Social Media and Marketing Assistant Apprentice

Summary

Uneeka, an independent ethical retail business based in Cornwall, is offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated and creative individual to join our team as a Social Media & Marketing Assistant Apprentice. Operating across our Uneeka.life and Uneeka.home brands, we specialise in ethically sourced furniture, homeware, and gifts.

Wage

£12,870 a year

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Hourly salary of £8.25 to £10.00 dependent on experience.

Training course

Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm or 9.30am - 5.30pm. Split between Truro and Falmouth Office.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 6 October 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

The successful candidate will contribute to social media strategy and content creation, assist with email marketing campaigns, support website updates, and explore new digital marketing opportunities.

You will also monitor analytics and trends to help drive brand awareness and community engagement across platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

We are looking for a proactive individual with strong communication skills, a keen eye for design, and a genuine passion for ethical retail and digital marketing. The ability to manage multiple tasks with creativity and attention to detail is essential.

The role is 30 hours per week, split between our Truro and Falmouth locations. You will also work towards gaining a nationally recognised qualification while gaining valuable industry experience.

This is a fantastic opportunity to begin a career in marketing within a values-led business that supports sustainability, creativity, and community.

Duties will include:

Social Media: Increasing brand awareness through social media platforms. Support in creating content, community engagement, and brand awareness via campaigns (Facebook, Instagram, Tik tok, and any other appropriate platforms.)
Analytics & Reporting: monitor and analyse the effectiveness of posts and campaigns
Keep up to date with current digital trends and competitors
Support with email marketing campaign creation
Research new online media opportunities that may benefit the business (including social media, and the development of blogs)
Supporting administrative tasks as required
Help maintain web pages
Support in ad creation

Where you'll work

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

25 Market Street, Falmouth, TR11 3AS
PRINCESS CHULA HOUSE, CITY ROAD, TRURO, TR1 2JL

Training

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

College or training organisation

TRURO AND PENWITH COLLEGE

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

Multi-channel Marketer Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
Taught days will be one day every two weeks during term time only at Truro College campus including hybrid delivery

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Other in:

Adobe (grade Certificate)
Canva (grade Certificate)

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
Attention to detail
Time management
Social media proficiency

Other requirements

This apprenticeship opportunity would suit a confident, proactive person with good listening skills and a ‘get stuck in’ attitude. The succesful candidate would need to be self-motivated and eager to share fresh ideas. Ideally, Uneeka is looking for a creative individual, with a passion for ethical retail, lifestyle & creative marketing. Other desirable certficates are social media marketing and content creation.

About this company

Uneeka – A Lifestyle Made Fair – is an independent retail business based in Truro and Falmouth, specialising in ethically sourced furniture, homeware, gifts, and accessories that are distinctive, story-driven, and promote sustainable living, creativity, and fair trade. Alongside the retail offering, they also provide bespoke design services, operate a vibrant café, and offer a unique event hire space – all reflecting our commitment to ethical, community-focused living.

https://uneeka.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Company pension, attractive staff discount, optional wellbeing class. Regular reviews/appraisals for progression

After this apprenticeship

The apprenticeship may potentially lead to a permanent position upon completion

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TRURO AND PENWITH COLLEGE

Tammy McDermott

tammym@truro-penwith.ac.uk

01872305025

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000321800.

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Closes in 30 days (Friday 20 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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