Business & Marketing Co-ordinator Apprentice

FASTSIGNS INTERNATIONAL INC.

STAFFORD (ST16 2ST)

Closes in 27 days (Thursday 28 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 29 July 2025

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Summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic Business & Marketing Coordinator to help deliver our day-to-day service to our franchisee network by supporting the marketing and operations departments. This is a versatile role, which offers the candidate the opportunity to support our business in many areas.

Wage

£16,500 a year

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 5 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

Daily responsibilities will be split 50% Marketing and 50% Operations Support and will include but are not limited to:

Marketing:

  • Supporting the Marketing Manager to implement the marketing plan, creating, executing and monitoring marketing campaigns
  • Social Media Savvy, you’ll be composing & posting online content on the UK social media channels, representing our franchise network and suppliers effectively
  • Creation of engaging content, including video development using Canva, CapCut and other sources
  • Supporting with copywriting of blogs, case studies, and email communications
  • Building and maintaining reporting for company emailing and maintaining data integrity within operating programmes
  • Co-ordinating design and distribution of fortnightly internal newsletter communications
  • Maintaining marketing report filing and sharing with the franchise network
  • Assist in and oversee PR activity between the marketing agency and the Franchise network
  • Liaising with the supply chain from a marketing perspective
  • Maintaining the marketing filing systems

Administration:

  • Supporting the organisation and delivery of UK events
  • Support in the franchise development sales process and CRM activities for franchise candidates
  • Assisting with the management of our National Accounts Programme
  • Responsible for creating meeting agendas and minute-taking in various stakeholder meetings
  • Completing quarterly VAT Return

Where you'll work

UNIT 6A GREYFRIARS BUSINESS PARK
FRANK FOLEY WAY
STAFFORD
ST16 2ST

Training

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

Training provider

EMA TRAINING 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

Face-to-face training sessions will be delivered from the state-of-the-art EMA training hub.

The 3 core knowledge units are as follows:

  • Fundamentals of Marketing
  • Content Marketing
  • Marketing Campaign Fundamentals

In addition to the modules above, you will also study towards the Google Analytics vendor qualification.

Further support will be provided to you through your Digital Coach/Mentor via onsite visits and remote communication.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade 5/B or above)

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
  • Logical
  • Creative
  • Initiative

About this employer

We are the UK-based arm of a multinational franchise operation, in the signage and visual communications industry. As a leading international signage franchisor, via our franchisee network, we provide creative and dynamic visual signage and graphics to the end customer. To do this as the franchisor, we are obliged to deliver an optimum service to our franchise network.FASTSIGNS is part of Propelled Brands which is proactively looking to enhance its business portfolio in the UK.

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Company benefits

● Pension Scheme ● 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) ● Monday to Wednesday are office-based and Thursday and Friday will be remote working. ● On-site parking ● Team social events (Sports activities, work social lunches) ● Business events

After this apprenticeship

Opportunity for a full-time position within the team upon completion of the apprenticeship programme.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EMA TRAINING LIMITED

Jess Mitchell

apply@ematraining.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330998.

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Closes in 27 days (Thursday 28 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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