Digital Marketing Degree Apprenticeship - Takeda

TAKEDA UK LTD

LONDON (W2 6BD)

Closes in 12 days (Friday 2 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 8 April 2025

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Summary

Join Takeda, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, as a Digital Marketing Apprentice. Gain hands-on experience with digital campaigns, develop new marketing materials, and support the tactical implementation of the brand strategy. Join an innovative team and support the marketing of life-transforming treatments.

Wage

£23,500 a year

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Increasing annually

Training course
Digital marketer (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday 08:45 to 17:15, with flexibility around core hours. 37.5 hours per week including training.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

  • Join one of our brand teams working with world class marketeers assisting in the cross functional tactical implementation of the brand strategy engaging with our stakeholders and support patients with our life-transforming treatments 
  • Be part of and lead key omnichannel marketing campaigns including development of materials (emails, videos, leaflets etc.) 
  • Support with the logistics and approval process for sales force materials: meeting invitation, slides etc. 
  • Manage the internal approval process and withdrawals via Promomats (the materials approval database system)
  • Assist the brand team with the logistics of internal and external meetings, liaise with our key customers and engage with outside agencies

Based in our UK Head Offices in Central London, Paddington to be exact, with some flexibility around remote work, this role is based within our Marketing function, aligned to our Rare Diseases or Internal Medicine & Vaccines teams. 

Where you’ll work

1 KINGDOM STREET
PADDINGTON
LONDON
W2 6BD

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Digital marketer (integrated degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents
  • Develop and critically apply the concepts, principles and theories of marketing relevant to the interdisciplinary topics of digital marketing
  • Apply the 4 marketing principles (product, price, place, promotion) and considerations of the business / marketing campaign.
  • Write and create content for the different audiences, online channels and create clear “Call to Actions” and user journey’s
  • Demonstrate how to promote and apply content marketing effectively through the appropriate media channels, relationship management systems and communication platforms to ensure brand and cultural awareness are maintained throughout marketing strategies.
  • Select a variety of appropriate research methodologies, platforms and technologies to synthesise information and apply to the organisation’s digital marketing strategies, drivers and customer behaviours
  • Manage, plan, specify, lead and report on digital marketing projects.
  • Manage and optimise key channels and content within a digital marketing plan.
  • Manage interfaces and the supply network of the organisation and customer by applying the appropriate E-commerce strategies and models available and whenever appropriate taking global engagements into account.
  • Apply a marketing mix / digital marketing mix to meet customer expectations.
  • Accurately observe, record and draw conclusions from all types statistical analysis of campaign performance, recognising inherent uncertainties and limitations with financial and budgetary requirements to demonstrate Return on Investment (ROI).
  • Engage communities through Email Marketing and Social Media to stimulate and encourage communication through positive discussion and engagement.
  • Apply the appropriate tools for a data-led approach to analyse marketing information and platforms, data and social media and recognise what is actually important for insights and optimisation to provide solutions for marketing decisions
  • Contribute to business, planning and marketing strategies to recognise and respond quickly to opportunities and customer requirements whilst embracing change.
  • Identify, recognise and understand internal and external business intelligence and factors that may impact future operations.
  • Interpret, communicate and brief internal or external stakeholders on digital business requirements.

Your training plan

  • You will study towards obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Marketing
  • Training will take place at London South Bank University on one day per week

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English Language (grade 4-9/A*-C)
  • Maths (grade 4-9/A*-C)

A Level in:

  • ANY (grade BCC)

BTEC in:

  • ANY (grade DMM)

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
  • Team working
  • Enthusiasm
  • Committed
  • Conscientious
  • Integrity
  • Transparency
  • Accountability
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Proactive
  • Willingness to learn
  • Prioritisation

About this company

Empowering our people to shine At Takeda, we earn the trust of society and our customers through our values of Takeda-ism: Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, Perseverance. We incorporate these values in everything we do. They represent who we are and how we act. They help us make decisions that we can be proud of today and in the future. We enable our employees to develop their full potential. As a global top employer, we offer exciting career paths, promote innovation and strive for top performance in everything we do. Takeda fosters an inclusive, collaborative and international work environment where our teams are united by their relentless commitment to our goal of improving people's health and creating a better future for the world. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Takeda is committed to foster diversity, equity and inclusion. Hiring decisions are based entirely on qualifications and are made regardless of gender, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability.

https://www.takeda.com/en-gb/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Benefits including commuter allowance

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

This apprenticeship will equip you with the skills to pursue a variety of careers within the pharmaceutical industry, including marketing roles or the Takeda Graduate Leadership Development Programme.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

LSBU Apprenticeship Team

apprenticeships@lsbu.ac.uk

0207 815 5767

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314331.

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Closes in 12 days (Friday 2 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

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