Description
Marketing & Development Apprenticeship
Salary: £6.70 per hour
16 - 25 yr olds only
Terms: Part-Time Fixed Term Contract 24 months (21hrs/week: Mon-Fri)
The Company
Titanic Creative Management provides creative management and continued professional development courses for makeup artists, hair stylists and costumiers working in the creative industries in Northern Ireland, specifically in TV, film and stage. In addition, we offer diverse and unique opportunities to our ever expanding membership, responding to the needs of make-up artists and hair stylists working in the creative industries.
Titanic Creative is also home to sister company Titanic FX Store, an online e-commerce site providing specialist materials for prosthetic make up and props making. As well as Titanic Prosthetics, our own range of prosthetic gelatin available in customised shades retailing to various outlets in London and LA.
The Apprenticeship
Apprenticeships combine practical training in a job with study. While working as an apprentice you can gain a set of work-based qualifications which are mapped to specific occupations for example Live Events or Business Administration. Through this job you will, over two years, work towards a Level 3 Apprenticeship which is valued by employers across the UK.
• The apprentice must not have achieved an educational qualification level higher than A Levels. Individuals with qualifications at level 4 and above and graduates are excluded from this programme. However, in some circumstances, the Department for Employment and Learning will fund an apprentice if their previous qualification is from an unrelated sector.
• The apprentice must be unemployed on a zero-hours contract when applying for this role at Titanic Creative Management
The Challenge
We are looking for a talented and ambitious Marketing & Development Apprentice to join our team. The successful applicant will be self-motivated, enthusiastic and will make an immediate impact in this creative and fast-paced environment. You will assist in implementing our ambitious communications strategy across a variety of media, ensuring our messages reach the target audiences.
This is a great opportunity to help bring a fresh outlook to a fun creative company. The role requires playing a key part in a successful business at a key stage of its growth and development.
Key tasks and responsibilities:
• With guidance and supervision fulfilling social media input – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
• Developing new ideas on marketing and sales
• Developing ideas on reaching new audiences
• Maintaining archives and records of all press and PR activity
• Assisting with marketing and sales activity such as the monthly newsletter, website updates, blog posts etc
• Assist in identifying funding and sponsorship opportunities
• Gather information for PR and press releases – biogs, stories, news angles – working with our PR consultant to secure press coverage
Successful Applicant
If you are a committed team player, with a passion for communications and marketing and have a creative flair we would love to hear from you. You should be able to demonstrate that you have a passion to learn on the job, knowledge of marketing and communications through social media platforms, knowledge of various computer software packages, real attention to detail and ability to work on your own initiative.
We are looking for a highly motivated and friendly person with a "can-do" attitude who relishes the challenge of a busy role in a professional creative environment.
Essential Criteria:
• GCSE English - Grade C or above (NO tertiary level education/ degree level qualification in a marketing subject).
• Unemployed/ on a zero hours contract at time of application.
• Under 25 years of age.
• A good knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office Packages.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.
• Good time management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• IT literate: Familiar with using word processing and web applications including email, website, mailing lists and social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
• Attention to detail, willingness to learn and enthusiasm.
Please complete the JOB APPLICATION FORM from our website or call for an application pack.
Closing date for applications: Friday 15th July 2016 at 5pm.
Applications not received by the closing time will be rejected.