Opportunity information
Salary £221.49 per week
Duration 18 months
Advert closing date 02/12/2024
Description
Join Nonsensical as a TikTok Apprentice, creating content for Birmingham Updates. You'll film, edit, present, and share creative ideas while exploring the city. Gain hands-on experience, collaborate with a passionate team of TikTok✨obsessed✨experts and grow in a fast-paced agency.
We’re an award-winning TikTok agency that lives and breathes the world of TikTok. Honestly, our screen time is through the roof! We’ve grown our clients and communities to over 2 million followers and have hit 600 million video views in the last 12 months. Our team is comprised of TikTok✨obsessed✨experts, which helps us understand the platform better than anyone else. We apply our learnings to our clients’ accounts every day to help get banging results on TikTok. One thing’s for sure: no two days are the same at Nonsensical.
Vacancy Description: We’re looking for a superstar for our community Birmingham Updates. This role is a great way of learning what a TikTok agency is all about. This role is varied with a capital V. You’ll be creating content for our social channels, exploring the city, interviewing people on the street, editing, filming, presenting, and scriptwriting, it’s a little bit of everything to help you learn the content creation process. So if you love a bit of variety, are super confident on camera, love content creation and are obsessed with TikTok then this is the role for you. You’ll be able to travel around Birmingham to capture fun and thumb-stopping TikTok content for our clients and communities. You’ll be bursting with creativity and ideas and not afraid to share them no matter how crazy they are… We are called Nonsensical after all.
Opportunity: This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a team of passionate creatives, contributing to the growth of a leading global media agency. As an apprentice, you will gain direct insight into the day-to-day operations of a media startup, collaborating with innovative minds. You will be working on Birmingham Updates, one of Birmingham’s biggest social communities with over 800,000 followers across our channels. Our main goal is to continue to grow, especially in the TikTok space, which needs constant innovation and testing on our platforms… that’s where we hope you will come in.
The Role:
- Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Attend and film in locations across Birmingham
- Present ongoing series
- Conduct interviews on the street
- Develop video content for communities and clients .
- Provide on-trend ideas for our clients and communities
- Provide support on broader video shoots for larger campaigns.
- Stay informed about TikTok trends and successful campaigns.
- Edit video content
- Be an ideas machine
- Participate in our weekly meme factory and ideas sessions
Our Values:
- Get Creative: Experiment with nonsense.
- Be Curious: Ask questions, big and small.
- Bring Passion: Be obsessed with social media.
Skills Required:
- Confident on camera and skilled in engaging in conversation.
- Passionate about Birmingham
- Experience in creating content for TikTok.
- Understanding of what works on TikTok.
- Strong research skills.
- Effective communication with colleagues.
- Ability to handle the sign-off process for content.
Personal Qualities:
- Love for creativity and generating new ideas.
- A creative with a willingness to learn
- Can organise their tasks based on priorities.
- Passionate about content creation and Birmingham
- Curious how TikTok works
- Willingness to travel around the country if required (expenses paid)
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Ability to work outside of office hours when needed.
Entry requirements
Applicants should be literate and numerate, with Grade C/4 and above in English and Maths. Demonstrated work examples and ideally experience with TikTok are desired.
Training to be provided
Content Creator Level 3 Standard
Apprentices learn the skills they need on the job with the guidance of a development coach who is an expert from industry. You will finish your apprenticeship with a recognised qualification, valuable industry experience, money, and substantial opportunities for promotion.
Training is a blended learning delivery model: online learning, classroom sessions, work-based training, independent research, workplace projects, one-to-one support and training. Your training will include:
- Brand & Brand Awareness
- Content Planning & Pitching
- Content Development
- Principles of Graphic Design
- Image Editing & Manipulation
- Illustration & Vectors
- Video Capture & Editing
- Desktop Publishing
- Web Design & User Experience
- Coding
- SEO & Blog Writing
- Budgeting
- Content Distribution & social media
- Analytics & Feedback
For a full overview of the Content Creator Apprenticeship standard please see: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/content-creator-v1-1
Things to consider
Benefits
A creative half day every 3 months to do what makes you feel creative
A MacBook
Adobe Software
25 days annual leave a year + bank holidays
The opportunity to grow in a fast-paced agency
Skills required
Array
Future prospects
There is potential for this apprenticeship role to be extended, leading to full-time employment based on performance and successful completion of your apprenticeship. We encourage enthusiastic individuals who are eager to learn, embrace change, and contribute to our creative environment to apply for this exciting opportunity.
Hours per week 34.5
Working week Mon to Fri. 9.00-5.00pm
Apprenticeship standard Content creator (Level 3)
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, B3 3HN
