Digital Marketing Apprentice

Summary

We are seeking a creative, organised, and results-driven Digital Marketing Apprentice to take charge of our social channels. The ideal candidate will have a passion for storytelling, a flair for engaging content, and a solid understanding of social media trends—especially as they relate to B2B and service industries.

Wage

£18,000 a year

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£18,000 - £20,000 per annum

Training course

Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 23 June 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

Develop, implement, and manage a results-driven social media strategy aligned with our business goals.
Create, schedule, and publish high-quality, engaging, and brand-aligned content (images, videos, stories, etc.) across platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, and others as appropriate).
Grow and nurture our online community, responding to comments, messages, and customer queries in a timely and professional manner.
Monitor, analyse, and report on social media performance, providing regular insights and recommendations.
Keep up to date with the latest social media trends, tools, and best practices, ensuring our channels remain fresh and relevant.
Collaborate with the wider team for campaign ideas, promotions, and brand consistency.
Manage and grow our brand hashtags and online reputation.

Where you'll work

UNIT 1H GROSVENOR HOUSE
AGECROFT ENTERPRISE PARK
DOWNCAST WAY
MANCHESTER
M27 8UW

Training

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

College or training organisation

QA LIMITED

Your 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.

Your training plan

Why choose our Multi-Channel Marketer apprenticeship?

QA’s Multi-Channel Marketer Level 3 apprenticeship provides a solid foundation of practical skills integral to becoming competent in fast-paced marketing roles.

It is widely accepted that we are facing a severe crisis when it comes to the gap between digital skills needed by employers and available talent. QA designed our workplace learning programmes to help organisations and individuals build in-demand marketing capabilities across channels, both by finding and developing new talent and through the upskilling of existing teams.

QA’s Multi-Channel Marketer Level 3 apprenticeship programme enables the apprentice to:

Learn the necessary skills to enhance business performance in the marketplace.
Develop knowledge, skills and behaviours aligned to the Mutli-Channel Marketer apprenticeship standard, being able to apply them in context.

Gain the following qualifications upon successful completion of the programme:

Level 3 Multi-Channel Marketer apprenticeship standard

Tools and technologies learned:

Apprentices will learn to use Google Analytics, SurveyMonkey, WordPress, Hootsuite, Mailchimp, Canva, Powtoon, Moz, W3Schools, JDoodle and all the major social media networks.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

3 of any subject (grade 4+ (A* - C))
Maths & English (grade 3+ (D or above))

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

Other requirements

About QA: Our apprenticeships are the perfect way to gain new skills, earn while you learn, and launch yourself into an exciting future. With over 30,000 successful apprenticeship graduates, we're a top 50 training provider, dedicated to helping you succeed. Interested? Apply now!

About this company

Merco is the North West’s fastest growing cleaning and facilities services company and the only one that gives you a 100% reliability and satisfaction guarantee. With Merco, you have access to our full range of cleaning and facilities services including office cleaning, grounds maintenance, commercial window cleaning, hygiene and washroom supply, security services and more.

Company benefits

• Merco's 'Loyalty Reward' scheme. • Free parking. • Birthday and Christmas gifts. • Flexible working arrangements – hybrid. • Training and development opportunities. • Referral programme. • Flexible hours to business needs.

After this apprenticeship

90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after completing: this is 20% higher than the national average.

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