Work Experience: VCCP Ad School – 1st to 5th July 2024
Interested in a career in advertising but not really sure how it works? Well, we have the perfect opportunity to kick start your career!
We are opening our doors again for a week-long summer Ad School at our HQ in London Victoria, and you can apply now!
WHAT IS AD SCHOOL?
We wanted to challenge the stereotype of the normal ad school experience – there’s no tea and coffee making during this week! Instead you get a jam-packed week giving you a genuine insight into life in an advertising agency.
From creative to strategy, production to account management, PR to media planning and buying, you’ll leave the week knowing exactly how a fully integrated campaign comes together.
You’ll have a timetable full of talks from industry-leading specialists, armed with all the information required to pull together your very own campaign. The other half of your week is spent working on a pitch for a live brief in the agency, with the help of mentors and your fellow ad school team.
Alex Orton, Previous Ad Schooler, and now Planner at VCCP "There aren't many opportunities like this in the industry - To be given a behind-the-scenes look at agency life; seeing how campaigns are created for some massive brands to creating your own campaign. You get to meet people from a whole range of different agency roles. Ad School is fascinating, loads of fun and an amazing springboard into a creative career. Doing Ad School gave me the advertising bug and helped land me a job here that I love".
WHO CAN APPLY?
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated applicants aged 18+, who have a desire to find out more about advertising and where they may fit into the industry. Simple as that, no other requirements!
VCCP London houses almost 800 staff alone, and is a melting pot of specialists. Some are highly creative, some are more analytical and some are simply brilliant with people. To give you an idea of the kind of skills, knowledge and talents we look for when we recruit, we have detailed just a few of the job roles, below, which make up our award-winning team.
WHAT JOBS ARE THERE AT AN ADVERTISING AGENCY?
We have a range of roles at VCCP, but put simply we summarise them in 3 ways
Thinkers
Often thinkers like to read, and share ideas:
- Researchers
- Historians
- Mathematicians
Doers
Often doers are well organised and good with people:
- Organised people
- Managers
- Producers
Makers
Often makers are creative and artistic:
- Writers
- Designers
- Photographers
- Drawers
HOW TO APPLY?
It's simple! There are two parts to our application process, you can apply via the form here
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Friday 3rd May
£100 travel expenses paid. Age: 18+
