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⚪ BORN READY: TRAINEE SCHEME
- London (Hybrid Working)
- Age 18+
- Full-time - 37.5 hours a week - Monday to Friday
- Tuesday to Thursday at our office in London, Mondays & Fridays at home
- 12 weeks from 09/06/26 - 03/09/26
- London Living Wage - £14.80 per hour
- Laptop provided
- Commuting allowance
Looking for your first step into the industry, but don’t know where to start?
You might be Born Ready.
This summer we’re running the fourth year of Born Ready - our trainee scheme designed to help people break into the social media industry without needing connections, experience or the “right” degree.
Over the past three years, Born Ready trainees have gone on to land full-time roles at Born Social, building careers across production, influence, and social media management.
Now we’re looking for the next two people to join them:
- One specialising in Content Creation (in Social Media Management)
- One specialising in Strategy
If you’re curious about how brands show up on social and have ideas about how they could do it better, come get paid to get trained this summer.
🟡 WHO WE ARE
We are Born Social, a social-first creative agency that brings brand building into the social era. We have a track record of delivering transformation for iconic brands like Guinness, Ford, and Barclays, led by our team of social natives and brand experts, underpinned by technology.
Backed by the strength of a brilliant business that's proudly B-Corp certified, we're consistently recognised as one of the best places to work.
WHY BORN READY EXISTS
Breaking into the industry isn’t always easy. Too often, the path in relies on unpaid internships, connections, or very specific backgrounds. We don’t think that’s good enough.
The scheme is designed to bring new and diverse talent into the industry at a grassroots level; people who live and breathe social culture but might not yet have had the opportunity to turn that into a career.
Over 12 weeks, we’ll give you training, real experience, and a genuine insight into agency life, so that by the end, you’re truly Born Ready.
🟢 WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- You’re 18+ and looking for your first step into a career in marketing
- You get social; maybe you're already making TikToks, posting memes, running an account, or spotting trends before everyone else
- Your brain is bubbling with ideas about how brands could show up better on social
- You’re curious, creative and not afraid to try things out
🔵 WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
Our trainee scheme is built quite literally to get you ready for a job at Born Social. To help do that, you'll spend the 12 weeks in three different parts...
- Social-first School: you'll go through a brand-building bootcamp for the social era with our Strategists
- Department Rotation: you'll then swiftly work through a couple of days with each of our departments - getting to know the work they do and, more importantly, how they do it
- Specialism: from there you'll move into a six-week specialism in either Content Creation or Strategy, depending on your future ambitions. During this time you'll get to work on actual campaigns we're delivering to clients and learn from the experts in your field
🟣 HOW TO APPLY
We want to see how you think about social - so show us.
Using any social media platform (or platforms), your task is simple:
🥪 TEACH US HOW TO MAKE TOAST
You can use TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, or anything else you like.
Make it funny, smart, weird, insightful, chaotic - whatever feels most you.
No CVs please!
We can’t wait to see what you come up with.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Wednesday 22nd April
RESPONSE BY: Friday 1st May
INTERVIEWS: will be held in London on either the 6th or 7th May
Successful candidates will start the trainee scheme on Tuesday 9th June 2026
Please note, the application process will ask you for a CV but we don't need or want that - just upload your task using the 'additional files' button or include a link to your task.
