Apprentice Marketing Assistant

INTERNATIONAL PLATFORMS LIMITED

Doncaster (DN6 8DE)

Closes in 4 days (Friday 19 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 15 September 2025

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Summary

You’ll be our ‘go to’ Marketing Administrator, guided to learn to manage the responsibility for shaping how the industry sees us and keeping sales leads flowing in. Reporting to the MD & Sales Manager, you’ll plan and deliver day-to-day marketing activity across digital, print and events.

Wage

£12,000 a year

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Thursday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 29 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 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

Content & Digital:

  • You will be guided and enabled to own the social channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook) – plan calendars, posts, and grow followers.
  • Write and upload weekly blog posts/news articles covering new stock arrivals, case studies and safety tips provided by the Senior staff members.
  • Training will be given to keep the website fresh – update product listings, optimise copy for SEO, check imagery, manage landing pages.

Creative & Collateral:

  • You will be expected to design artwork for posters, flyers, case study sheets and email headers with guidance from the MD and Sales Manager.
  • Maintaining the image library and shoot/brief new photos and short-form videos.
  • Work with sales manager to create targeted email campaigns and report on results.
  • Identify industry awards to enter and draft entry submissions working with the MD on submission documents.
  • Build relationships with industry journalists, submit press releases and magazine articles.

Events & Exhibitions:

  • Help plan and attend trade shows, customer open days and supplier demos (mainly UK, occasional overnight stay).
  • Design and arrange stand graphics, giveaways and literature; manage on site set up and live social coverage with direction from the Sales Manager.

POS & Merchandise:

Monitor stock levels of brochures, branded PPE, decals, pens, etc.; reorder in good time and track budgets.

Insight & Reporting:

  • Track web and social analytics, report monthly on reach, leads and ROI; suggest data driven tweaks with support from the Operations Manager.
  • Keep tabs on competitor activity, industry news and regulatory changes affecting access equipment.

Where you'll work

Unit 4 Askern Road
Carcroft
Doncaster
DN6 8DE

Training

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

Training provider

ALTHAUS DIGITAL LIMITED

Training course

Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

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What you'll learn

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.

Training schedule

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.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

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

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

About this employer

We’re an independent company that buys, refurbishes and sells new and used mobile elevating work platforms, from scissor lifts to truck mounted booms. Our customers range from local trades all the way up to major construction and facilities management companies across the world. We pride ourselves on great customer service, quick turnarounds, honest advice and machinery that’s safe, certified and ready to use.

After this apprenticeship

There is the potential for this to progress into a full-time position at the end of the level 3 apprenticeship, providing the successful candidate works hard and demonstrates value to the business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ALTHAUS DIGITAL LIMITED

Tasha Wright

talent@althausdigital.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338655.

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Closes in 4 days (Friday 19 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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