Marketing Assistant Apprentice

BUY IT DIRECT LTD

West Yorkshire (HD2 1UA)

Closes in 25 days (Thursday 28 August 2025)

Posted on 31 July 2025

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Summary

Are you ready to dive into the world of e-commerce and kickstart your career in Marketing? Join our dynamic team at Buy It Direct as an apprentice Marketing Assistant.

Wage

£16,000 a year

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Days and shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 4 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

3

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 trading team in compiling weekly reports and understanding key factors driving current trading performance.
  • Learn to utilise Google Analytics to analyse customer behaviour and optimise search, category, and product pages.
  • Ensure an exceptional online shopping experience by keeping the website updated with new product launches and trends through regular website maintenance.
  • Identify new and underperforming products and optimise the content drive greater conversion.
  • Support other marketing functions such as SEO, marketing, CRM and social media.
  • Review top product and category pages daily to optimise performance.
  • Assist in reviewing new product launches to ensure merchandising standards are met and effectively communicate product benefits to customers.
  • Maintain key navigational elements on the website, such as main navigation options and search page filters.

Where you'll work

Unit A Trident Business Park
Leeds Road
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD2 1UA

Training

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

Training provider

QA 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

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))

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working

About this employer

Join a fast-growing UK eCommerce leader! Buy It Direct is a leading UK-based eCommerce retailer with a global outlook. We're offering exciting opportunities to join one of our dynamic teams – either in our lifestyle division or in our industry-leading Appliances Direct team. Whether you're passionate about shaping modern living through stylish interiors or driving innovation in home appliances, you'll be part of a team that doesn't just follow trends – we set them. We're looking for ambitious, forward-thinking individuals who are ready to push boundaries and help create something exceptional.

Company benefits

Laptop. Free parking. 28 days holiday. Free tea and coffee. Smart casual dress code.

After this apprenticeship

The chance of permanent position at the end of the apprenticeship. 90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after completing: this is 20% higher than the national average.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

QA LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334856.

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Closes in 25 days (Thursday 28 August 2025)

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