Marketing Apprenticeship

Summary

As part of a small marketing team, you will have a chance to learn multiple areas of E-commerce and Marketing and showcase your versatility in a fast-moving and varied environment.

Wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday, between 8.00am and 5.00pm
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 10 March
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

Responsibilities:

Create web pages on WordPress & Shopify websites and assist with administrative tasks.
Assist with organic social media activity, including design, planning and scheduling.
Support the Head of Marketing with email, paid social media, and content marketing.
Creating visual merchandise for all brands under the Clarkes umbrella.
Assist with different roles in the business when needed.

Skills and Experience:

Excellent spelling and grammar.
High level of attention to detail.
A creative eye to produce innovative content.
Good interpersonal communication to discuss requirements with multiple departments across the company.
Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Adaptable with the latest computer software advancements.

What we expect from you:

To be proactive with ideas and actions.
Positivity, enthusiasm, and a drive to succeed and achieve.
To demonstrate a desire to help the business grow.

Where you’ll work

Clarkes Of Walsham Ltd, The Street, Walsham-le-Willows

Bury St. Edmunds

IP31 3BA

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

WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE

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

The learner will be studying the Multi-Channel Marketer Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard qualification.
Functional skills will be studied if equivalent qualifications are not held.
Training schedule has yet to be agreed. 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. Details will be made available at a later date.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths and English (grade 4)

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
Creative
Initiative

Other requirements

The vacancy is office based with long periods of working on a computer, visiting other departments to take photos or videos of promotional items and gathering information from work colleagues.

About this company

Clarkes are one of the largest independent suppliers of Building, Farming and Garden Materials in East Anglia, and fast becoming the number one outlet for Cartridge and Shooting Accessories in East Anglia and beyond. We also have Clothing and Country Stores at Walsham-le-Willows and Jimmy's Farm, Ipswich. Established in 1908, Clarkes of Walsham have been serving the building & agricultural trades and more recently the public. Still a family business, four generations of the Clarke family have been actively involved in the business which occupies discreet 10 acre premises in the unspoilt village of Walsham-le-Willows.

After this apprenticeship

This long-term position has potential for progression.

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