About the Academy
Celerity’s Talent.ed Academy is a programme designed to attract bright minds into the digital marketing industry and develop them into superstars.
The programme is aimed at students, graduates and those looking for a new career in marketing. Our experienced team have created courses for all areas of a marketing agency including technology, data, client services and operations. Many of the courses also include official certification from our partners which will support you to become the professional you want to be.
The programme is fully paid and runs for six months with the opportunity of a full-time role at our agency following successful graduation.
Our Mission
We are driven by data and enabled through technology, but we are powered by great people.
The Talent.ed Academy Mission is to attract some of the brightest minds into the digital marketing industry and develop them into superstars. We want to introduce you to a range of exciting career opportunities and work together with you to broaden our data and marketing technology capabilities and help shape this exciting digital age.
We work with some of the world’s leading global brands such as Nissan, Disney and Goldman Sachs. We partner with some of the world’s leading technologies including Adobe and Salesforce. But we believe that what truly sets us apart is our people.
We already have a proven track record in developing some of the industry’s brightest talent; and we’ve used this experience and passion to create a programme that delivers skilled data analysts, technical developers, project managers, client account managers and many more.
By attracting and carefully selecting our people today, we are able to shape and develop the experts and leaders of tomorrow, both here at Celerity and outside in the wider industry
Our Existing Talent.ed Superstars
Chris Ayrton
Campaign Services Developer
After studying Advertising at Canterbury Christ Church University I joined Celerity on their Talent.ed graduate programme. Since joining, I have been exposed to every area of the business and have completed tasks, reports and presentations both individually and within teams that developed an understanding of the role of each department within the organisation. As a Graduate Campaign Services Developer, I am currently learning to use Adobe Campaign and will receive an industry recognised certification by the end of my training.
Throughout my graduate scheme, I have received support and advice not only from my programme directors but from everyone in the office. Talent.ed has developed and taught new skills making me a well-rounded, motivated and more successful person. The opportunities and training provided, as well as being part of a great team has made the transition from university to a professional working environment a highly beneficial and smooth experience.
Ryan Stanton
Digital Marketing Apprentice
I am currently on an apprenticeship for Digital Marketing and I came to work with Celerity at the age of 18. I left sixth form and enjoyed the summer (while it lasted!) and was offered a job with the company. This career path was not originally the plan, but my first one was cut short so I had to think about what else I had a passion in…and that was technology! So I thought how better to pursue something else as a career.
I am a part of the Talent.ed programme within Celerity where we have been given the chance to attend sessions that are designed to give you a better understanding of various marketing software and job roles within the business. Not only this, but sessions do also include the benefit of how to actually use the software which is great.
To be given this opportunity was a great achievement for me. It came as a bit of a shock given my age and the fact that I had only just left sixth form.
Franchesca Henry
Developer
After completing my A-levels I joined Celerity in 2011 as an Apprentice Junior Developer. I spent my first-year learning FastStats and SQL, as well as working through the BTEC & NVQ coursework. Once I’d completed my apprenticeship I was promoted to a FastStats Developer and took on more responsibilities like managing software upgrades. Due to the nature of the role it also gave me the opportunity to learn other technologies, like Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Tableau.
More recently, I’ve moved to the Systems Integration (SI) team and have been working with Adobe Campaign. My plan is to continue on this career path, pass my Adobe Campaign developer exam and eventually work on more technical Adobe Campaign projects.
What keeps me at Celerity is the opportunity to continue learning new skills in a great working environment. It’s a forward thinking, supportive company who are willing to adapt.
Stephanie Lee
Project Manager
I started at Celerity as a Trainee Project Manager and, in five years, I’ve progressed to being a Project Manager working on some of our key accounts.
My background is completely different to what my current role is having worked as a restaurant and bar manager although strangely some of the skills from there can easily be applied to project management.
Ultimately my next career goal is to become either Senior Project Manager or a Programme Manager within the next two years. Celerity is supportive, diverse and has a good team ethos. It’s a forward thinking marketing services provider which fully supports and promotes the development of its talent alongside our client’s ambitions. It’s a pretty decent group of people and that’s definitely what keeps me here.
Leon Williams
Campaign Services Developer
I recently joined Celerity after completing my masters degree in Business Analytics. I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to do afterwards, but Celerity offered a platform for me to explore and allowed me to exhibit my strengths by enrolling in the Talent.ed Academy programme.
Since joining, I’ve learnt about most areas of the business and completed a number of tasks and presentations, both individually and in a team, whilst also learning how to use Adobe Campaign to achieve an industry accreditation after the training period.
I’m grateful for the opportunity as it has allowed me to go down a path that suited my skill-set and interests; additionally everyone at Celerity has been so friendly and supportive from my one-to-one sessions to training classes, making me feel incredibly welcome and creating an environment that is a joy to be in.
James Martin
Campaign Services Developer
For as long as I can remember I’ve always seen the appeal of creating something from nothing, as well as understanding how a business works. That was a large part of why I chose to do Marketing at University – because I could build a career where I could develop business skills, as well as still being creative doing so. I searched for a job while at University, and when I saw the offer to become a graduate campaign services developer at Celerity, my eyes lit up. It felt as if this job was specifically built just for me.
After starting, I was taught how every role in Celerity operates, and given an introduction to every tool we use. So alongside every member of Celerity being very eager to teach me what they know – I picked up what we do at an unimaginable rate thanks to their help. I am currently spending half of my time developing my skills as a campaign services developer, with the other half working closely with three other Talent.ed members (Leon, Chris, and Ryan) on projects that will help sculpt the future for Celerity. What’s interesting is that we have all learned a lot from each-other, and as a result, the programme has felt more like fun rewarding challenges, rather than an endless set of daunting tasks.
The work we have been given has been constructed in a way that we have gained many skills in different areas, particularly allowing us to see our own unique talents emerge. I think this is because Celerity are interested in investing in us as people first and foremost. For this reason, I am starting as a Campaign Services Developer, but I am not limited to staying in this role if I find the desire for another role if I find one that feels right for me. I truly have no idea where my future will go, but I am definitely looking forward to it!
Peter Foord
Campaign Developer
I joined Celerity 4 years ago. I’ve always had an interest in new technology and its everyday use, so it seemed like a good fit for me. The marketing industry is always looking for new ways to market to customers, and celerity is using the newest methods to deliver innovative customer experiences.
Coming into the business in mid-2014, through a 12-month customer service apprenticeship within the insight team, I gained on-the-job experience whilst receiving a GCSE equivalent skill that applied to the role. The apprenticeship led to me to understand the wider business and gain skills that can be applied in multiple areas.
I naturally moved up into a Junior Insight Analyst through learning data analysis and an analytics tool called FastStats. I wanted to expand on what I’d learnt from my apprenticeship by taking on a level 3 course. This provided me with both an A-level equivalent skill and the confidence to provide a high standard of service to Celerity’s customers.
Using my customer service skills gained through my apprenticeship, I was able to confidently meet with customers, building relationships and present data analytics findings to generate more work for the business.
When Celerity took on the huge task of delivering campaigns for Sky, extra resource was needed internally to meet the demand. I stepped up to take on the role of Account Manager to work with internal Sky customers, delivering a handful of campaigns each week. The role required good attention to detail and client facing skills to ensure email campaigns were delivered to a high standard.
However, I was eager to take on a technical role, therefore I moved into the campaign services team to build campaigns and learn another new set of skills. I’m currently learning HTML and Adobe Campaign skills, whilst delivering a wide variety of campaigns through multiple channels for William Hill. I look forward to what the years to come will bring at Celerity.
Celerity has a fantastic working environment, the people here are so friendly. It’s relaxed, challenging and rewarding all at the same time! The business encourages and supports training to ensure you can learn to deliver solutions to customers in the best possible way.
Michael Coronato
Database Manager
As Manager of the Development Team, I am responsible for the technical delivery of Data Warehouse and FastStats solutions as well as their on-going development and support. Some of the clients I work with include GWR, Honda and Greene King.
I’ve worked at Celerity for nearly 10 years and in that time I have developed from a Junior Account Manager fresh out of university up to one of our senior managers. I like the opportunities Celerity provides me to learn and develop new skills and new ways of doing things.
I’m a super geek; I like computer games, my Xbox One is my best friend, and I love watching movies. If I ever leave the house, I like to go out to restaurants with my partner and two sons. If I ever do anything outside of being in the office, at home or in a restaurant, and actually stand up for an extended period of time I do love a good game of football.
