IBC Buying Group – Marketing Executive - Apprenticeship – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

A key member of the marketing team in executing the ‘member-first’ annual marketing plan and supporting the Head of Marketing and Digital Marketing Manager with day-to-day activity.

Annual wage

£25,000 a year

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Annual Salary Review, Annual bonus based on hitting targets

Training course

Marketing executive (level 4)

Hours

Monday to Friday 8am- 5pm

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Friday 1 November

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

· Support the Head of Marketing with key campaigns and projects, including research, planning and reporting, ensuring projects are completed to time and budget

· Work closely with the Digital Marketing Manager to support with day-to-day tasks such as maintenance of our members’ portal and CMS updates

· Oversee daily activity and engagement on our social channels, ensuring messaging is in line with the overall comms plan

· In line with the comms plan, write new copy on suppliers, promotions and the IBC brand to support our portal, website, email marketing and social media - collaborating with the Category team and liaising directly with suppliers where necessary for information

· Develop basic artwork or update existing templates for IBC’s web banners, social posts and email marketing. Plus supporting our members with their promotional materials

· Regularly liaise with external agencies on new artwork and campaigns, ensuring consistency in design and messaging, in line with IBC’s brand guidelines

· Support with monthly reporting on all marketing activity and campaigns

Where you’ll work

IBC, Suite 1, Caswell House

Towcester

NN12 8EQ

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

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

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.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (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
Organisation skills
Team working
Creative

Other requirements

As a small team we offer the opportunity for exposure across multiple departments.

About this company

The UK's Leading Buying Group for Independent Builders' Merchants. We understand the value of building mutually beneficial relationships between merchants, suppliers and ourselves, supporting over 200 members and 300 branches nationwide.

http://www.ibcbuyinggroup.com (opens in new tab)

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

Opportunity to progress within marketing and category, including digital.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

INDEPENDENT BUYING CONSORTIUM LTD

Tessa Viller

tessa.viller@ibcbuyinggroup.com

07834697115

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000278988.

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Closes in 14 days (Sunday 13 October at 11:59pm)

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IBC Buying Group – Marketing Executive - Apprenticeship

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