Summary
Sale Sharks are looking to add an Assistant Digital Designer Apprentice to their Creative team. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of the Club and will suit someone who is keen to learn and develop their skills in a supportive environment.
Wage
£14,722.50 to £23,809.50 a year
The company would be paying at the rate of national living wage or the relevant salary for the person’s age.
Training course
Creative digital design professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday, times to be confirmed. You will also be required to work weekends, whenever there are fixtures.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
4 years
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
Assisting the graphic design lead with all digital and printed channels, including club social media accounts, mailers and website, print-ready creative Club materials spanning Men’s, Women’s, Academy and Club. This will include:
* Updating documents in line with brand guidelines and application across the business to deliver high quality design work within our brand guidelines
* Creating digital and static outputs ensuring all are in-line with Club values
* Creating promotional graphics for brand campaigns, ticketing campaigns and seasonal kit launches
* Involved in the design of fixture and match launch promotions for player announcements; new signings, player milestones, leaving players, international duties
* Input into elements of the creative design of matchday promotional material; fixture updates, ticket promotions, team news & gameday graphics, half time/full time score update templates, big screen slides, team-sheets, travel info graphics, Ticketmaster graphics, Macron retail graphics, Paid Social graphics
* Creating website graphics / GIFs and mailer graphics, along with input into materials for Mission Sharks Programme, 100 Club, Academy, Foundation, Rugby side Infographics/Templates, Sale Sharks Supporters Club, marketing, events, hospitality
* Updating seasonal design templates for Sale Sharks Men’s, Women’s and Academy
* Internal stationary; Word/PPT Templates, Letterheads, Business Cards and Carrington Training Centre signage and branding assets
* Research and reference gathering
* Liaising with external suppliers and print companies
Where you’ll work
Carrington Lane
Carrington
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M31 4AE
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
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Your training course
Creative digital design professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
* Apply creative design processes to all creative digital development projects, including online services and installations and non-screen-based media, producing designs compelling to customers / users and to leverage the multitude of digital touch points including, but limited to; mobile, tablet, laptop, desktop, wearable, consoles and cars.
* Create designs using industry standard methods; Typography, Digital Art, Video and Special Effects, Rendering, Animation, 3D Graphics and Digital Photography.
* Create eye-catching creative design concepts and prototypes for presentation to clients using industry standard tools and advanced methods to address design problems set by clients.
* Create 'production' ready digital media assets including, but not limited to designs, style guides, animations, videos, story boards, images, audio to achieve a determined business outcome.
* Select, refine, adapt and apply industry standard contemporary creative digital design technologies, and working with data to develop creative design solutions. Apply and leverage data e.g. personalisation, behavioural, location, weather, in design concepts and solutions.
* Communicate design concepts and solutions to team members, designers, brand managers, product leads, marketing directors, commercial and sales in a strong and compelling manner, evaluating the outputs and methods used and their implications.
* Use design concept digital art to deliver creative design sales pitches to clients.
* Brief and work with third parties such as photographers, model makers, agencies and data professionals.
* Produce and maintain a portfolio of creative digital work.
* Keep abreast of industry developments, creative trends and innovations, knowing what’s emerging, and when and when to act to make cost effective use of new and emerging tools and technologies.
* Input into market/user research and UX briefs and work with their outputs.
* Collaborate between team members, clients and working with a range of stakeholders including market researchers, user experience professionals, user researchers, developers, photographers, model makers, brand managers, product leads, marketing directors, commercial, sales and communication specialists.
* Review and build accessibility requirements into all interactive creative digital media solutions.
* Work effectively both individually and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, with methodologies such as agile, building and maintaining positive relationships with team members, clients and other stakeholders.
* Lead and manage end to end creative digital design projects in line with governance policies, meeting deadlines and managing client expectations for different environments, including agile.
* Deliver well-designed, high quality creative digital solutions including prototyping skills within organisational brand guidelines.
* Design interactive artefacts using industry standard immersive technology techniques.
* Be able to plan and undertake own development and life-long learning to keep abreast of emerging technologies and techniques to review how these are best.
* Apply creative design processes to all creative digital development projects, including online services and installations and non-screen-based media, producing designs compelling to customers / users and to leverage the multitude of digital touch points including, but limited to; mobile, tablet, laptop, desktop, wearable, consoles and cars.
* Create designs using industry standard methods; Typography, Digital Art, Video and Special Effects, Rendering, Animation, 3D Graphics and Digital Photography.
* Create eye-catching creative design concepts and prototypes for presentation to clients using industry standard tools and advanced methods to address design problems set by clients.
* Create 'production' ready digital media assets including, but not limited to designs, style guides, animations, videos, story boards, images, audio to achieve a determined business outcome.
* Select, refine, adapt and apply industry standard contemporary creative digital design technologies, and working with data to develop creative design solutions. Apply and leverage data e.g. personalisation, behavioural, location, weather, in design concepts and solutions.
* Communicate design concepts and solutions to team members, designers, brand managers, product leads, marketing directors, commercial and sales in a strong and compelling manner, evaluating the outputs and methods used and their implications.
* Use design concept digital art to deliver creative design sales pitches to clients.
* Brief and work with third parties such as photographers, model makers, agencies and data professionals.
* Produce and maintain a portfolio of creative digital work.
* Keep abreast of industry developments, creative trends and innovations, knowing what’s emerging, and when and when to act to make cost effective use of new and emerging tools and technologies.
* Input into market/user research and UX briefs and work with their outputs.
* Collaborate between team members, clients and working with a range of stakeholders including market researchers, user experience professionals, user researchers, developers, photographers, model makers, brand managers, product leads, marketing directors, commercial, sales and communication specialists.
* Review and build accessibility requirements into all interactive creative digital media solutions.
* Work effectively both individually and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, with methodologies such as agile, building and maintaining positive relationships with team members, clients and other stakeholders.
* Lead and manage end to end creative digital design projects in line with governance policies, meeting deadlines and managing client expectations for different environments, including agile.
* Deliver well-designed, high quality creative digital solutions including prototyping skills within organisational brand guidelines.
* Design interactive artefacts using industry standard immersive technology techniques.
* Be able to plan and undertake own development and life-long learning to keep abreast of emerging technologies and techniques to review how these are best.
Your training plan
* Upon successful completion of the programme, apprentices will achieve a BA (Hons) in Creative Digital Design, as well as a Creative Digital Design Professional Level 6 degree apprenticeship.
* The programme is delivered in the new School of Digital Arts (SODA) close to Manchester City Centre.
* The delivery model is induction plus 18 days of teaching per year, using a blended delivery model. There are 3 units each year, with 4 days teaching on campus in 2 day blocks, and 4 half days online per unit. Apprentices will also be required to attend campus for 2 days during the academic year to work on their portfolio.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
A Level in:
* Various (grade BCC (104 UCAS Points))
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
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Team working
* Knowledge of Microsoft Office
* Experience of Adobe Creative
* Work independently
* Build strong relationships
* Interest in photography
* Interest in videography