Digital Content and User Experience Industrial Placement

The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for Industrial Placements 2027.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, commencing at the start of July 2027, 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.

Were looking for a Digital Content and User Experience IndustrialPlacementto help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Digital Content and User Experience Industrial Placement, 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.

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

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.  Youll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.

As our Digital Content and User Experience Industrial Placement, youll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with our industry-leading digital teams. You will work closely with our skilled designers, developers, and digital experts to contribute to projects that help shape the way users interact with our digital platforms and engage with our content. You will be part of a collaborative team that values creativity, innovation, and fresh perspectives.

Your key duties

As our Digital Content and User Experience Industrial Placement, your key responsibilities will be:

• Manage and deliver keyword research as well as supporting ad-hoc content and SEO projects.
• Act as product specialist for the website CMS.
• Support the development of a website content strategy and governance design.
• Support the SEO and Digital Content Manager to design and deliver CMS and accessibility training, promoting best practice across the organisation.
• Support Digital Product Managers in delivering value to the users of the Met Office App and Website.
• Support the User Experience Manager gaining insights from our users to feed development.

Essential Criteria, skills and experience: 

1. Is studying for an undergraduate degree with a significant marketing or digital marketing focus.
2. You can demonstrate your interest in digital content, user experience, and search engine optimisation (SEO)
3. You have excellent written communication skills.
4. You keep evolving with experience of pro-actively managing multiple projects or tasks and working well under pressure.
5. You can work better together in a team, building and maintain strong working relationships.