Marketing Apprenticeship

Summary

Would you like experience of working for a global company based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire? Do you want to kickstart your career in marketing and communications? We have an amazing opportunity for a Marketing Apprentice to join us! You'll get to support our Communications Team in creating awesome internal communications.

Annual wage: £20,000 a year
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Training course: Public relations and communications assistant (level 4)
Hours: Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm with an hours unpaid lunch.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 25 November
Duration: 1 Year
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

· Assist with Internal and External Communications: You'll help raise awareness of events and key business updates using our internal digital platforms and create content for our external channels.

· Support New Product Launches: You'll be involved in distributing press releases and sharing new products with our key media partners and ambassadors.

· Evaluate and Report Media Coverage: You'll assist in monitoring and gathering media coverage related to our brands.

Where you’ll work

Caxton Road St Ives Industrial Estate

St Ives

PE27 3LU

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

CAMBRIDGE MARKETING COLLEGE LIMITED

Your training course

Public relations and communications assistant (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

Use IT systems and software to support campaigns.

Build stakeholder relationships including developing contacts within the media and presenting to them in both formal and informal settings.

Support campaigns by undertaking tasks such as desk research, event co-ordination, and database management to ensure compliance with agreed service or performance levels.

Produce written content such as news releases, articles, social media content, bulletins, and blogs, that is accessible to meet the needs of different audiences and channels.

Able to adapt communication styles as appropriate to the audience.

Support the production of non-written content such as film production management, producing short user generated style content, live video streaming, social image creation, and infographic production.

Distribute content using social media channels.

Use qualitative and quantitative research to analyse and evaluate public relations and communications activities and present findings to project stakeholders.

Analyse and interpret complex subjects through different communication channels and identify areas for improvement.

Input to and review communications programmes and plans with a focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.

Undertake risk assessment and provide information to support stakeholder planning and strategy.

Plan and deliver engagement activities for stakeholders, such as curating the content, supporting events, and collating feedback.

Proofread and edit communications materials such as news releases, graphics and video, and social media content.

Support team and colleague development through buddying or coaching.

Contribute to activities which focus on improving sustainability within the organisation.

Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

Training will be onsite at our premises in St Ives ,Cambridgeshire.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English Language (grade 6-9)

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

English Language (grade A-B)

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
Administrative skills
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Acushnet leads the world in designing, developing, manufacturing, and distributing performance-driven golf products. Our vision is to create unrivalled golf performance brands across all categories. We are stewards of two of the most revered brands in golf—Titleist and FootJoy—along with Vokey Wedges, Scotty Cameron, and Pinnacle. Our St Ives base is home to the Sales, Customer Service and Marketing functions for our UK Region, covering UK, Ireland, Middle East, Africa and some export markets. It is also the base for Manufacturing, Distribution, HR, Finance, Supply Chain, IS and Tour departments covering UK, Mainland Europe and Nordic regions.

https://www.titleist.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

25 days holiday per year Wellness programs and resources Gym on site free for all staff Subsidised restaurant Employee assistance programs

After this apprenticeship

After completing the apprenticeship there is no guarantee that we can offer a position with our company. Having the experience with our company does however offer opportunities to explore a further career in Marketing and Communications, Digital Marketing, Comms Specialist, PR all of which could lead to management roles.

There would also be an opportunity for the apprentice to continue their education and work towards a higher diploma or indeed a degree.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACUSHNET EUROPE LTD

Sue Pettersson

UKRecruitment@acushnetgolf.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280056.

Apply now

Closes in 23 days (Sunday 27 October at 11:59pm)

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