Production Summer Internship London 2024

We are now recruiting for our Summer 2024 Internship programme!

We are now accepting applications for our July internship intake. We’re really excited to be recruiting interns and we have some great internships available across the charity.  We will also be recruiting for our Autumn internships later this year. To be notified once these applications are live, please visit our website to sign up.

Are you looking for an exciting internship opportunity at one of the UK’s largest health charities?

Why we need you

Cancer Research UK is the world’s largest charity dedicated to beating all types of cancer. We now have an opportunity for you to join us as a Production Intern.

What will I be doing?

The Production team sits within the new in-house creative team at CRUK, called The Studio. We help deliver innovative, engaging content on behalf of the whole charity, responding to briefs that require video, photography, audio or events AV production support.

This role would potentially be involved in a number of active projects, assisting the Production team with hands-on support at video/photography shoots (camera, lighting, sound etc.), contributing creative ideas, working on active video edits and helping to source creative assets to take our projects to the next level.

Key responsibilities

• Camera/Production assistant to Producers/Photographers (on-set assistance, coordinating critical paperwork such as release forms, call sheets etc.)
• Post-production assistance (sourcing/organising assets, adding basic graphics/subtitles to videos etc.)
• Organising creative brainstorms and delivering back to the Producer(s)/Photographer
• Assembling creative responses to brief based on Producer direction (mood boards, summary of ideas, scripts etc.)
• Communicating/liaising with stakeholders to gather assets/feedback on active projects
• Helping with industry/competitor reporting to keep the Production team up to date with current creative trends

What skills are you looking for?

You’ll be able to bring to the role:

• Highly creative and self-motivated, with a solutions-oriented approach and a drive to innovate
• Basic experience with video/photography production, including cameras, lighting, sound etc.
• Basic experience with post-production tools such as Premiere Pro. After Effects a bonus.
• Some experience working on creative projects, with an understanding of the process for developing ideas based on a brief (with audience/objectives). Experience writing scripts, developing storyboards, coordinating paperwork would be a bonus.

What will I gain?

This role will add real value to Cancer Research UK so we want to ensure you’re getting a lot out of it too. As an intern you’ll go through a structured development programme with skills training in project management, CV writing and interview skills and you’ll have a buddy to help you settle in. You’ll be eligible for many of our benefits, including paid holiday, and you’ll gain key experience to help you launch your career.

How do I apply?

Please apply online by uploading your details and answering an application question. Please complete an application form for only one Internship role.

One of our values at CRUK is Being Human. We want to hear about why you’re interested in CRUK and what is motivating you to apply. So, we discourage the use of AI when completing your application form and throughout the process.

Application process

Stage 1: Online application

Complete an online application form – you’ll be asked to answer a motivational competency question and upload your CV.

In our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we operate an anonymised shortlisting process. Please therefore ensure that you have completed the work history section of the application form in full and that you have answered all application questions, as this is the information we will be using to shortlist. CVs are required to be uploaded for all applications, as they will be collected for use later in the process.  If you experience any problems submitting an application, please email earlycareers@cancer.org.uk

Stage 2: Assessment

If your initial application is successful you will then be invited to complete our new situational judgment test. The test poses real life scenarios that a CRUK intern might be met with in their day to day role and asks how you would tackle that scenario. This is un-timed and multiple choice. Please let us know if you think you might require adjustments for this assessment.

Stage 3: Audio Submission

If you are successful in the previous stage, you will be asked to complete an audio submission, answering competency-based questions. The questions will be emailed to you and you will have a few days to submit a response via an audio recording (no video required).

Stage 4: Interviews

If you are successful in the previous stage, you will then be invited to a face-to-face interview at our head office with representatives from the team you are applying to.

The Internship will start on Monday 1st July 2024.