Summary
We’re looking for a creative and motivated individual to join our Marketing team as a Design Apprentice. This is a brilliant opportunity to kickstart your career in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your ideas will be valued and your development supported.
Wage
£20,000 a year
The Apprentices Salary will increase on the first year anniversary of their Apprenticeship
Training course
Creative digital design professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5:30pm 1 Day off the job training dedicated to Apprenticeship learning
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Start date
Monday 1 September 2025
Duration
3 years
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
What you’ll be doing:
* Designing impactful materials – You’ll help create clear, professional, and visually engaging documents that reflect our brand and values.
* Supporting new business activity – You’ll work closely with our New Business and Transaction teams to design proposals and pitch documents that make a strong impression.
* Bringing fresh ideas – You’ll contribute to how we present ourselves, suggesting new ways to communicate our message through design.
* Managing creative assets – You’ll help maintain our library of artwork, templates, and digital content, ensuring everything is up to date and easy to access.
* Staying curious – You’ll keep an eye on trends in digital marketing and design, helping us stay ahead of the curve.
Where you'll work
One Eleven Edmund Street
Birmingham
B3 2HJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NCG
Training course
Creative digital design professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
What you'll learn
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.
Training schedule
As part of your apprenticeship, you’ll build skills that will become part of your day-to-day role, including:
* Creating eye-catching design concepts and prototypes using industry-standard tools
* Producing production-ready digital media assets such as animations, storyboards, and style guides
Communicating your design ideas clearly to a range of stakeholders, from marketing directors to sales teams
* Building and maintaining a professional portfolio of your creative work
* Staying up to date with emerging design trends and technologies to keep your work fresh and relevant
More training information
Alongside your role, you’ll study towards a BA (Hons) in Creative and Digital Design, delivered virtually over three years through one of our partner colleges. You’ll gain hands-on experience and develop practical, industry-relevant skills that will shape your future in the creative sector.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade C/4)
* Maths (grade C/4)
Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
Art & Design (grade grade 4-9)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Presentation skills
* Administrative skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Creative
* Initiative
Other requirements
To be considered, you’ll need to have achieved at least GCSE Maths and English at grade 4 (or equivalent), along with a Level 3 qualification—ideally in a subject related to art or design.