Digital User Experience (Apprenticeship)

Degree-level Apprenticeship – Digital User Experience.

Digital User Experience (Apprenticeship)

In partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University

About the role

This is an excellent entry-level role ideally suited to someone looking to kick-start their career in digital marketing at an award-winning SEO agency and at the same time study for a degree as a Digital UX Professional from Manchester Metropolitan University.

We are looking for a Digital User Experience apprentice to design software and platforms that meet people’s needs. You will combine interfaces and workflows to enhance user experience.

In this role, you should be an analytical and creative designer who is able to grasp user needs and solve problems. Ultimately, you will make our product more user-friendly to attract and retain customers.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Evaluating existing sites ad products for usability
• Working with customers and colleagues to plan and implement new UX projects
• Carry out research into users’ needs
• Developing personas, user stories and other resources that capture users’ needs
• Using specialist software to create mock-ups and prototypes
• Organising and running user testing
• Making recommendations and planning changes based on user feedback
• Exploring and implementing other ways to gather and incorporate users feedback

Required skills:

• Excellent written communication skills
• The ability to listen to and communicate with people from a wide range of backgrounds, including other professionals, senior colleagues and users
• A logical approach
• The ability to think creatively
• Strong problem solving skills
• The ability to work in a team alongside colleagues with different areas of expertise
• Excellent coding skills
• Excellent organisational, time and project management skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Self development skills to keep up to date with fast changing trends
• Willingness to learn continually and to apply what you have learned

Personal attributes

• A strong interest in SEO, digital marketing and a desire to work in digital roles
• Good problem solver and uses own initiative
• Excellent attention to detail
• Enthusiastic team player
• Strong work ethic
• Flexible, adaptable approach
• Hard working and self-motivated
• Prepared to go the extra mile when necessary
• A creative thinker who will bring new ideas to the team

Academic requirements

Apprenticeship Programme requirements = 104 UCAS points (Equivalent to minimum BCC grades at A-Level). Other entry options are also available. Find out more on the link below.

Digital User Experience (UX) Professional

Note: all course fees will be covered by Aqueous Digital and The Government...

Apprenticeship length

4 years

Available vacancies

1

Salary

Salary: £21,255.00 per annum (Aqueous Digital is an accredited Living Wage employee)

Benefits package

• Holiday allowance (25 days per year)
• Flexible working and work life balance options
• Pension
• Employer assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Gym benefit
• Technology and mobile benefit
• Employee assistance programme
• Strong corporate social responsibility and charitable support policy
• We are a living wage employer
• Personal skill development and individual training plan (See the skills and training section of our website for full details)

About Aqueous Digital

Aqueous Digital is an award-winning, family-run digital marketing agency based in Cheshire.

We specialise in organic and paid internet search, website content strategy and reputation management.

Founded in 2011, we set out with a clear vision to provide a different type of digital marketing service: a service based entirely on trust, loyalty, and collaboration (TLC).

Now a decade later, those core values are as central to our ethos as they have ever been. We stand by our caring, down-to-earth, ethical approach to business, but this does not just apply to our customers, we carry this through to how we treat our employees too.

We recently won Best Small Integrated Search Agency at the prestigious UK Search Awards, Best Small Integrated Search Agency at the European Search Awards, Best Global Small Integrated Agency at the Global Search Awards and Best Small Integrated Digital Agency at the UK Growth Awards 2021.

Location

• Main office: Sutton Weaver, Runcorn, Cheshire. Flexible working options are available including working from home and hybrid working.
• Study: Manchester Metropolitan University, City Centre Manchester.

Job type

Full-time contract with time off (20%) to allow for course study and attendance at Manchester Metropolitan University. On completion of the degree apprenticeship a full time role will be available at Aqueous Digital.

How to apply

104 UCAS Points or strong experience in digital marketing is required for entry onto the course at Manchester Metropolitan University.

For October 2023 Apprenticeship opportunities, please email: kburdsall@aqueous-digital.co.uk | Telephone enquiries: 01928 566777

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Job Type: Apprenticeship

Salary: £21,255.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Sutton, WA7 3EH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• UX Design: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 14/07/2023
Reference ID: Degree- level apprenticeship - Digital User Experience
Expected start date: 04/09/2023