Marketing Apprentice

RS Group PLC

Corby (NN17 9RS)

Closes in 7 days (Sunday 27 April 2025)

Posted on 11 April 2025

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Summary

We’re looking for someone curious, motivated, and ready to take their first step into the world of marketing. You do need to have some understanding and experience in entry-level marketing — and a passion for learning. We’ll teach you everything else you need to know!

Wage

£20,000 a year

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Salary growth as you progress

Training course
Marketing executive (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday, before 9am to 5pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 26 May 2025

Duration

1 year 7 months

Positions available

1

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

You’ll work closely with our friendly Senior Marketing Manager and wider team to support exciting marketing projects and campaigns. Here are some of the things you’ll get involved in: 

  • Help deliver marketing campaigns for the UK & Ireland.
  • Supporting marketing activities and digital campaigns.
  • Supporting the creation of point of sale for the UK RS Local branch network.
  • Working closely with sales teams to develop marketing tools.
  • Managing merchandising tools and materials.
  • Working with marketing agencies and colleagues from other departments.

Where you’ll work

Po Box 99
Birchington Road
Corby
NN17 9RS

Training

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

College or training organisation

BALTIC TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

Your training course

Marketing executive (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents
  • Coordinate and maintain key marketing channels (both digital and offline)
  • Plan and deliver tactical campaigns against SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound) objectives
  • Manage the production and distribution of marketing materials, e.g. digital, print and video content as appropriate
  • Produce a wide range of creative and effective communications, including ability to write and proofread clear and innovative copy, project briefs, and give confident presentations
  • Able to engage and collaborate with a wide range of clients/stakeholders, across departments internally and with clients/suppliers externally to support marketing outcomes as required
  • Use good project and time management to deliver projects/tasks/events as appropriate, effectively. Including the ability to divide time effectively between reporting, planning and delivery
  • Coordinate several marketing campaigns/projects/events to agreed deadlines
  • Effectively liaise with, and manage, internal and external stakeholders including suppliers to deliver required outcomes
  • Monitor project budgets within their scope of work using appropriate systems and controls
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns by choosing the appropriate digital and offline data sources
  • Assimilate and analyse data and information from a range of sources to support marketing activities
  • Evaluate data and research findings to derive insights to support improvements to future campaigns
  • Effectively use appropriate business systems and software to deliver marketing outcomes efficiently, for example to analyse data, produce reports and deliver copy
  • Use appropriate technologies to deliver marketing outcomes e.g. digital/web analytics, social media, CRM

Your training plan

  • The training will happen virtually and onsite in Corby.
  • Monthly training sessions and daily support is on offer.

More training information

  • You will work closely with the training provider and your line manager to learn and apply all the new knowledge, skills and behaviours you will be learning.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9)
  • Maths (grade 4-9)

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

  • Marketing (grade Pass)

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
  • Presentation skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

About this company

Global distribution and solutions provider for the engineering industry

https://www.rsgroup.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Expected to grow into a Marketing Executive upon completion.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RS Group PLC

Tim Beasley

tim.beasley@rsgroup.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315179.

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Closes in 7 days (Sunday 27 April 2025)

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