Marketing & Communications Apprentice

Summary

St Mary's College is looking for a motivated and creative individual to join the school as a Marketing & Communications Apprentice. The role is varied and will involve a range of digital marketing and social media duties.

Annual wage: £12,313.60 a year
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Training course: Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Thursday, 8:30am - 4:30pm. Friday, 8:30am - 4:00pm
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 15 October
Duration: 1 Year 6 Months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Support the creation of content for use on social media accounts/ school website and in internal communications/displays
Building valuable and meaningful relationships with other internal areas of the Trust including the Business Support teams, Senior Leadership teams, Heads of School and Pastoral Leaders
Supporting content on internal communications
Supporting the team’s input with internal events and attend to generate content – photos, testimonies, news stories etc. Capture images and basic video/audio
Support proof-reading content for our newsletters and website news posts
Engage with and learn the processes of stand-alone internal communications and engagement projects including event promotion, & awareness-raising campaigns, producing displays for events etc. The apprentice will also provide support when needed with external marketing campaigns
Support quality assurance checks on the Trust’s social media platforms
Research and support the best value purchasing of assets and resources

Where you’ll work

St Mary's College Cranbrook Avenue

Hull

HU6 7TN

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

HULL BUSINESS TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

Your training course

Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Develop or interpret briefs for external or internal stakeholders and measure delivery in-line with the specification and agreed timelines

Plan and coordinate a marketing activity using marketing tactics to acquire and retain one or more customer segments using available resources.

Contribute to the generation of innovative and creative approaches across video, images, and other formats, both online and offline, to support campaign development.

Use research/survey software to gather audience insight and/or evaluation to support the project.

Use copywriting techniques to write persuasive text/copy to meet a communications objective ensuring it is in-line with organisational brand guidelines.

Build and implement multi-channel campaigns across a variety of platforms, either offline or digital media.

Proofread marketing copy ensuring it is accurate, persuasive and is on brand.

Use software to design and create marketing assets to meet the technical specification.

Contribute to the research of external suppliers to support recommendations and procurement of marketing goods and services.

Organise offline and digital assets ensuring they are co-ordinated and legally compliant.

Use a website content management system to publish text, images, and video/animated content.

Create and maintain spreadsheets to support marketing activities such as project/budget planning and organisation of marketing assets.

Use technology and software packages to support day to day activities, e.g., stakeholder communications, development of briefs, data analysis, report writing, presentations and project management.

Identify and use data and technologies to achieve marketing objectives.

Monitor and amend campaigns to meet budget requirements including time and monetary costs.

Review campaigns regularly to ensure effectiveness, to optimise the results.

Measure and evaluate campaign delivery to identify areas for improvement.

Use data analysis tools to record, interpret and analyse customer or campaign data.

Your training plan

Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Multi-Channel Marketing consisting of:

Level 3 Diploma in Multi-Channel Marketing
Level 2 Functional Skill in maths (if applicable)
Level 2 Functional Skill in English (if applicable)

You will be required to attend a half-day session with HBTC where you will work towards any functional skills (where needed) that you have to take. Additional off the job training will also be required as part of the Apprenticeship There will also be an end point assessment.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 5)
maths (grade 5)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative

About this company

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in 2010 and again in 2023 and granted World Class School status in 2017, St Mary’s College in Hull is proud of our pioneering, creative and challenging approach to education whilst providing our students with the highest standards of pastoral care and extra-curricular opportunities. With over 2500 students in Years 7-13 representing over 68 different spoken languages and communities from around the globe we are a truly Christian community where relationships are built on respect, forgiveness, concern for others and reconciliation.

After this apprenticeship

After the Apprenticeship, there may be an opportunity for you to advance in the workplace or go on to higher education.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HULL BUSINESS TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

Mya Buckingham

mya@hullbusiness.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000277812.

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Closes in 19 days (Monday 14 October at 11:59pm)

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