You're Hired! Ipswich Design Agency Welcomes New Apprentice

Ipswich-based creative agency, White Space Design, has proven its commitment to the Evening Star's '100 apprentices in 100 days' campaign by taking on a new apprentice within its creative studio.

White Space Design's new apprentice Charlotte White outside the Ipswich office.

The most recent addition to White Space Design's growing team is graphic design apprentice Charlotte White, who arrived via IDEA's 'Back Young Suffolk' Apprenticeship Scheme launched by the Prime Minister in 2009. The scheme is delivered for IDEA by Suffolk New College.

White Space Design is keen to create opportunities for young people in Suffolk and encourage success by working with apprentices to develop an individual learning plan. Charlotte's apprenticeship is expected to last between one and two years and is designed to provide invaluable hands-on experience from a grass roots level.

White Space Design looks for apprentices who show a real passion for the industry. Charlotte demonstrated a keen eye for detail, a strong work ethic and a genuine flair for creative design, so the decision to take her on was an easy one.

Charlotte has already been involved with several high-profile projects, assisting the designers and putting forward some really inspiring ideas.

Charlotte adds: “Being able to get practical experience in a real, working environment has been a massive benefit to me and I'm picking up so many useful skills that you just can't learn in a classroom. White Space is just the kind of agency I want to work for when I finish my college studies and I feel very lucky to have been given this opportunity.”

Managing Director of White Space Design, Neil Prentice, commented: “Charlotte beat off some stiff competition to earn her apprenticeship and it gives us tremendous satisfaction to be able to inject fresh blood into the industry. We're very pleased to be in a position to offer on-the-job training and have also helped a second young apprentice gain a placement with one of our web development partners Itineris.

“We also run an ongoing intern programme and have recently offered a place to designer Dale Peart to support his studies at the University Campus Suffolk. Our interns always prove they have a lot to offer and we're pleased to play a part in progressing their careers.”

White Space Design are keen to put the challenges of the past few years behind them and look towards a bright future, which promises continued growth, expansion and further opportunities for young apprentices and staff members alike.