Graphic Designer - Degree Apprenticeship
RHOTIC MEDIA LIMITED
London (E1 5JL)
Closes on Sunday 17 May 2026
Posted on 18 March 2026
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Summary
As a Graphic Design Apprentice, you’ll design social assets, animations and campaign visuals using InDesign, Canva and Adobe tools, developing strong digital, print, brand and layout skills before progressing to client projects across media production.
- Wage
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£15,600 to £24,784.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Digital marketer (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday, 09.00 until 17.30 - Office based.
Tuesday, 09.00 until 17.30 - Office based.
Wednesday, 09.00 until 17.30 - Office based.
Thursday, 09.00 until 17.30 - University.
Friday, 09.00 until 17.30 - Study day.
37.5 hours a week.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 August 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
In this high pace and varied role, you will learn how creative design supports marketing and communication strategies within financial services.
You will work as part of a friendly, collaborative team and gain hands‑on experience producing high‑quality visual content across digital and print channels.
In your first two years, you will focus on the agency’s owned media titles, Capital Pioneer and Financial Promoter, developing design skills across animation, layout, and editorial design.
You will learn to create magazine spreads, brochures, social media graphics, and digital assets using industry‑standard tools including Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, and other major design platforms.
From the very beginning, you will be trained in digital design for social media, print design for publications, and brand‑led visual communication.
You will learn how to work with corporate identity systems, brand guidelines, templates, and style guides to ensure consistency and professionalism across all outputs.
From year two onward, you will begin contributing to the agency’s client teams, applying your design skills across the full creative and marketing mix. This may include designing visual concepts based on research themes, creating graphics, animations, and digital assets for campaigns, supporting podcast and studio‑based video production with visual elements, and producing commercial content in both static and motion formats.
You will be invited to client events and will be expected to manage your own workload as your confidence grows. Some domestic and international travel may be required.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious agency in a creatively rich, multi‑layered role designed to give you the practical skills, industry experience, and design thinking that will support your long‑term career. The degree apprenticeship will connect classic marketing principles with modern digital design approaches, giving you a strong foundation in both strategic communication and professional creative practice.
Where you'll work
68-80 Hanbury Street
London
E1 5JL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
Training course
Digital marketer (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Develop and critically apply the concepts, principles and theories of marketing relevant to the interdisciplinary topics of digital marketing
- Apply the 4 marketing principles (product, price, place, promotion) and considerations of the business / marketing campaign.
- Write and create content for the different audiences, online channels and create clear “Call to Actions” and user journey’s
- Demonstrate how to promote and apply content marketing effectively through the appropriate media channels, relationship management systems and communication platforms to ensure brand and cultural awareness are maintained throughout marketing strategies.
- Select a variety of appropriate research methodologies, platforms and technologies to synthesise information and apply to the organisation’s digital marketing strategies, drivers and customer behaviours
- Manage, plan, specify, lead and report on digital marketing projects.
- Manage and optimise key channels and content within a digital marketing plan.
- Manage interfaces and the supply network of the organisation and customer by applying the appropriate E-commerce strategies and models available and whenever appropriate taking global engagements into account.
- Apply a marketing mix / digital marketing mix to meet customer expectations.
- Accurately observe, record and draw conclusions from all types statistical analysis of campaign performance, recognising inherent uncertainties and limitations with financial and budgetary requirements to demonstrate Return on Investment (ROI).
- Engage communities through Email Marketing and Social Media to stimulate and encourage communication through positive discussion and engagement.
- Apply the appropriate tools for a data-led approach to analyse marketing information and platforms, data and social media and recognise what is actually important for insights and optimisation to provide solutions for marketing decisions
- Contribute to business, planning and marketing strategies to recognise and respond quickly to opportunities and customer requirements whilst embracing change.
- Identify, recognise and understand internal and external business intelligence and factors that may impact future operations.
- Interpret, communicate and brief internal or external stakeholders on digital business requirements.
Training schedule
Rhotic Media provides a structured, industry‑focused training programme designed to give the apprentice a deep understanding of the financial sectors they will be designing for. This includes guided learning in capital markets, personal finance, (re)insurance and risk, ensuring the designer understands how digital design concepts are applied within high‑finance communications.
This specialist training is delivered in the workplace across our London and Chelmsford offices and runs alongside the university programme. It ensures the apprentice develops both technical design skills and the financial knowledge required to produce accurate, effective visual content for sophisticated audiences.
In the London office, where this apprenticeship is based, our Lead Graphic Designer will provide day‑to‑day guidance from the very start. They will shadow the apprentice’s workflow, offer hands‑on technical instruction, and support the development of professional design practices across animation, layout, digital content creation and brand‑led design.
This combined approach — industry training, academic study and daily professional mentoring — ensures the apprentice gains the confidence, technical ability and sector understanding needed to produce high‑quality digital and print design for clients operating in complex financial markets.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Creative
About this employer
Rhotic Media is a financial services marketing and events agency. The company owns two media titles - Financial Promoter and Capital Pioneer for which there are associated events.
It also operates an agency business offering strategic support to global businesses in marketing strategy, content delivery, training, presenting and live event production.
Our clients rely on us to have a comprehensive understanding of the global economic and capital markets landscape to enable them to stand out from their competitors and achieve cut-through in their marketing. Rhotic’s team take client business objectives and translate them into strategies and assets serving an overall corporate aim. They do this through a consultative approach that stems from an ability to recognise important themes and unravel technical jargon. The agency works across three key client segments – capital markets, personal finance and financial technology. These segments span every area of finance, including accounting, banking, insurance, investment, pensions, payments, and securities services.
After this apprenticeship
A graphic design apprentice at Rhotic Media can look forward to a career that blends high‑level creative skill with deep financial‑sector understanding. They could progress into roles such as Digital Designer, Art Director, or Brand Designer within financial services or creative agencies. Their specialist knowledge of high‑finance communication also opens doors to niche, well‑paid roles in financial publishing, fintech and corporate communications.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
RHOTIC MEDIA LIMITED
Emma Hampshire
emma.hampshire@rhoticmedia.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000021822.
Apply now
Closes on Sunday 17 May 2026