Social Media & Digital Content Apprentice

Once trained and up to speed, a typical week will involve:

Clipping and reformatting. Cutting short (60-90 second) highlight clips from our programmes and interviews, reformatting them for Reels and Shorts, and adding burnt in captions Publishing across platforms. Posting clips and updates natively to Instagram Reels, Facebook, Reels, YouTube Shorts and X, and scheduling using our inhouse application suite Building simple graphics. Producing quote cards, headline graphics and multislide “carousel” posts from our articles Running the weekly email digest. Pulling together the week’s best content into a short, clean email to our mailing list and sending it on a consistent schedule Keeping the podcast feed tidy. Checking episode titles, descriptions and artwork so our shows surface properly on Spotify and Apple Daily community activity. Posting and engaging on Substack Notes, responding to comments shortly after we publish, and keeping our feeds active Watching the numbers. Pulling weekly figures from each platform’s analytics so we can see what’s working and adjust You’ll grow into more of the strategic side over time, but in the early months the focus is on doing the production work well and building good habits

Training:

Content Creator Level 3.

Training Outcome:

We will invest properly in your development. Over your first months you’ll be trained in:

Short form video editing, vertical reformatting and captioning.
Producing graphics and carousels Native publishing and scheduling across all our platforms Podcast feed management and email digest production Reading platform analytics and understanding what the numbers mean Our editorial standards

You’ll start with the most important, highest impact tasks (clipping and publishing) and take on more as your confidence grows.

Employer Description:

UK Column is an independent news media organisation producing news programmes, longform interviews, and written journalism covering civil liberties, government accountability, technology and current affairs. We publish across YouTube, Rumble, X, Instagram, Facebook, Substack and the major podcast platforms, and we run our own website and mailing list.
We produce a large volume of original longform content every week. What we don’t yet do well is turn that material into the steady stream of clips, posts and updates needed for success on modern platforms.

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday 09.00 - 17.00

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Logical,Creative,Initiative,Patience,Interest in current affairs,Interest in independent media,Basic graphics, video editing,Reliable and self-disciplined,Willingness to learn