Studio Operations Apprentice

Job Title: 4

Studio, Operations Apprentice

Reports to: Operations & Improvement Specialist

Department: 4

Studio

Location: Leeds

Number of roles: 1

Start date: September 2026

If you are looking for an opportunity to gain work experience and a qualification, then an apprenticeship at Channel 4 might be for you.

Our Apprenticeships are full-time, with four days per week spent working in a C4 department and one day per week completing the formal learning parts of the apprenticeship. You’ll spend 60% of your working week in your office base and 40% working from home.

The formal training provided will consist of workshops, tutorials, webinars, coaching and in some cases residential boot camps. You can read more about the qualification being offered for this apprenticeship below.

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• You must be 18 years old or over at the time the scheme starts to apply. There is no upper age limit.
• You’ll need to have a Grade C (4) or above in Maths & English GCSE
• You can’t have already completed the qualification being offered or similar at the same or higher level
• Our apprenticeships are aimed at school leavers and people who do not have a degree. If you have a degree, please visit the Channel 4 Jobs website

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4

Studio is the engine room for C4’s digital acceleration strategy, with the primary mission to create, adapt and distribute content across the key social media channels.

The primary activities of 4

Studio will be to curate (existing) and create (new) short‑form content and distribute it through actively managed social media channels. The Operations Apprentice will work very closely with key people and departments within C4 and on occasion with external stakeholders.

The Operations team are the master plate spinners and process developers in 4

Studio. Made up of Operations/Project Managers, they’re the central team that ensure the ways of working are agile, and efficient for each of the 4

Studio work streams. The Operations team are the key contacts for keeping projects flowing smoothly and efficiently through the studio.

The role will be based in C4’s National HQ in Leeds and will be a key component of C4’s regional strategy, creating creative job opportunities outside London and expanding the diversity of the company’s creative contribution.

• Supporting key process & project meetings to help ensure the right people are involved to make decisions and that we follow up on actions to achieve the outcomes we need
• Supporting the Operations team with regular communication & reporting activity
• Helping process and improvement specialists with planning & facilitation of projects and process improvements across 4
  
  Studio
• Data collection, management and analysis (with support) to help deliver improvement projects
• Create and run audits of compliance for projects delivered and monitor quality control
• Supporting resource management in the department, helping to prepare resource forecasting data and plans in place to have the right support across our projects
• Supporting our Content Operations team to manage platform access requests, music rights issues and file downloads on behalf of the department
• Supporting with facilitation of workshops, delivering training, and problem solving
• Assisting with day‑to‑day administrative and ad hoc tasks as required.

As part of the application…