Content Creator Apprenticeship - Level 3 - Flexi Job Apprenticeship Agency - South Shore - London

ORGANISATION: South Shore Productions

LOCATION: 210 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7HD.

This opportunity is available to those who live within a commutable distance of the central London office. Due to working hours, we recommend a maximum of one hour from / to base (High Holborn, WC1V 7HD). Please note there will be no reimbursement of travel to and from work.

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term Contract, Full time (37.5 hours per week) for 17 months (29 June 2026 to 4 December 2027)

SALARY: £24,650 per year + £5,441 per year London Weighting

Do you love unscripted TV, digital culture, and creating engaging content that cuts through?

Do you want hands on experience shaping social and digital content across a slate of busy, varied programmes?

The BBC Flexi Job Apprentice Agency (FJAA) is offering an exciting opportunity to join South Shore Productions in central London as a Content Creator Apprentice working across the company’s digital and social content needs.

Through the BBC’s Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, you will be hired by the BBC and be placed with South Shore Productions for the duration of your apprenticeship. The BBC will work with South Shore and Bauer Academy to oversee your successful completion on the apprenticeship.

South Shore Productions is an ambitious, unscripted production company working across everything from current affairs and investigations to entertainment, lifestyle and talent led programmes. With multiple productions running at once, no two days are the same. You’ll be close to conversations and creative decisions that might harder to access at larger indies.

You won’t be sitting quietly in a corner. You’ll be in kick off meetings, following filming schedules, shaping digital ideas, and helping ensure each production has strong, engaging, platform ready content.

This apprenticeship will give you the chance to work with experienced TV and digital producers who will support your development, help you build industry skills and give you real insight into how unscripted shows come together on screen and online.

The Content Creator apprenticeship is designed to equip you with the skills to create engaging, impactful content across multiple platforms. You’ll learn how to plan and develop creative ideas, research target audiences, and create audio, visual and written content suitable for various platforms.

It’s a hands‑on, immersive programme with practical workshops, interactive sessions, assignments and group projects. You’ll build planning and creative skills by developing and presenting pitches and proposals, and you’ll learn how to record and edit video and audio content. The scheme also covers the basics and best practices of imaging and photography, social media and search engine optimisation, as well as website creation.

Apprentices from this scheme typically progress into roles such as Digital Marketer, Marketing Executive, Content Producer and Social Media Manager.

As a Content Creator apprentice, this is brilliant opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute - you will:

• Join production meetings to understand each project’s tone, creative approach and delivery needs.
• Track filming schedules across multiple productions.
• Spot opportunities for digital content, including short clips, behind‑the‑scenes moments, interviews and talent‑led extras.
• Pull and cut clips from early edits or completed programmes for use on social platforms.
• Capture behind‑the‑scenes footage on set for social and digital use.
• Support the Digital Lead Producer with day-to-day content planning.
• Work collaboratively with editorial teams to ensure digital ideas align with the programme tone and compliance requirements.
• Monitor audience trends and help suggest improvements for South Shore’s social and digital presence
• Bring a constant flow of fresh ideas that respond to TV moments, cultural shifts and platform trends

This is a hands on role where you’ll see production from the inside, learn how digital complements broadcast TV, and help shape content that reaches audiences across multiple platforms.

What will you be studying?

You’ll be studying your industry recognised qualification, learning both on- and off-the-job in a programme delivered by Bauer Academy. Typically, you will spend one day a week completing online or face-to-face learning that supports the role and develops your skills, and four days on-the-job at South Shore Productions.

An apprenticeship requires full commitment and discipline from the learner. Alongside experiences and training, there is an expectation of wider self-learning and the requirement to meet learning objectives and deadlines, as outlined by the apprenticeship standards.

For more information on this apprenticeship standard, you will be studying please visit this link.

We’re interested in your passion and enthusiasm to deliver world-class excellence to the BBC and South Short Productions audiences. We look for positive people who live our values and ensure our culture remains inclusive and full of opportunities. We’re not focused on your qualifications; instead, we look for potential and offer you the opportunity to apply your transferable strengths and experience to work in different ways.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply:

• Excited by working in a company like South Shore Productions where your voice and creativity will genuinely be used.
• Creative, energetic and full of ideas, with the confidence to suggest new ideas and challenge bland or “mid” content.
• A genuine consumer of TV and digital culture, across genres and who follow what is happening across platforms like TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.
• Adaptable and versatile, able to switch between serious, issue‑based content and fun, high-energy entertainment.
• A collaborative team player who is organised, proactive and confident juggling multiple tasks in a fast‑moving production environment.
• Passionate about your own self-development, showing the discipline and commitment required to complete the apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship opportunity is ideal for someone at an early stage in their career who is looking to gain experience in a professional environment alongside a qualification. If you already have experience in this area, we recommend exploring other roles that may be better suited to the next step in your career, which can be found at careers.bbc.co.uk.

To be eligible for this apprenticeship, you must:

• Be aged 18 or over when the apprenticeship starts in 29 June 2026.
• Live within a commutable distance of central London.
• Have lived in the UK continuously for the last 3 years prior to the start of the apprenticeship
• Be legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the entire duration of the apprenticeship
• Not currently be taking part in an apprenticeship scheme supported by the BBC or another organisation.

To apply for this scheme, you must also:

• Not have completed or hold qualifications in the apprenticeship subject at the same or higher level.
• Be available for the in-person assessment which will take place on Friday 15 May 2026 at BBC London Broadcasting House.
• Be able to start on 29 June 2026.

For candidates under the age of 19 years at 29 June 2026: To complete the apprenticeship, you must have achieved Maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or National 5 (Scotland) at C or Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent qualification. If you have not achieved these qualifications by the start of your apprenticeship, you will be required to achieve Functional Skills Level 2 before the end of your apprenticeship when you take your end-point assessment.

Don’t leave yourself wondering “what if?” this could be your chance to be part of something exciting. See yourself thriving in this role? Just click ‘Apply Now’!

You’ll create a candidate profile and answer a few questions - no CV or cover letter needed. If you're eligible, we’ll guide you through the next steps of the process and what to expect.

Please note that you must live in a commutable distance from the location which you are applying for this apprenticeship – there is an expectation for you to be working in the office. In addition, the benefits outlined in the ‘Life at the BBC’ section of this advert and subsequent communications - including annual leave entitlement, working hours and pension arrangements - differ for Flexi Job Apprenticeship Agency placements.

This is a fixed-term apprenticeship - your contract lasts for the duration of the scheme. Once completed, you’ll be supported with career development, employability training, and networking opportunities to help you take your next step.

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Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Our apprenticeship roles are also subject to you having the require qualifications that we have deemed to be necessary for your role and the requirement of the training provider for your scheme. The offer would be subject to you undergoing and meeting the requirements of a skill scan process with the BBC nominated training provider to determine your eligibility.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.