TV Production Apprentice Macclesfield, England
Job description
Opportunity information
Salary £18964 per year
Duration 15 months
Advert closing date 15/08/2023
Description
Want to pursue a career in TV Production? Yeah you can.
Earn while you learn at an IPA Platinum accredited training provider, and gain experience working with some of the world’s best loved brands? Yeah you can.
Take a dip in our outdoor pool after work? Yeah you can, at McCann Manchester.
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https://careers.mccannworldgroup.com/en_US/careersmw/JobDetail/Account-Management-Apprentice/2424
This is an amazing opportunity to develop a career in TV Production, gaining experience providing support and assistance to help with the delivery of content for our TV campaigns! Not only do you get hands-on training and the chance to put your skills into practice, but you will also earn while you learn!
As an Apprentice in TV Production, you’ll study for the Production Assistant Apprenticeship, whilst working with our brilliant Production team. You will share our passion for creating eye-catching work for our high profile clients.
As a TV Production Apprentice you’ll be…
- Booking resource, studios, voiceover artists and freelance operators.
- Ordering & Logging production & post-production equipment.
- Liaising with producers & editors alike to assist with managing workflow through the departments.
- Organising meetings
- Organising schedules and budgets for lower-budget projects, including radio, TV & content (experience dependant), with the opportunity to independently manage these within time.
Minimum Criteria:
Our Apprenticeships are open to anyone over the age of 18 who shares our passion for Creativity. For the TV Production Apprenticeship you must have a GCSE Grade 4/C or above in English and Maths and a desire to learn and develop a career in the exciting world of Production.
We are a disability confident employer and are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability who meets the minimum criteria. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will accommodate.
As our Apprentices will be studying a Level 3 Standard apprenticeship, we are unfortunately unable to consider Graduates with degrees in Marketing, PR or Advertising disciplines for the Apprenticeship programme, due to course overlap.
Additional skills:
- Excellent communication skills
- Adaptability and ability to work well under pressure
- Organisational, administrative and budgeting skills
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and a genuine interest in television and radio is essential.
Entry requirements
Applicants should be literate and numerate. GCSE grade C/4 and above in English and Maths (or other Level 2 qualification).
Training to be provided
You will be completing a Production Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship with Creative Alliance.
You will have training on the job and off the job with the award winning, creative specilaised provider Creative Alliance.
Here you will learn the following
The video industry
Genre and Idea creation
Responding to brief
How to prepare and pitch
How to operate in a media team and be part of pre production
Dealing with Talent, Contibutors and Suppliers
Budgets
On shoot - technical skills and communication skills
Editing and post production workflow.
Please see full apprenticeship
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/production-assistant-screen-and-audio-v1-1
Things to consider
When it comes to application processes, ours is a little different. Our mantra is “Truth Well Told”, so we’d like you to show us who you are by sharing your Truth Well Told about why you should be our next Apprentice. We don’t want a CV, we want to see your creativity. This could be via any medium that you feel the most comfortable using. How about a video? Or a social media post? A poem? Your choice!
Skills required
Array
Future prospects
If successful you will be invited to an assessment centre which will include group exercises, an interview and a numerical reasoning test – and of course, lots of laughs and fun along the way! This will be followed by an interview with some of the team.
Hours per week 35
Working week 9.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, SK10 4EF
