Content Creative Apprentice

Summary

MullenLowe are looking for 3 talented individuals to join their crew for the next iteration of our apprenticeship scheme. Our paid scheme will start March 2025 and will last 18 months with a potential permanent role at the end of it.

Annual wage

£25,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

A salary of 25k a year for a 4 day week (remember, you'll spend your 5th day studying for your apprenticeship qualification)

Training course

Junior advertising creative (level 3)

Hours

Monday-Friday 4 days working. Monday-Friday 1 day studying. 9am-5.30pm office hours.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 24 March

Duration

1 year 4 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

Content Creative
This is a great opportunity for an inquisitive and unflappable individual to join the creative department at MullenLowe as an essential support to the team.

Working under the guidance of the creative team, you will use your social media expertise to create social content starting with internal comms with the ambition to create client content. This could include contributing to the agency’s social media channels including social posts, or behind the scenes content across both stills and moving image. You will also have the opportunity to support our creative teams on a range of client projects.

Where you’ll work

C-Space 37-45 City Road

London

EC1Y 1AT

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

BAUER RADIO LIMITED

Your training course

Junior advertising creative (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Interrogate a creative brief and find advertising potential within it, asking questions to clarify understanding.
Solve client communication problems for example, using mind maps.
Originate brand, products or service communications/ideas which answer a client’s brief.
Present their idea, using visual aids for example, slides, mood boards, storyboards and make use of music, photo, illustration and film references.
Research cultural trends and opportunities that can enhance an idea or add value to a client’s business for example, an awareness of the importance of environmental issues, or of an upcoming event and or film, could build references to this into the advert.
Identify and source the most appropriate internal and external experts and suppliers that can help produce the idea.
Research and interpret characteristics of a brand to establish most appropriate media option(s).
Deliver their work to brief and on time.
Write text and stories that bring the idea to life for publications, leaflets, web pages and social media.
Create design and layout that bring the idea to life for publications, leaflets, web pages and social media.
Apply feedback to amend or redevelop their ideas.
Undertake research into latest trends in advertising and new delivery platforms for example, keep abreast of new poster variants such as interactive superlite films at bus shelters and consider and recommend ways to use them.
Collaborate with the wider team and encourage them to share ideas to help bring the project to life.
Prioritise competing demands.
Write in any tone and or style, being aware of the need to communicate to different audiences taking into account cultural differences and social representation.
Influence others for example, buy a different product or change their behaviour.
Write scripts of different lengths to suit different media platforms and of different durations.
Communicate information through appropriate channels when seeking support to undertake tasks.
Use digital collaboration tools to work with colleagues and key stakeholders.
Interrogate a creative brief and find advertising potential within it, asking questions to clarify understanding.
Solve client communication problems for example, using mind maps.
Originate brand, products or service communications/ideas which answer a client’s brief.
Present their idea, using visual aids for example, slides, mood boards, storyboards and make use of music, photo, illustration and film references.
Research cultural trends and opportunities that can enhance an idea or add value to a client’s business for example, an awareness of the importance of environmental issues, or of an upcoming event and or film, could build references to this into the advert.
Identify and source the most appropriate internal and external experts and suppliers that can help produce the idea.
Research and interpret characteristics of a brand to establish most appropriate media option(s).
Deliver their work to brief and on time.
Write text and stories that bring the idea to life for publications, leaflets, web pages and social media.
Create design and layout that bring the idea to life for publications, leaflets, web pages and social media.
Apply feedback to amend or redevelop their ideas.
Undertake research into latest trends in advertising and new delivery platforms for example, keep abreast of new poster variants such as interactive superlite films at bus shelters and consider and recommend ways to use them.
Collaborate with the wider team and encourage them to share ideas to help bring the project to life.
Prioritise competing demands.
Write in any tone and or style, being aware of the need to communicate to different audiences taking into account cultural differences and social representation.
Influence others for example, buy a different product or change their behaviour.
Write scripts of different lengths to suit different media platforms and of different durations.
Communicate information through appropriate channels when seeking support to undertake tasks.
Use digital collaboration tools to work with colleagues and key stakeholders.

Your training plan

During your time on board the ship, you will get real life practical experience working within one of our teams.

You will spend four days a week working in a specific role and one day studying for an apprenticeship standard qualification which compliments the relevant team you are working within.

On top of gaining a formal qualification (and getting paid for it) you will get access to a range of additional training, mentoring and working together as an apprenticeship cohort on an exciting agency wide project.

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

Communication skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative

About this company

MullenLowe is a highly creative and multi-awarded, integrated communications network with a challenger mentality. We help brands embrace change because brands who innovate grow faster- and brandsocial is the key to that growth. brandsocial is what sets us apart. While some agencies specialise in brand or social, we do both—and we do them brilliantly, together. We bring big-brand thinking to some of the world’s most exciting brands, creating ideas for long-term growth. At the same time, we bring bold social thinking to the table, crafting ideas that help brands own cultural moments, executing with speed and craft, and expertly navigating channels and communities.

https://www.mullenlowe.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

25 days holiday a year (plus Christmas & your birthday off). Early Finish every Friday. Two volunteer days. Paid leave for religious festivities. Wide variety of training opportunities. Private medical and pension. A wide range of social events.

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

There is potential for a permanent role as a Junior Creative upon qualification.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BAUER RADIO LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295937.

Apply now

Closes in 15 days (Friday 31 January)

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Company’s application instructions

Tell us who you are and what makes you tick. What gets you out of bed in the morning? Why do you want to pursue an apprenticeship at MullenLowe? You can answer this however way you want be it a letter, video, a visual or even a message in a bottle. If you are successful, we will get in touch to set up a phone interview and explain more about the interview process. Deadline 31st January 2025

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