Help for graduates
If you achieve success in life and you rise to the top, you owe it to others to send the elevator back down. We like students. We were students once. We like their vitality and enthusiasm which ought to be nurtured and encouraged.
We help students on their courses by accepting them on unpaid work placements where we try our best to show a wide variety of our roles. Of course we get many more applications than we could possibly accept, so if we can’t help you, don’t be despondent. We’ll always try to answer questions and give advice by email and invite you for a coffee and a bit of career advice if we have the time.
In the meantime, and especially if you live outside our areas, do look at www.ipa.co.uk. This is our professional association and its website contains lots of helpful advice for graduates, current vacancies and a list of all the serious players in the advertising and marketing profession to write to.
Do take care over your CV. Three out of ten of the ones we receive contain spelling errors. Another four out of ten have clearly been written as a wide ranging circular. Two out of ten are matter of fact robotic information. But we don’t want a robot. We want a creative person. So make your personality shine through. Make us like you and we’ll see you even if we have no vacancy at the moment. So tell us what makes you a really interesting, ambitious and enthusiastic person who would fit in well with our team.
This is a great profession to work in. Be patient, persevere and you’ll make it too.
Jobs
The vast majority of people we employ are ones who contacted us in the months before a position became available. We encourage speculative enquiries and we make an effort to see those people who interest us even where no job is available. When we suddenly have a position to fill, it’s this list we turn to. So if you’re looking for the next stage in your career, email us. Sell yourself to us. But be sure to include a full postal address and make clear which role might interest you. Emails which are clearly a circular don’t do it for us, sorry. You need to show why you’re interested in us. Send it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Part time Designer - Leeds (job share)
We’re looking for a great designer, with at least three years experience in an advertising or design agency, and with an impressive portfolio across a wide range of creative disciplines. You must be adept with all the usual Mac skills, be an expert in the Adobe CS design package, in particular Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. You will be highly creative, able to conceptualise original ideas and take them through to completion. You’ll be a team player, able to work on your own initiative, with the minimum of supervision and meticulous about accuracy even when under pressure. You’ll be a confident communicator able to meet clients and suppliers directly at times.
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious designer who wants to expand and nurture their skills across a wide range of disciplines in a supportive but demanding and fast paced creative environment.
Direct applications only please enclosing a detailed CV, covering email and detailing present and anticipated salary to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it We have not placed this position with any search agency and none through one would be considered.
