Creative Apprentice – McCannLondon
Location: Bishopsgate London
Salary: £
About Us…
Want to pursue a career in Creative Advertising?
Earn while you learn and gain experience working on some of the world’s best loved brands?
At McCann Londonwe’re incredibly passionate about Junior Creatives – not only about developing future talent but also about the energy and ideas they bring. We’re proud to have hired previousapprentices across our network who’vegone on toplay key roles in creating award-winning, fame generating work for our clients. They’ve also been instrumental in helping shape our culture, one with diversity and inclusion at it’sheart and a true sense of togetherness.
McCann London
We are 150 people dedicated to telling the truth and telling it well. Because when a truth is well told, things change for the better. Truth Well Told has been our guiding principle since 1912, underpinning everything we do, and is as relevant today as it was then.
It ensures everyone has a voice and the space to play a meaningful role in our agency’s culture and allows us to do what we do best: unlock truths to help brands earn a meaningful role in wider culture, whilst growing businesses.
We’ve delivered joy to the nation with Snoop Dogg for Just Eat, given everyone the right to access great quality food with Kevin the Carrot for Aldi, showed the audience ‘That’s the eBay Way’, helped L’Oréal show people that ‘They’re Worth It’ and put a ‘Priceless’ tag on Mastercard.
We’re now recruiting for the class of 2024 and will be hiring 2 Creative Apprentices.
You’ll study a level 3 Creative Advertising apprenticeship, whilst learning on the job as part of our Creative team.…
Want to be our next Creative Apprentice? Read on…
The Part You'll Play.....
This is an amazing opportunity to begin yourcareer as a Creative, gaining experience working on projects which will flex your creativity. As our Creative Apprentice you’lllearn how to bring big ideas to life for global clients using a wide range of media channels. We’ll teach you how to write TV and Radio scripts, how to craft Print and Poster advertising and how to nail the nuggets our Strategy team uncover with effective and world famous advertising. To be fair, you’llprobably teach us a lot more about social media,cultural trends and Gen Z attitudes.
We believe apprenticeships are a great option - 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!
What you’ll need as a Creative Apprentice…
Minimum Criteria:
Our Apprenticeships are open to anyone over the age of 18 who shares our passion for Creativity and can demonstrate their own examples of how creativity is woven into their every fibre.Maybe you’re someone who takes a sketch pad everywhere.
Someone who doesn't just watch movies, but worships them. Maybe youpaint, take photos, write music and lyrics. Do your beats and bars go viral? Perhaps yourTikTok followers are in their thousands and eagerly await your content weekly. Now’s the time to show these skills can be used in a rewarding career.
For the Creative Apprenticeship you must have a GCSE Grade 4/C or above in Maths and English and a desire to learn and develop a career as a Creative.
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 Creative Advertising apprenticeship, we are unfortunately unable to consider Graduates with degrees due to course overlap.
As a Creative Apprentice You’ll Have Access To…
1. Three ‘Time Well Taken’ days throughout the year where we switch off collectively
2. On-demand 1:1 mental health and coaching support through MyndUp (alongside a free Headspace membership)
3. Subsidised on-site massages, haircuts and manicures as well as cuddles from furry friends (we're a dog friendly office)
4. Free onsite breakfast, snacks and drinks with regular ‘Lounge Nights’ in the office rooftop social space
5. Lots of tools to help us grow from SPARK (our internal L&D platform) to LinkedIn Learning, as well as external opportunities with NABS, WACL and the IPA, amongst others
6. Your birthday off – because who wants to work on their birthday?
7. A tree planted in your name for every year you celebrate your McCanniversary
8. A Cycle to Work scheme and facilities including showers and hair styling appliances
9. Discounts with partners such as Eataly, Merlin and cinemas as well as access to independent financial advice
How to apply:
When it comes to application processplease apply via the link and upload some examples of your Creative talents.In return, we will send you a task to complete and you will need to return this to us.
If successful you will be invited to attend an assessment centre in our office in Bishopsgate, London which will include group exercises and an interview – and of course, lots of laughs and fun along the way!
McCann Worldgroup is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We embrace diversity in all its form. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.If you have a disability, please let us know what adjustments you may need to the recruitment process to perform your best.