Design and Content Industrial Placement 2026

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Design and Content Industrial Placement 2026

Job Reference metoffice/TP/544/960

Fixed Term Contract

Working Hours:

37

Location (City/Town):

Closing Date:

07/12/2025

Profession:

Communications

Region / Division:

UK Region

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Job Introduction

The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for Industrial Placements 2026.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, commencing at the start of July 2026, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us.

You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities are on offer at the Met Office after you graduate .

We're looking for a Design and Content Industrial Placement 2026to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Design and Content Industrial Placement 2026, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home.This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work. As an Industrial Placement, we would expect you to attend the office once a week as a minimum.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

• We'rea force for good- focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We'reexperts by nature- always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it- putting our purpose at the heart of decision - making
• We'rebetter together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make usgreater
• We keep evolving- pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field . You'll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.

You will be helping to communicate complex weather and climate information in an engaging way to a broad audience.You'll be working with our award-winning team to produce graphics, animations and videos to help keep people informed and safe. This role is hands-on, fast-paced and in a team that values ideas and innovation.

• Create engaging content for a range of channels.
• Be proactive, seizing the opportunity to get involved and try new things.
• Be keen to develop your design, camera and editing skills taking on a range of briefs.
• Work with a range of people across the organisation to make engaging science communication.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends across social media.

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing.The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their 'Best Workplaces in Tech' 2023 and 2024 lists, as well as their '54 Best Workplaces for Women' 2023 list.

Your package includes:

• Your salary will be £27,170
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days
• Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands

Whilstthis is a temporary position until July 2027, there may be an opportunity to apply for our Graduate Development scheme upon completion of your university studies.However, this is not guaranteed and would be subject to programme availability and a successful application.

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

• You'll have a strong portfolio of multi-channel work with experience using Adobe Creative Suite.
• You'll be eager to keep evolving, with examples of trying new things / learning new skills.
• You'll work well in a team, demonstrating excellent communication and project management skills.
• You'll truly live and breathe design and social media, with the desire to stay up-to-date with who is creating amazing content.

How to apply

If you share our values, we'd love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application.

Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire .We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills. Please also look at the Early Careers Programmes Application Guidance at the bottom of this advert.

Closing date:23:59 7th December 2025.Please note we often receive a high volume of applications, but we will contact everyone who applies once the closing date has past.

Interviews will be completed by February 2026.

Using AI in your application

We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience . All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment .

How we can help

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us .

If you're considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us.Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds don't always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics . We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information.We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.