Shape the future of digital media: become a Product Apprentice at The Telegraph!
The Telegraph is recruiting apprentices who want to be part of our brilliant and innovative team, starting in September 2025.
Role purpose and overview
The Product team aims to provide world-class platforms for discovering and experiencing our journalism, and support the subscriber strategy by devising and developing smart products that attract and delight users. The team is made up of Product Managers, New Product Development, Product Design, Performance Operations, and Visual Storytelling. The team works on a range of strategic priorities in order to improve the quality of our products and, in turn, increase and engage our subscriber base.
You’ll rotate through areas of the Product team including Proposition Development, where you’ll assist in the development of innovative solutions and Performance & insights, where you’ll analyse how the products are performing and identify any improvement opportunities.
What to expect from the programme:
- You’ll support the development and implementation of innovative new products
- Work on research into, and analysis of, current product challenges and improvement opportunities
- Work with dashboards and other analytics sources to dig into our data to discover insights to provide to different areas of the Product department
- Help to identify and benchmark key metrics prior to new product releases, and monitor post-launch to provide feedback on performance and impact
- Update our regular reports, flagging any anomalies and carrying out research to discover the source of significant changes
- Proactively work on projects that may not be tied to an upcoming product release but which can help influence future roadmaps. For example, looking at how users navigate within an editorial channel, and how that differs/compares to other channels.
- Help workshop next steps following the provision of an insights piece, following a project through from initial discovery to implementation and impact
- Help to communicate learnings and next steps to key stakeholders, across Product, Insight & Analytics, and Editorial desks, building relationships with key stakeholders along the way.
Requirements:
- Excellent communication skills, ability to build relationships and work confidently with internal and external teams.
- Creative and a keen eye for detail
- Ability to analyse and make recommendations based on data and insight.
- Excellent attention to detail, planning, organisational and time management skills with the ability to work to competing tight deadlines under pressure, with a positive attitude
- A passion and commitment for working in a fast-paced news organisation
Applications for the programme will close at 5pm on 18 February 2025. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications after this date.
Please apply with your CV, and a cover letter explaining why you would like to work for The Telegraph, why you have a keen interest in product and what makes you stand out for this programme.
Assessment Centres will be conducted on 2 May 2025 and you may be invited to complete a pre-assessment beforehand. The successful candidates will join the team in September, 2025.
Benefits:
Our commitment to inclusion
We want you to feel you belong here and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. Our organisation is on a continuous journey to achieve this sense of belonging, with focused inclusion policies, training, and internal networks. We believe it’s not only the right thing to do but that there’s a strong business case to support it. Because if you feel you belong, you’ll feel more comfortable, so you’ll be more likely to achieve your best.
We have a number of internal networks that are totally inclusive and open for anyone to join. These include internal inclusion networks covering employees from ethnic minority backgrounds, working families, LGBTQ+, disabilities and long-term conditions, gender, wellbeing, and women in tech.
Your wellbeing is paramount, so we have trained over 100 Mental Health First Aiders in the last two years to help support our employees. We’ve also signed the Tech Talent Charter, and are committed to driving greater inclusion and diversity in tech.The Telegraph’s goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives, and backgrounds.
We are an equal opportunities employer, hiring solely on merit and business need. We encourage applications regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, and disability. If you require reasonable adjustments in any recruitment process with us, please make us aware.
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