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SalarySplendid Communications, the renowned communications agency, is looking for a talented Digital Creative Intern to join its team of passionate experts.
Working across award-winning, high-profile food, drink, retail, lifestyle and consumer tech clients, the successful individual will have the opportunity to have an impact working across always-on activity and campaigns.
About Us
People-First is our mantra at Splendid. This means that we will nurture your passion and creativity to help you build a career that you love, as you hone your skills working for iconic brands and creating award-winning campaigns. You’ll be part of teams working on a range of activity from projects for start-ups through to campaigns for some of the country’s biggest and most-loved brands. Our Head of Wellbeing will offer emotional support and insight as you develop your career, while also helping you seek balance at work. We care deeply about inclusion and believe that team diversity enriches both our collaborative culture and the work we create for clients. People-First also means looking after our habitat, so we challenge ourselves to be kinder to the planet, which is why we’re partners with World Land Trust, working together with them on a range of sustainable practices with the goal of being carbon balanced. All these areas are covered by individual development objectives and business investment, so our people grow with the business.
The role...
Is your mind bursting with concepts and ideas? Do you thrive on the opportunity to present your creative work? Are you always reading and looking for innovation and insight in the world of consumer communications? Are you looking to take an important step in your career?
If yes, this role could be for you.
We are looking for someone who answers an emphatic yes to the above questions to join our collaborative and hugely ambitious team.
What you’ll be doing...
From day one you’ll be involved in exciting creative tasks to ensure you’re exposed to every aspect of the role. These are some of the things you’ll get stuck into:
- Collaborate with the wider team to develop engaging content ideas and help produce multimedia content such as videos, animations, and interactive media
- Help in writing copy, concepting, scripting, storyboarding, filming, and editing content
- Support the social media team in planning and executing content calendars across various platforms. Contribute to creating and scheduling posts, monitoring engagement, and analyzing performance metrics to optimize content strategy
- Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute innovative ideas to support marketing campaigns and initiatives. Help in developing creative concepts and themes aligned with brand guidelines and objectives
- Daily digesting online/social content and trends so you learn to recognise opportunities for clients and build your knowledge of top performing content, and help devise reactive ideas
- Attending onsite and offsite content creation opportunities – e.g. photo, film and content shoots
- Building and maintaining influencer lists across different social channels and creating influencer mailers
- Researching and finding solutions to challenges where needed
- Presenting your thoughts and ideas to your team (including at our monthly Splendid Loves informal ideas sharing session)
- Learning how an office works and helping to manage it, including how to file documents and assist with the setting up and smooth running of meetings and deliveries, greeting guests, answering phones and ordering supplies
- Working with your mentor to regularly review your progress and learning, ensuring you get the best out of your Splendid experience
- Attending training sessions you are invited to as part of your professional development
What we need from you...
- Passion for reading a range of social and digital outlets/handles and following content from lifestyle influencers
- Understanding and enthusiasm for how the most popular social media channels work, with some knowledge of how brands use them
- Commitment to producing high quality work
- Ability to work in a team with others in a professional and mature way as well as take on tasks
- Ability to manage time, prioritise and multi-task whilst remaining calm and focused
- Able to take responsibility for actions and meeting deadlines with a can-do attitude
- A genuine passion for food, drink and other lifestyle/cultural areas like music, art and entertainment
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Creative mindset with a keen eye for detail and aesthetics
- Proactive attitude, willingness to learn, and ability to adapt to fast-paced environments
- An eye for detail, with high professional standards
The job would suit...
- Someone with a strategic mind, brimming with ideas and bags of enthusiasm
- Someone who is looking to be part of an ambitious, fast- moving and growing agency. An agency that has big clients but is small enough for you to have impact and be involved in all stages of the process, with direct contact with all members of the wider team
- An analytical mind with a keen interest in consumer insights and strategy development to help brands grow
- An exacting eye and desire to strive for creative perfection
- This role is open to those with and without previous experience in social media and content creation
You'll need to be available to attend interviews in-person in London and start this role in April 2024, although exact dates will be agreed during your interview process. The place of work for this internship will be the Splendid office in East London, so applicants will need to be able to attend the workplace throughout the week (although there may be an opportunity for one day per week to be worked from home if candidates would like to do this).
Many of our interns have been successful in securing a permanent role with Splendid after the initial internship period. For this reason, please only apply if you’ve finished studying or aren’t committed to another job and can consider a potential role directly after the internship.
Perks…
- Salary is London Living Wage pro-rated for the 6-month contract
- Take breaks with a pro-rata allocation of 25 annual days holiday (pro-rated for the 6-month contract) and early Friday finishes (4:30pm)
- Enjoy a birthday day off to spend however you like
- Benefit from training dedicated to your development as an intern
- Look after your health with access to WeCare, a 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme and more
- Access to day-to-day support from our in-house Head of Wellbeing
- Mingle with the team at our monthly all-agency socials
- Start thinking about your future with our pension scheme (subject to age eligibility)
- Yummy snacks and drinks as well as Thursday lunch club for those that get peckish during the day
We receive a large number of applications for our Splendid Futures Internships so we encourage you to apply as early as possible and the deadline for applications to be received is 1st April.
We pride ourselves on an inclusive recruitment process and applicants are shortlisted on their answers to the application questions only, so there is no requirement to send us a CV.
If we can help you by making any adjustments to our application process, email us at peopleteam@splendidcomms.com (please note this email is for adjustments only, we’ll only accept applications submitted through our website).
