Marketing Apprentice

CORNTHWAITE AGRICULTURAL LIMITED

Ormskirk (L40 3SB)

Closes in 22 days (Friday 22 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 30 July 2025

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Summary

As a Marketing Apprentice, you’ll gain hands-on experience while studying toward a recognised qualification. You’ll work alongside our Group Marketing Manager and team to support campaigns, events, digital content, and brand promotion. This is an ideal opportunity for someone passionate about marketing and keen to learn in a supportive environment.

Wage

£13,741 to £22,222.20, depending on your age

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm 35-hours per week

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 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

As a Marketing Apprentice, you’ll gain hands-on experience while studying toward a recognised qualification. You’ll work alongside our Group Marketing Manager and wider team to support campaigns, events, digital content, and brand promotion. This is an ideal opportunity for someone passionate about marketing and keen to learn in a supportive, real-world environment.

So, if you are creative, enthusiastic and ready to learn, this fantastic opportunity awaits you! Bonus points if you’ve got a soft spot for tractors, wellies and cups of tea!

Main Responsibilities:

  • Assist in creating content for social media, website and email campaigns
  • Provide support for projects such as shows, events and promotional activities
  • Help gather insights from marketing activities, and use these to inform future campaigns
  • Liaise with internal departments and external suppliers
  • Carry out general administrative duties to support the marketing department

As part of the Level 3 qualification in Multi-Channel Marketing you will learn about, and get hands-on experience with, social media marketing, branding, content marketing, campaign planning, design & copywriting and much more.

The apprenticeship course is delivered by Kendal College and involves one day a week attendance at college.

What We Are Looking For:

  • A genuine interest in marketing, media and digital communication
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Creativity, enthusiasm and a willingness to learn
  • A team player with a positive, proactive attitude
  • Organised with strong attention to detail
  • Good IT skills, including familiarity with basic IT applications
  • A UK driving licence would be preferable as we would like the apprentice to be able to visit other depots and assist in setting up shows

Why Join Cornthwaite Group?

  • 33 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)
  • Discounts in our shops
  • Ongoing training and development opportunities
  • A supportive and friendly environment

We believe in equality of opportunity, positive and respectful work environments, and recognise that our people are key to our continued success.

Where you'll work

Hall Lane Bispham Green
Ormskirk
L40 3SB

Training

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

Training provider

KENDAL COLLEGE

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

Multi-channel Marketer Level 3.

Training will take place one day per week at Kendal College. 

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4 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
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Genuine interest in Marketing

About this employer

Cornthwaite Group are a leading supplier of global agricultural and horticultural brands and are one of the largest John Deere dealerships in the UK. We support our customers with quality products, outstanding aftersales and leading technology solutions.

http://www.cornthwaitegroup.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• 33 days holiday per year (including bank holidays) • Discounts in our shops • Ongoing training and development opportunities • A supportive and friendly environment

After this apprenticeship

Continue into full-time employment. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KENDAL COLLEGE

Suzanne Cook

Suzanne.cook@cornthwaitegroup.com

07483 966306

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334514.

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Closes in 22 days (Friday 22 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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