.
Use continuing professional development planning to support own current and future training and development needs.
Operate effectively within the production workflow to meet production timelines.

Your training plan

As a Content Creator Apprentice you will be enrolling onto a Level 3 Content Creator delivered over 18 months with our specialist external training partner. Training will be taught via a virtual delivery model consisting of virtual workshops, online learning and 1-2-1 coaching sessions. On completion of the apprenticeship and upon passing the End Point Assessment, you will roll off the programme into a role within the Thales UK business.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 9-4 (A-C))

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

Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative

About this company

Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.

https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/uk-career (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

201 hours holiday a year One additional company day at Christmas Healthcare Cash Plan 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme 80 hours (10 days) volunteering in your first 2 years depending on length of programme Discount Portal

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

Be a permanent member of the team within the Thales business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THALES UK LIMITED

Thales Early Careers Team.

SuppEarlyCar@uk.thalesgroup.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284408.

Apply now

Closes on Sunday 16 February

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Company’s application instructions

- Online Application - Online Assessment and Video Interview - Virtual Assessment Centre - Offer if successful

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