Case study

BP
The First Chapter

A recruiting film that lets early-career candidates see the first chapter before they apply.

Production specs

Client
BP
Runtime
01:28
Location
Gulf Coast operations
Year
2024
Format
Careers recruitment film
Scope
88-second, 720p BP Careers recruitment film built from an associate interview portrait, campus exterior arrival, panel-style mentorship, trading-floor screens, control-room monitors, desk work, hallway walk-and-talks, and outdoor cohort movement
Primary audience
Candidates, hiring teams, internal brand leaders
Placement
Recruiting, website, social, internal brand

Reason for the project

Why it needed to exist.

Help technical, business, digital, engineering, science, and supply-trading candidates picture a real first chapter at BP before the application page: the people they would learn from, the workspaces they would enter, the screens and desks around the work, and the growth story behind the recruitment promise.

Goal / aim

What the film needed to make clear.

BP's early-careers message needed to make hands-on experience, meaningful projects, and support to grow feel observable. The film gives graduates and interns a calm look at BP Careers through an associate interview portrait, campus exterior arrival, panel-style mentorship, trading-floor screens, control-room monitors, open-plan desk work, hallway walk-and-talks, outdoor cohort movement, and a clean BP Careers end card.

Production approach

How the story was built.

Content Co-op shaped a 1:28, 720p, 23.976fps recruitment film around one clear associate voice and small proof moments: interview setups, mentor conversation, office-floor introductions, desk and laptop scenes, trading-screen context, control-room monitoring, campus exterior texture, team walking coverage, and branded end-card pacing.

Result

Where the work landed.

The finished film gives BP a candidate-facing recruiting asset that supports careers pages, intern and graduate programme promotion, campus conversations, social recruiting, and recruiter follow-up while letting early-career candidates see the workplace texture before they apply.

Delivered assets

  • Candidate-facing careers film
  • Associate interview story edit
  • Social recruiting cuts
  • BP Careers page asset
  • Campus recruiting follow-up asset
  • Intern and graduate programme edit

Project signals

  • Early-career associate interview portrait
  • Campus exterior arrival
  • Conference-room mentorship scenes
  • Panel-style mentorship scenes
  • Trading-floor screens
  • Control-room monitors
  • Office-floor and laptop work texture
  • Outdoor cohort movement
  • Intern and graduate programme positioning
  • BP Careers end card
  • 1:28 720p 23.976fps recruitment film