UX Design Apprentice Wolverhampton, England
Job description
Are you looking to get hands-on experience at Bromford while studying for your user experience (UX) degree. Do you want to earn money while studying? We are looking for a talented individual who is fascinated about problem solving and how to make things better to be our new UX Design apprentice here at Bromford and help to set the standard for the next generation of designers and content makers.
If you have:
- Have 120 UCAS tariff points from either an Extended BTEC or A-Level in art & design (or something similar), or an L3 advanced apprenticeship in art or technical design. Or you may have a relevant degree, such as games development
- Or, if you have qualifications from Scotland, you’ll need at least BBBB including Maths, English, Art, Design or Computer Science – and have passed first time
We have an opportunity for you!
- A starting salary from £18,084 depending on age plus benefits and potential pay increases.
- A flexible 37.5 hour working week, 27 days of annual leave days (with the option to buy an
extra 5 days), and a defined pension scheme.
- A dedicated Team Manager and separate mentor to help with your development.
- Access to our in-house Academy, which hosts a range of internal and external courses
- A recognised Level 6 Digital User Experience Degree from a UK University
- A role in the Communications content team with a starting salary of £25,000 or more.
- The chance to seek new challenges and work in different areas of Bromford.
As an apprentice UX Designer, learning from our inhouse UX design lead, who’ll teach you best practices and and help you take your creative skills and turn them to design systems and process to make customer experiences easier. You’ll get to work with our creative content makers and product owners. Collaborating with technical, editorial and product teams from across Bromford, you’ll design and create accessible, ground-breaking experiences for our customers. From our website, to development of a new Bromford app, you will create enjoyable experiences that delight and are consistent across old and new media.
This role will be based from our office in Wolverhampton (WV10) but as an apprentice you will split your time between working from the office, remotely and being out on site when required, as well as studying for your professional exams. You will need a driving licence or be in the process of working towards qualifying as some travel will be required.
We are looking for you to show you’re:
- Skilled in art and design
- Technically minded with an understanding of software engineering
- Logical and good at solving problems
- Able to apply theory in practice
- Prepared to juggle work and study
- Able to efficiently multitask and work under pressure
- Good at communicating and working with technical and non-technical people
- Flexible and resilient
- Willing to learn and able to be flexible
- Ability to maintain work-life-study balance to meet required deadlines
- Willingness to contribute as part of a team
- Ability to travel to our offices across our geography, as required
Don’t worry if you don’t have an extensive CV. You can share examples of your passion for art and design from anywhere. That might be other work experience, your time in education, volunteering - even times you’ve helped your friends and family out with technical issues, or your social media!
A place to be you!
Being able to express yourself at work helps you connect with people and gives you the freedom to perform better at your job. We believe diversity helps drive success, so we want to build a culture where all our differences are celebrated. Everybody should feel that they belong and are able to bring their true, authentic selves to work. We want an organisation that reflects the communities and the people that we serve and if we can achieve this, we know that we will create an environment where everyone is included and can thrive.
Closing date for applications is 3rd March with interviews/assessments taking place w/c 13th March
If this sounds like you, you’ll feel right at home here. At Bromford we give both customers and colleagues the opportunity to realise their potential. In our team you’ll do incredible work and be rewarded for doing so. Not just in the smiling faces of the thriving communities that you help build, but in the trust, support, training, success and friendship you’ll find in our team.
If you can be bold, be honest, be you and be brilliant… you belong at Bromford. Apply now.
In addition to a competitive salary, we will offer you a fantastic benefits package. This includes; 27 days holiday (plus statutory bank holidays); a choice of defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes; trust-based flexible working, and a £500 personal allowance to spend on your choice of things like private medical cover, dental treatment and gym membership. Visit our website to see the full list.
Bromford Housing Group is committed to recruiting with care and safeguarding employees and customers, as a result we will carry out pre-employment checks. The nature of these checks will vary according to the role applied for, and may include details of current/previous employment, unspent criminal convictions, education and proof of relevant qualifications. We will also be asking for references for everyone who is offered employment with us which must cover the last two years. In addition to this, all employees will be asked for evidence of their right to live and work in the UK - further information is available on the UK Government website.
We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.
