Graduate placements
Your future as a creative or design professional starts here
From Sky Sports graphics to Gangs of London posters. From the Sky Glass home screen to Winterfell Great Hall. Anywhere you see the Sky logo, you’ll also find the eye-catching work and world-class products of our creative and design teams.
Want to be part of it? We’re always on the lookout for new ideas and fresh perspectives. So join us for a 12-month graduate placement at our Sky Osterley campus. Build your experience, hone your skills and enhance your portfolio. And open our eyes to what’s possible.
About the placements
With a team of 500+ creative professionals, we’re Europe’s largest in-house agency. And together we deliver a huge variety of award-winning work. For TV and mobile. On posters and billboards. Via email in Sky shops. Want to build your portfolio, broaden your experience and set yourself up for a creative career? You’ve come to the right place.
Choose a placement at Sky Creative and over the next 12 months you’ll experience it has to offer. Watch the video below to find out more.
Production - closed
This programme has closed for applications.
Spend 12 months with our Production team and learn first-hand how we ensure creative work is done on time, to budget and by all the right people. Over the course of two six-month placements, you’ll gain exposure to a huge variety of projects – potentially everything from a set build to a £multi-million advertising shoot.
Areas you can work in
- Account Management – supporting projects and liaising between creative and marketing teams
- Production – working to timing plans and budgets for promos, projects, or campaigns.
Through your placements, you’ll be able to build up the skills and experience you need to launch a career in production and operations here at Sky – or anywhere.
You’ll learn how to:
- Collaborate effectively with creatives and marketing teams
- Create and run project timing plans and budgets
- Manage a project end-to-end
- Handle feedback and approvals
- Ensure teams are fully briefed and on track to deliver great content.
Who we’re looking for
Are you a real people person? Do you have great communication and organisation skills? Can you keep working calmly no matter how fast-paced and high-pressured the situation gets? These are all key ingredients for success in our Production team.
At Sky, we are committed to diversity and inclusion because different people with different perspectives make Sky a better business.
We welcome applications from all and encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented groups. These include people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, women, disabled people, LGBTQ+, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
Eligibility: This programme is aimed at graduates or anyone currently completing a degree.
Design - closed
This programme has closed for applications.
Looking to launch a career in design? This programme is for you. Through two six-month placements with our multi-skilled teams, you’ll be able to get involved in a huge range of design work – potentially anything from a channel rebrand to a large-scale advertising campaign.
Working alongside talented designers and creators, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn and be inspired. You’ll also build up the skills and experience you need for a successful design career here at Sky – or anywhere.
You’ll learn how to:
- Think up and develop ideas for 360 integrated projects and large-scale campaigns
- Collaborate and share your ideas with the brand team
- Act as a brand guardian
- Support the team through campaign execution
- Take design direction from senior designers.
Who we’re looking for
Are you someone who has a keen interest in design and loves coming up with original ideas? Do you have examples of your creative thinking you can share with us? It may be work you’ve done for your degree, for your job or simply for fun. We just need to see that you have passion and creative flair, as well as being willing to roll your sleeves up and work hard.
At Sky, we are committed to diversity and inclusion because different people with different perspectives make Sky a better business.
We welcome applications from all and encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented groups. These include people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, women, disabled people, LGBTQ+, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
Eligibility: This programme is aimed at graduates or anyone currently completing a degree.
Creative - closed
This programme has closed for applications.
Looking to get your creative work out into the world? This programme is for you. Through two six-month placements with our multi-skilled teams, you’ll be able to get involved in everything from creating trailers to writing copy for digital ads.
It’s a great opportunity to find out what it takes to deliver original, high-quality creative work. Along the way, you’ll build up the skills and experience you need to launch a creative career here at Sky – or anywhere.
You’ll learn how to:
- Work to formal and informal creative briefs
- Cut and edit trailers from existing content
- Write scripts and direct voiceovers
- Make sure work conforms to brand guidelines
- Contribute to creative meetings
- Support the team through campaign execution.
Who we’re looking for
Are you someone who loves coming up with original ideas? Do you have examples of your creative thinking you can share with us? It may be work you’ve done for your degree, for your job or simply for fun. We just need to see that you have passion and creative flair, as well as being willing to roll your sleeves up and work hard.
At Sky, we are committed to diversity and inclusion because different people with different perspectives make Sky a better business.
We welcome applications from all and encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented groups. These include people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, women, disabled people, LGBTQ+, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
Eligibility: This programme is aimed at graduates or anyone currently completing a degree.
From Sky+ to Sky Glass. From hardware and software to intricate design.
Could you help us design the next big thing? As a team, we’re collaborative, empowered, and innovative, passionate about giving customers the best experience. They’re at the heart of all we do.
Join our community of over 100 specialised designers who have an ambition to embody simplicity and practice good design. And start exploring the many exciting possibilities of a career in Sky Design.
Choose a placement at Sky Design and over the next 12 months you’ll experience everything it has to offer. Watch the video below to find out more.
Product Design - closed
This programme has closed for applications.
If you’re unsure what path to take in product design, you’re in the right place. This year-long programme is made up of two six-month placements. For each, we’ll help match you with the area of Sky Design that gets the most out of your potential and skills, providing you with the experience that will help shape your career.
There’s a huge range of design work you could be involved in during your placements. From testing user interfaces to exploring new AI technologies. From crafting customer experiences on our NOW streaming platform to developing innovative products like Sky Glass.
Throughout, you’ll get to work with senior design specialists who will help you build up a wide range of product design skills. This will give you everything you need to launch a successful career here at Sky – or within the wider industry.
Skills you can learn and develop:
- Visual design – creating the look and feel for user interfaces and products
- Wireframing and prototyping – building the bones that everything hangs on
- User research – getting close to the customer to understand user needs
- Motion and interaction design – developing new ways to interact with products
- Information architecture – working out the structure of what users see
- UX copy – scrutinising each and every word our customers interact with.
Who we’re looking for
Are you passionate about product design and excited about creating things? Always looking at how to provide the best experience for the customer? Do you have a portfolio you can share with us which showcases your creative process? It may be work you’ve done for your degree, for your job or simply for fun. We just need to see that you’re motivated and full of ideas, and have the can-do attitude to make it as a member of the Sky Design Team.
At Sky, we are committed to diversity and inclusion because different people with different perspectives make Sky a better business.
We welcome applications from all and encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented groups. These include people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, women, disabled people, LGBTQ+, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
Eligibility: This programme is aimed at graduates or anyone currently completing a degree.