Marketing Apprentice

M J PRODUCTS LTD

LEICESTER, LE9 9FS

Closes in 16 days (Monday 18 November at 11:59pm)

Posted on 7 October 2024


Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Marketing Apprentice to join our dynamic engineering design company. This is an excellent chance for a motivated individual to kick-start their career in marketing within a technical and creative industry.

Annual wage
£17,238 a year

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
39 hours per week Monday- Friday Shifts to be confirmed

39 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 25 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

  • To support the marketing department with all digital marketing and administrative tasks
  • To achieve positive working relationships by being developing good communication skills between the internal departments, using multiple forms of communication including emails, phone calls and face to face
  • To provide support to the digital marketing activities in areas such as data input, social media and digital reporting, social media activity, copywriting, email marketing and website updates
  • Support the team in all day-to-day marketing tasks such as ordering print, organising events, supporting our regional marketing activities and general administrative tasks
  • Be a team player, willing to support the entire team whilst learning new marketing skills and processes
  •  To keep abreast of current marketing communications best practices, making recommendations for our own marketing communications where appropriate
  • You will work alongside our experienced team to support various campaigns, develop digital content, and contribute to promoting our innovative engineering solutions

Where you’ll work

UNIT E

MERRYLEES INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

DESFORD

LEICESTER

LE9 9FS

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

THE SMB GROUP

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.
  • Your training plan

    • On-the-job training
    • Off-the-job training
    • Day release to Stephenson College
    • Level 3 Multi-Channel Marketeer apprenticeship course 

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 4/C)
    • Maths (grade 4/C)

    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
    • Good use of English Language
    • Social media skills
    • Motivated
    • Enthusiastic
    • Innovative

    Other requirements

    Travel to and from LE9 9FS is a semi rural location. Candidates need to demonstrate ability to travel to this location each working day. Marketing or business related desirable however not essential.

    About this company

    MJ Products Ltd design and manufacture innovative solutions for lifting, moving, and handling equipment. Their range includes lifters, stackers, and bespoke handling solutions designed for a variety of industries, such as retail, logistics, and manufacturing. A key aspect of their products is the patented duo pump lifting technology, which is designed to offer efficient and cost-effective handling without requiring electrical power.

    After this apprenticeship

    • Full time position 

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    THE SMB GROUP

    Apprenticeships

    apprenticeships@smbgroup.ac.uk

    01530519001

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280753.

    Apply now

    Closes in 16 days (Monday 18 November at 11:59pm)

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