Design and Content Industrial Placement 2027

Met Office; Devon and Torbay; Híbrido; GBP 24 000 - 30 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Annual leave 27.5 days

Discounted shopping

Resumo da oferta

The Met Office invites applications for a 2027 Design and Content Industrial Placement. This 12-month, full-time placement (37 hours/week) starts July 2027 and can be hybrid with weekly office presence.

You will craft engaging weather and climate communications, supporting graphics, animations and videos with a renowned team. This placement offers learning opportunities across channels, opportunities to network with peers, and a chance to contribute to public-facing science communication.

Qualificações

• Lead criteria include staying current with design and social media trends.
• Strong portfolio of multi-channel work with design awareness.
• Willingness to learn new skills and adapt to changing briefs.
• Excellent communication and ability to work in a team.

Responsabilidades

• Create engaging content for multiple channels.
• Be proactive and eager to try new ideas.
• Develop design, camera and editing skills across briefs.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the organisation on engaging science communication.
• Keep up to date with social media trends.

Conhecimentos

Design & social

Portfolio

Communication

Project mgmt

Ferramentas

Adobe Creative Suite

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for Industrial Placements 2027.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, commencing at the start of July 2027, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us.

You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities are on offer at the Met Office after you graduate.

We're looking for Design and Content Industrial Placement 2027 to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Design and Content Industrial Placement 2027, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work. As an Industrial Placement, we would expect you to attend the office once a week as a minimum.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

• We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field. You'll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.

You will be helping to communicate complex weather and climate information in an engaging way to a broad audience. You'll be working with our award-winning team to produce graphics, animations and videos to help keep people informed and safe. This role is hands‑on, fast‑paced and in a team that values ideas and innovation.

Your key duties

• Create engaging content for a range of channels.
• Be proactive, seizing the opportunity to get involved and try new things.
• Be keen to develop your design, camera and editing skills taking on a range of briefs.
• Work with a range of people across the organisation to make engaging science communication.
• Stay up‑to‑date with the latest trends across social media.

Why join us

Our work is life‑changing, often life‑saving and always life‑enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their 'Best Workplaces in Tech' 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 lists, as well as their '54 Best Workplaces for Women' 2023 list.

Your package includes

• Your salary will be £27,170
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days
• Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands

Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2028, there may be an opportunity to apply for our Graduate Development scheme upon completion of your university studies. However, this is not guaranteed and would be subject to programme availability and a successful application.

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

• Lead Criteria - You'll truly live and breathe design and social media, with the desire to stay up‑to‑date with who is creating amazing content
• You’ll have a strong portfolio of multi-channel work with experience using Adobe Creative Suite.
• You’ll be eager to keep evolving, with examples of trying new things / learning new skills.
• You’ll work well in a team, demonstrating excellent communication and project management skills.

The panel may perform a preliminary sift of the lead criteria as indicated above.

Closing date: 23:59 on 8th November 2026.

Interviews will be completed by 16th December 2026.

Using AI in your application

We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment.

We understand that great minds don't always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance without caveats and/or restrictions for this role, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application.

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact us at: If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at:

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