Facilities & Events Assistant – 15‑Month Creative Placement in London

Mother is looking for the next Crew member to join our Facilities team – a hands-on, entry-level opportunity designed for people curious about the creative industries and eager to learn from the inside out.

About Mother: Mother is one of the world’s most respected, independent creative companies. We create ideas for our clients that are embraced by popular culture and deliver more powerfully as a result. Our ambition is to be a destination for the most creative minds in the world.

About The Crew: The Crew is Mother’s grassroots, entry level talent scheme, providing an alternative route into the industry for anyone with an interest in Advertising, regardless of experience. As part of our Crew you’ll essentially run and manage our office space, ensuring that every person who comes through our doors enjoys a first class Mother experience. It’s an extremely hands-on role, requiring energy, passion, organisation and resilience to juggle the wide variety of tasks and responsibilities in a fun, fast-paced environment.

Throughout the 15 month placement you’ll build foundational skills key to any and all job roles within Advertising (collaboration, communication, time management), whilst also gaining invaluable exposure to client work and creative processes. You’ll benefit from regular training sessions and intros of all departments (Creative, Account Management, Strategy, Production +), learning what they do, building relationships with people at all levels across the agency and hopefully sussing out which job role(s) align with your individual attributes and passions. After completing the 15 month programme you’ll be given the opportunity to do a 6 month placement in the department of your choice!

Responsibilities:

• Daily building checks, e.g. ensuring meeting rooms and break out spaces look and feel presentable
• Client meeting set-ups (catering and refreshments)
• Courier bookings/Incoming post
• Office Facilities support
• Providing support at all Mother DAM events (occasionally outside of standard hours)
• Stock checking both office and kitchen supplies
• Sourcing and researching production props
• Daily ad-hoc purchases for both staff and clients e.g. buying gifts
• Research and ad-hoc support on pitches
• Fulfilling all Partner requests
• Email inbox management

Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours:

• A positive and helpful attitude
• Excellent time keeping, organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks and handle a busy schedule
• The ability to communicate clearly, pick up new information and build good relationships
• Curiosity - an interest in people, culture and creativity
• Able to think on your feet, adapt to change and multitask
• Knowledge of PC and/or Mac and Microsoft and Google suites
• Desire and motivation to learn and develop at Mother.

Logistics: Hours - you’ll be required to work 5 days in the office, every week. The team work on a rota which changes weekly (shifts; 8am to 5pm / 8.30am to 5.30pm / 9am to 6pm / 10am to 7pm).

How to apply: To assess your suitability for the programme we want to learn more about you and why The Crew is right for you. Please don’t include a CV, simply answer the five questions below:

• Describe yourself in 5 words?
• What do you imagine Mother is like?
• Tell us about a time you got your hands dirty?
• What’s the first advert you remember and why did it stick with you?
• What are you most and least proud of?

You can answer these questions in any way or format you wish. Make it fun, silly, sombre, weird - whatever! Just please make it memorable and personal.