Communications trainee

Closing date: 10th August 2025 at 11.59pm

Training allowance: £23,938 (equivalent to net amount earning £13.85 per hour)

Duration: 12 months

Working hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm (flexible start/end times available on mutual agreement)

Start date: September 2025

This is an excellent traineeship for anyone in the early stages of their career, looking to gain experience and flourish in arts marketing.

The Place, London’s creative powerhouse for dance development, has been leading the way in dance training, creation and performance for over 50 years. In a changing landscape, their mission for the future remains steadfast: they are powering imagination through dance, championing new ideas, embracing risks and creating optimal conditions for dance artists and enthusiasts to realise their full potential.

The communications trainee will report to our Press & PR manager and work closely with our Communications team within a busy and exciting dance organisation to market our range of events and programmes. You will help maintain and monitor The Place's social media presence by scheduling posts on social media accounts across all major platforms they use.

You will also learn how to produce performance programme notes (for all performances in the theatre), assist in the production and placement of advertising, as well as research, planning, development, and implementation of marketing, PR, and communications activities.

What you will learn

• Social media management
• Arts advertising processes
• Copywriting
• Team working
• Marketing campaign planning
• Marketing research

How you will learn

• Maintaining and monitoring The Place’s social media presence
• Producing performance programme notes
• Assisting with on-sale processes, building web pages for events
• Updating and amending The Place website as and when required
• Supporting the Press and PR Manager in filing and archiving press cuttings
• Assisting the Senior Marketing Manager in the production and placement of advertising
• Researching, identifying and collating relevant and appropriate information for internal communication including weekly and monthly staff newsletters
• Assisting in the research, planning, development and implementation of marketing, PR, and communications activity
• Contributing to setting and monitoring termly Key Performance Indicators with the rest of the Communications Team
• Updating corporate stationery and building signage, as required

What we're looking for

• A basic understanding of PR and/or marketing
• Computer literate
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience using a range of social media platforms
• Enthusiasm for contemporary dance
• Keen attention to detail
• Commitment to developing a career in arts/higher education marketing and communications
• Organised with good time management skills

To apply

• Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity
• Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)
• Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully
• Do not contact the company directly
• Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk

This opportunity is open to individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds, or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people, people with the characteristic of gender reassignment and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.