We’re looking for a Creative Services Consultant to join our Group Brand and Marketing team. If you’re looking for a new challenge with an organisation committed to putting customers first, aiming high and working together, you’ll thrive here.
Job Type: Fixed Term Contract - 23 months
Location: Hybrid role based in Edinburgh
Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.
Closing Date: 24/09/2027
Salary and benefits: £25,000 plus an indicative bonus range of 8-16% private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.
Who are we?
We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.
Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.
The role
This role will work effectively across Group Brand & Marketing and Corporate Affairs & Brand contributing to an increasingly integrated operating model with shared priorities, connected workflows and clear interfaces. To develop foundational creative skills within an internal agency environment by supporting the delivery of motion design, video production, and conceptual creative work. The role provides hands on experience across the full creative process, ranging from idea generation and storyboarding to animation, filming and postproduction, while working collaboratively with designers, copywriters and account teams. Through exposure to studio workflows, brand governance and corporate compliance, the traineeship is designed to help you build your technical craft, refine your creative strengths, and gain a well rounded grounding for a career in creative and marketing disciplines.
As part of the role, you will follow brand, compliance and quality standards. You will be confident applying brand governance and regulatory requirements to ensure all outputs align with Group standards and support consistent, high quality brand execution.
You will also be supported in obtaining a formal qualification in Marketing.
What are we looking for?
- Basic understanding of marketing and brand principles. Able to demonstrate awareness of how brand, marketing, creative, or content activities work together within a wider marketing system.
- Good communication and collaboration skills. Comfortable working with others, building relationships, and contributing effectively to cross functional projects.
- Comfortable using or exploring AI-enabled tools and a willingness to learn to enhance content planning, social analytics and productivity, ensuring outputs meet brand, regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Organisational skills and the ability to support multiple projects. Can manage day to day tasks, support project coordination and contribute to efficient studio or marketing workflows.
- A degree‑level qualification (or equivalent) in Brand, Marketing or a related discipline is preferable.
- Some experience of working in a professional or design environment (for example through a placement, internship or part‑time role) would be beneficial
- Some experience of using MS Office applications such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel to create reports and presentations
We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.
Find out more about working at Standard Life
- Guide for Candidates: standardlifeplc.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates
- Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.standardlifeplc.com/careers/talk-to-us
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Skills Required
- Basic understanding of marketing and brand principles
- Awareness of how brand, marketing, creative, or content activities work together within a wider marketing system
- Good communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to build relationships and contribute to cross-functional projects
- Comfort using or exploring AI-enabled tools
- Willingness to learn and use tools for content planning, social analytics, and productivity while meeting brand, regulatory, and compliance requirements
- Organizational skills and ability to support multiple projects
- Ability to manage day-to-day tasks, support project coordination, and contribute to studio or marketing workflows
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent in Brand, Marketing, or a related discipline
- Some experience in a professional or design environment, such as through a placement, internship, or part-time role
- Some experience using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, to create reports and presentations
What We Do
Standard Life champions the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, using our size, expertise and influence - to shape the world our customers will retire into.
