Media apprenticeships and journalism apprenticeships courses

Media apprenticeships training courses are a great entry to the industry for new starters, as well as being a fantastic tool to develop existing staff. Spending your apprenticeship levy (or convincing your employers to spend it on you!) on media apprenticeships training means that you'll have the tools you need to develop your skillset and keep your career moving forward as quickly as your industry.

Whether you want to work in digital media, advertising, broadcast media or even social media, there's an apprenticeship standard to suit everyone. Media apprenticeships range from level 3 (intermediate) to level 7 (degree) meaning that even those that have spent their career working in the media industry have a chance to develop and grow. 

Media apprenticeships and journalism apprenticeships 

The broadcast industry is broad and includes both media apprenticeships and journalism, which means that the range of standards and frameworks available to you are expansive! Whether you know where you want to specialise or whether you're looking to diversify your skill set, there are plenty of options for you.

The following training standards are available within media apprenticeships and journalism apprenticeships:

• Junior journalist (Level 3 apprenticeship)
• Social Media and Digital Marketing: Social Media (Level 3 apprenticeship)
• Creative and Digital Media (Level 3 apprenticeship)
• Advertising and Media Executive (Level 3 apprenticeship)
• Social Media and Digital Marketing: Digital Marketing (Level 3 apprenticeship)
• Broadcast Production Assistant (Level 3 apprenticeship)
• Junior Content Producer (Level 3 apprenticeship)
• Digital Marketer (Level 3 apprenticeship)
• Marketing (Level 3 apprenticeship)
• Creative and Digital Media: Interactive Design and Development (Level 4 apprenticeship)
• Social Media and Digital Marketing: Digital Marketing (Level 4 apprenticeship)
• Public Relations (Level 4 apprenticeship)
• Junior 2D artist (visual effects) (Level 4 apprenticeship)
• Digital Learning Design (Level 4 apprenticeship)
• Digital and technology solutions professional (Level 6 apprenticeship)
• Digital Marketer (degree)(Level 6 apprenticeship)
• Broadcast and Media Systems Engineer (degree) (Level 6 apprenticeship)
• Outside broadcasting engineer (Level 7 apprenticeship)

Who can apply for media apprenticeships training?

Media apprenticeship training isn’t just for school leavers, although it does offer a valuable route into the career for new starters as well. There is no age limit and apprenticeships are open to people of any age and any career level. Apprenticeships are valuable for staff of any industry looking to learn practical, role-ready knowledge and skills and you can use the apprenticeship levy to train existing staff as well as taking on new employees.

Media training apprenticeships are offered from Level 3 (intermediate) all the way up to Level 5 (foundation degree) and are a great way to develop the knowledge and skill set of existing staff.

If you are a company required to pay the apprenticeships levy, you can spend your levy money on apprenticeship training and end-point assessment with a training provider on the Education & Skills Funding Agency’s Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP). We only list RoTAP approved apprenticeship providers, and you can search for courses here to find a provider to match.

Apprenticeship training must last a minimum of 12 months and 20% of the apprentice’s time must be spent on off-the-job training. You can only use funds in the account to pay for apprenticeship training and assessment for apprentices that work at least 50% of the time in England, and only up to the funding band maximum for that apprenticeship.

For employers who don’t pay the levy, support is still available. If you pay 10% of the apprenticeship training costs and the government will pay the rest (90%), up to the funding band maximum. This is known as ‘co-investment’.

Choosing the right media apprenticeships training provider

You can find and compare government approved, RoATP registered apprenticeship providers on our website. If you’re not sure which level is right for you or your staff you can find guides, articles and help on our apprenticeship hub.