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Kick-start your career within the media industry, gaining first-hand experience within a busy media team. 
An opportunity for a bright, ambitious individual with an interest in all things media, currently looking to increase their knowledge.
 
Responsibilities
<ul>
<li>Campaign monitoring and reporting</li>
<li>Assist the department in its day-to-day activities.</li>
<li>Implementing bookings with media owners.</li>
<li>Day-to-day administration of accounts</li>
<li>Coordination of activity through liaison with clients, media owners, and creative agencies.</li>
<li>Copy documents</li>
<li>Assisting in preparation of presentations to AMS clients</li>
</ul>
 
Example clients
<ul>
<li>Solgar Vitamins, Jägermeister, Beaulieu Conservatory Insulations</li>
</ul>
 
Knowledge, skills, experience
<ul>
<li>Some experience with Excel, Powerpoint, Word, and Outlook</li>
<li>Good organisational skills</li>
<li>Numerate, with an eye for detail</li>
<li>Good communication skills</li>
<li>Team player</li>
<li>Analytical</li>
<li>Enthusiasm for learning</li>
</ul>
 
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.
Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

AMS Media Group

Media assistant - media planning & buying agency

Closing date: 24th July 2022
Salary: £21,500 per annum equivalent
 
This six-month internship will give you an opportunity to work on some of the world’s most iconic brands as well as getting hands-on experience with our creative and passionate team.
We’re on the lookout for Consumer PR and Social Media Interns to join our successful team on the “Splendid Futures” programme. 
 
 
What you'll be doing
You'll engage in a structured induction process to ensure you’re exposed to every aspect of the role. These are some of the things you’ll get stuck into:
<ul>
<li>Daily digesting of a broad range of national, consumer and industry media titles and online/social content and trends so you learn to recognise opportunities for clients and build your knowledge and contacts</li>
<li>Drafting copy for team communications, shorter press materials and social content</li>
<li>Picking up the phone and selling stories and content ideas for your clients to journalists and influencers</li>
<li>Logging media coverage, image rights and where relevant, social analytics and helping your team to report back on results</li>
<li>Organising and helping to deliver media and influencer mailers including going out to shops in London to buy samples, managing sample deliveries and liaising with couriers</li>
<li>Assisting with events, including researching of costs and logistics where needed</li>
<li>Taking part in brainstorming and learning how to generate creative ideas for the agency and clients</li>
<li>Presenting your thoughts and ideas to your team (including at our weekly Splendid Loves informal ideas sharing session)</li>
<li>Working with your mentor and career development manager to regularly review your progress and learning, ensuring you get the best out of your Splendid experience</li>
</ul>
 
 
Knowledge, skills, experience
<ul>
<li>Strong interest in pursuing a career in Consumer PR and Social Media and a good understanding of what both involve</li>
<li>Genuine passion for food, drink and other lifestyle/cultural areas like music, art and entertainment</li>
<li>Passion for reading a range of print and online editorial media, social and digital news updates and following content from lifestyle influencers</li>
<li>Understanding and enthusiasm for how the most popular social media channels work, with some knowledge of how brands use them</li>
<li>Strong skills in written and spoken English communication</li>
<li>Good attention to detail and a commitment to producing high quality work</li>
<li>Able to take responsibility for actions and meeting deadlines with a can-do attitude</li>
</ul>
This role is open to those with and without previous experience in media relations, social media, content creation, events and/or production (experience is useful but not essential). 
First interviews will be taking place in early August (these will be virtual) and the second stage in person interviews will take place on 30 August. The internship will start on 20 September. 
The roles will be based in our Splendid office in East London, so applicants will need to be able to attend the workplace throughout the week (although there may be an option for one day per week to be worked from home ).
Many of our interns have been successful in securing a permanent role with Splendid after the initial internship period. For this reason, please only apply if you’ve finished studying or aren’t committed to another job and can consider a potential role directly after the internship.
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.
Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Consumer PR & social media intern

Closing date for applications: 16th July at 23.59pm
Salary: London Living Wage
Dates: from September 2022 – June 2023
 
Love the sound of learning the publishing process from top to bottom via a 9-month internship across several departments at Simon &amp; Schuster?
No prior experience is required for this entry-level traineeship with Simon &amp; Schuster!
Simon &amp; Schuster is one of the most successful global publishers in the world. Its adult fiction list in the UK includes bestselling authors such as Philippa Gregory, Santa Montefiore, Kathy Reichs, Colleen Hoover, Graham Swift and John Irving. The Adult non-fiction list ranges from Number One bestsellers Bob Mortimer, Dave Grohl and Rupi Kaur to John Nichol, Laura Bates, Anita Anand and Walter Isaacson.
Simon &amp; Schuster Children’s Books is one of the UK’s most vibrant and fast-growing publishers for young people. Its children’s fiction and YA list features an array of bestsellers and rising stars, from Ben Miller and Adam Silvera to Nadia Shireen, Benjamin Dean, A.F. Steadman and many more, with successful series including Dragon Realm and Dork Diaries. The picture book list is world-renowned and they are the proud home of the smash-hit Supertato series by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet as well as stand-out author-illustrators such as Benji Davies, Tom Percival, Beach and Steve Small.
In addition to publishing a wide mix of literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction, and an award-winning children’s list, we also provide sales and distribution services to several award-winning independent Client Publishers from the UK, USA and Australia. These include VIZ Media, Andrews McMeel, National Geographic Adult and Elliott &amp; Thompson.
 
<h3>Months 1 – 3, Adult Publishing</h3>
What you'll learn
<ul>
<li>The publishing process from the perspective of an editorial team</li>
<li>How a book is edited and produced</li>
<li>How the editorial team liaises with other departments</li>
<li>How decisions are made around acquisitions</li>
</ul>
 
What you'll be doing
Supporting the fiction and non-fiction editorial teams across all editorial functions, including:
<ul>
<li>General admin and editorial admin, including running reports (TCM, TMM, etc)</li>
<li>To assist as required with copy editing, proof reading, collations, creating prelims and endmatter, checking permissions</li>
<li>Checking copy for electronic sales kits, marketing material, catalogues, websites and newsletters · Reading and reporting on manuscripts</li>
<li>Writing cover briefs and cover copy and completing TIs (with manager approval)</li>
<li>Developing and maintaining content on the databases</li>
<li>Taking minutes in meetings and circulating them promptly</li>
</ul>
 
<h3>Months 4 – 6, Group Sales</h3>
What you'll learn
<ul>
<li>A basic understanding of the UK retail landscapes for books across all formats and genres</li>
<li>The strength and sales potential of various areas in the market</li>
<li>How to tailor presentations of different customers according to the strengths of each</li>
<li>The value of relationship building when dealing with external retailers</li>
<li>You'll gain an understanding of the tools needed in order to sell books effectively and the value of sales analysis in that process</li>
</ul>
 
What you'll be doing
<ul>
<li>You will work alongside the sales team and assist in the creation of sales presentations as required</li>
<li>You will also help to create and maintain sales databases and customer sales spreadsheets</li>
<li>You will attend a wide range of customer presentations, including one or more day(s) out on the road with a regional sales rep presenting to independent bookshops</li>
<li>You will also attend key account presentations to supermarkets/WHS/digital customers (exact retailers dependent on sales cycles and timings)</li>
<li>You will attend internal sales meetings and be asked to give feedback on potential sales outlets for books</li>
<li>You will attend Client publisher presentations</li>
<li>You will also spend time within the Export sales department and help prepare international sales presentations</li>
</ul>
 
<h3>Months 7 – 9, Adult Marketing &amp; Publicity</h3>
What you'll learn
<ul>
<li>In Marketing and Publicity, the focus is on getting the books into the hands of readers everywhere, whether through press coverage, advertising or social media</li>
<li>You will learn how to think critically and creatively about marketing and publicising books, and what the process involves</li>
<li>You will learn about different media outlets and how Simon &amp; Schuster put their authors forward</li>
<li>Gain an understanding of the media and advertising landscape</li>
<li>Learn how author events work and how the department works alongside its editorial and sales colleagues</li>
</ul>
 
What you'll be doing
<ul>
<li>You will be shadowing marketing and publicity managers and helping them bring some of its biggest campaigns to life</li>
<li>You will be given your own campaign to work on from beginning to end and coached through the whole exercise</li>
<li>Assist with general departmental administration</li>
<li>You will create assets and write copy for social media and press releases and help to pitch titles to journalists</li>
<li>You will have the opportunity to attend author events and book festivals</li>
</ul>
 
<h3>Who we're looking for</h3>
<ul>
<li>Someone with a love of books and people, and the desire to learn about all areas of the publishing industry</li>
<li>No specific work experience is required but a desire to work in publishing and a personal understanding of social media is a plus</li>
<li>A basic knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint would be helpful</li>
</ul>
 
<h3>To apply</h3>
<ul>
<li>Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity</li>
<li>Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)</li>
<li>Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully</li>
<li>Do not contact the company directly</li>
<li>Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: <a href="mailto:recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk" target="_blank">recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk</a></li>
</ul>
 
This opportunity is only open to individuals from a group that is under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled people, 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.

Simon & Schuster UK

Publishing intern

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