Marketing Assistant Apprentice

CASTLE UK (MATTRESSES) KTD

TOCKWITH, YO26 7QJ

Closes in 10 days (Friday 17 January)

Posted on 20 December 2024


Summary

This apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment, learning how to create, execute, and manage marketing campaigns across multiple channels.  You will work closely with the operations team to develop skills in digital, social media, email, content marketing, and more.

Annual wage
£16,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£16,000 - £18,000 per annum.

Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday- Thursday 8am- 4:30pm Friday 8am- 3:30pm

36 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Friday 31 January

Duration

1 year 4 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

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Creating a database of existing customer’s details/potential customer details and to update this on a regular basis
  • Contacting potential customers to explain who we are, what we do and setting up meetings for the sales team - if required
  • Manage our social media accounts (Twitter, LinkedIn)
  • Update our website on a regular bases with recent projects/jobs we have completed
  • Help set up and run an e-commerce website that sells our products
  • Answer calls from customers
  • Day-to-day admin duties, Campaign Management, SEO and Analytics

Where you’ll work

UNIT 2

LOXLEY BUSINESS PARK

BLIND LANE

TOCKWITH

YO26 7QJ

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

QA 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.
  • 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

Why choose our Multi-Channel Marketer apprenticeship?

  • QA’s Multi-Channel Marketer Level 3 apprenticeship provides a solid foundation of practical skills integral to becoming competent in fast-paced marketing roles
  • It is widely accepted that we are facing a severe crisis when it comes to the gap between digital skills needed by employers and available talent. QA designed our workplace learning programmes to help organisations and individuals build in-demand marketing capabilities across channels, both by finding and developing new talent and through the upskilling of existing teams

QA’s Multi-Channel Marketer Level 3 apprenticeship programme enables the apprentice to:

  • Learn the necessary skills to enhance business performance in the marketplace. 
  • Develop knowledge, skills and behaviours aligned to the Mutli-Channel Marketer apprenticeship standard, being able to apply them in context.

Gain the following qualifications upon successful completion of the programme: Level 3 Multi-Channel Marketer apprenticeship standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • any subject --- x3 (grade 4+ (A-C))
  • English (grade 3+ (D or above))
  • Maths (grade 3+ (D or above))

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Non judgemental
  • Understanding of Marketing
  • Eagerness to learn

About this company

Castles UK (Mattresses) Ltd is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of bespoke furniture for educational and residential establishments. We are a family-run business with an unwavering desire to deliver a first-rate service that exceeds our clients’ expectations from the start of the initial consultation to the completion of the project itself.

After this apprenticeship

90% of QA Apprentices secure permanent employment after finishing their apprenticeship. 

We seek to offer a permanent role available upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Additionally, there may be opportunities to undertake further apprenticeship training as many of our programs offer on-going development tracks. 

Benefits: [you will get:] 

  • Annual Leave - 28 days, including bank holiday
  • Staff days out
  • Free tea and coffee
  • Free parking

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

QA LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000293354.

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Closes in 10 days (Friday 17 January)

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