Marketing Apprentice

Edwards & Walker Opticians

DONCASTER (DN1 1BZ)

Closes in 16 days (Sunday 1 March 2026)

Posted on 12 February 2026

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Summary

Edwards & Walker Opticians are looking for an aspiring Marketing Apprentice to join a growing team!

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Apprenticeship wage or competitive apprentice salary (dependent on age and experience)

Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Full-time (typically 30–40 hours per week, including off-the-job training) Monday 09:00 - 17:00 Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00 Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00 Thursday 09:00 - 17:00 Friday 09:00 - 17:00 Saturday 09:00 - 13:00 Sunday Closed

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 2 March 2026

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

  • Support the creation and scheduling of content across social media platforms (e.g. LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok)
  • Assist with email marketing campaigns, including newsletters and promotions
  • Help update and manage website content (blogs, landing pages, basic SEO tasks)
  • Contribute to marketing campaigns across digital and offline channels
  • Carry out market research and competitor analysis
  • Support basic data analysis and reporting (e.g. engagement, reach, open rates)
  • Assist with brand consistency across all marketing materials
  • Help coordinate marketing assets such as images, videos, and written content
  • Work with internal teams or external suppliers where required
  • Maintain marketing calendars and campaign trackers

Where you'll work

16 PRIORY PLACE
DONCASTER
DN1 1BZ

Training

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

Training provider

APPRENTICE TEAM LTD

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 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 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

  • Full day-to-day training will be provided by the employer.
  • This apprenticeship qualification is called Level 3 Multi-Channel Marketer
  • The learning will be delivered by dedicated, industry-specialist tutors via remote or face-to-face sessions.
  • These session take place once or twice per month, for roughly 2 hours, at a time convenient for both you and the employer.

 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

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

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this employer

At Edwards & Walker, it is about far more than eye care alone. The practice’s ambition is to be the leading opticians in Doncaster, combining clinical expertise with genuine care, quality and attention to detail, so that every patient enjoys an in-practice experience that surpasses that of any other Doncaster optician.

Proudly independent, with no affiliation to larger chains or groups, Edwards & Walker has been part of the Doncaster community for over 50 years, delivering first-class, friendly and accessible eye care for the whole family.

After this apprenticeship

Potential progression within the business and onto further apprenticeship programmes.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

APPRENTICE TEAM LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000015078.

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Closes in 16 days (Sunday 1 March 2026)

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