About Us…
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.
Work on national and global advertising campaigns? Yeah you can.
At McCann Birmingham we’re incredibly passionate about Apprenticeships. We have had over a decade of success hiring Apprentices who’ve subsequently progressed into senior roles within the agency and gone on to play a key role 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 his heart and a true sense of togetherness.
We’re now recruiting for the class of 2026 and are looking for two Advertising Account Management Apprentices to join us. You’ll study a level 3 Standard apprenticeship, whilst learning on the job in our client services department.
So can you be our next Apprentice. Yeah you can!
The Part You'll Play.....
Apprenticeships are a great option -
As an Apprentice in Account Management you’ll study for the Advertising and Media Executive Apprenticeship Level 3 - whilst working with our Account Management team on national and global campaigns. You’ll learn how to develop effective creative briefs whilst project managing the campaigns, working closely with our Creative, Social and Production teams across the agency.
As an Advertising Account Management Apprentice you’ll…
* Have contact with client, developing and maintaining a close and productive relationship with relevant contacts.
* Respond promptly to client requests, managing expectations in terms of speed and delivery of response, using appropriate briefing/admin structures.
* Work with an Account Manager to ensure all jobs are scheduled on time and on budget.
* Issue and distribute regular ‘work in progress’ reports internally and externally.
* Issue contact reports for key meetings and telephone conversations.
* Develop an understanding of the client’s business.
Minimum Criteria:
Our Apprenticeships are open to anyone over the age of 18 who shares our passion for Creativity. For the Advertising Account Management Apprenticeship you must have a GCSE Grade 4/C or above in Maths and English and a desire to learn and develop a career in Account Management.
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 and organisational skills and an ability to prioritise a busy workload.
* Attention to detail, team working skills and the ability to work within an ever changing environment.
* Customer focussed – experience within customer facing roles would be advantageous
As an Advertising Account Management Apprentice You’ll Have Access To…
* A competitive financial and benefits package and ideally suited to those who enjoy pursuing personal career development.
* The opportunity to work within the largest integrated agency in the UK with specialist departments including, creative, strategy, production, content creation and media.
Show Us Your Truth Well Told
Forget the CV. We want to see you.
At McCann, our mantra is "Truth Well Told" and we mean it. So here's your chance to prove it. Tell us why you'd be our perfect apprentice, but do it your way. This isn't about fitting a template; it's about showing us your creativity and personality.
Pick your medium:
* Shoot a video
* Create a social media post
* Write a poem
* Design something
* Create a spreadsheet
* Paint a picture
* Or whatever medium makes you feel most you
We want to see what excites you and how you think. Make it bold, make it genuine, make it yours.
A bit about perks of the job
In addition to a competitive salary, we are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all our people. This includes benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, life assurance and much more.
A culture of learning and development is also central to our ethos, so you’ll have access to industry leading training and development programmes, plus you’ll get to work closely with the world’s biggest media partners to access exclusive features and products.
Most importantly, you’ll be part of a fun and collaborative team, and you’ll work in an environment where you are supported and developed.
If you want to join an iconic network agency that offers you the chance to work on one of the top clients in our portfolio & the opportunity to progress your career with an unrivalled development programme, contact us now. And not through a recruiter, please.