Digital Design Apprentice

at  Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL

Salary: £23,186
Hours: Full time - 37 Hours
Contract Type: Fixed Term - 4 Years
Location: Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus, Warrington, WA4 4AD
Closing date: 16th February 2025
At the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) you belong to a community of experts who are driving science and technology forward. STFC is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation where curiosity, blue-skies thinking meets practical, application-led science and engineering. Our goal is to deliver economic, societal , scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people – and more broadly to the world. Our incredible diversity of research, technology and engineering projects truly fire the imagination and lead to real-world solutions which shape societies and transform lives.
We have a rare opportunity to join us as a Digital Design Apprentice at Daresbury Laboratory, Cheshire. There are two roles available: Digital Services Team or Hartree Centre Digital Creative Services Team.

HARTREE CENTRE

The Hartree Centre mission is to enable UK businesses and the public sector to explore and adopt innovative digital technologies for increased productivity, economic growth and innovation. Our aim is to shape the future of High-performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and emerging technologies by contributing our expertise to foundational research.
The Centre’s Training Team is responsible for a portfolio of application focussed courses, designed to enable businesses and the public sector to take advantage of digital technologies to enhance the business processes and upskill their workforce. We are looking for enthusiastic and hardworking apprentice to join our team and work on the production of digital learning materials, web and video content and interactive elements for the on-line and live courses.

SUMMARY OF KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

As Digital Design Apprentice you will be working closely with our E-Learning Media Designer. Your key duties will be:

• Under guidance from the eLearning Media Designer, ensure tasks are delivered to budget and on time
• Design digital and print content for online learning and live events
• Generating drafts and mock-ups of proposed designs for review and make revisions as requested.
• Storyboard learning content based on media design principles.
• Update and maintain the content, ensuring that it is accurate, version controlled, and quality assured.
• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to gain understanding of the suitable, engaging and interactive media designs for the courses addressing variety of target audiences.
• Work collaboratively and iteratively with the Business Development, Stakeholder Engagement and the Research Teams for the production of media materials.

The Digital Design Apprentice will undertake professional development and training through a mixture of online and in-person teaching with Manchester Metropolitan University completing the Creative Digital Design Professional (Integrated Degree) Level 6 Apprenticeship. There will be 18 days of teaching per year (3 days per unit), plus additional online touchpoints. attending in-person teaching at MMU’s ground-breaking School of Digital Arts (SODA).
The modules you will complete will develop in-demand skills in creative digital design. More information is available via creativedigitaldesign_brochure.pdf (mmu.ac.uk)
In your final year, you will also complete your work-based project before undertaking your End Point Assessment. The End Point Assessment will include a presentation between the university and STFC, covering the work-based project, your approach, outcome and the skills, knowledge and behaviours demonstrated. This will be assessed as part of the overall project assessment.

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will achieve:

• BA (Hons) in Creative Digital Design
• Creative Digital Design Professional Level 6 apprenticeship.

IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THE ROLE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE FOLLOWING:

Key - (S) will be measured at shortlisting, (I) will be measured at interview, (S&I) is both.

Essential:

• Achieved GCSE passes at Grade C/4 or above including Maths, and English (S)
• A minimum of 104 points at A-level (grades BCC) or an equivalent, e.g. BTEC DMM (S)OR
• Level 3 Junior Content Producer Apprenticeship
• Level 3 Junior Advertising Apprenticeship
• T-Level qualification (in a relevant occupational pathway preferred, but not essential)
• Adobe CC knowledge (S&I)
• Strong interest in digital design (S&I)
• Ability to work using own initiative (I)
• Able to work independently and within a team (I)
• Good communication skills (S&I)
• Good problem-solving skills (S&I)

Desirable:

• Web Development skills (S&I)
• HTML and CSS knowledge (SI&I)
• Video editing experience (S&I)