Multi-Channel Marketing Apprentice

KERNOCK PARK PLANTS LTD

SALTASH (PL12 6RY)

Closes in 26 days (Friday 21 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 24 October 2025

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Summary

We’re looking for a creative and driven Multi-Channel Marketing Apprentice to join our team and help us grow our brand presence across multiple platforms. This is an exciting opportunity to work in the horticulture industry, showcasing our exceptional range of plug plants and liners while developing your marketing skills in a hands-on role.

Wage

£15,409.55 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday- Thursday (0800-1645) Fridays (0800-1600) 39.25 hrs

39 hours 15 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 30 January 2026

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

  • Take the lead in organising and attending trade shows, including: 
  • Booking arrangements, liaising with exhibitors and contractors 
  • Managing plant award entries and preparing promotional materials 
  • Capture high-quality product photography for marketing use 
  • Manage weekly social media updates across all platforms 
  • Design and produce our annual catalogue using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop 
  • Create advertisements for promotional activities using InDesign 
  • Oversee product label production, stock management, and ordering 
  • Respond to customer enquiries, image requests, and marketing-related queries 
  • Collaborate with the trials department on new plant introductions 
  • Assist with website content updates  

Where you'll work

KERNOCK PARK
PILLATON
SALTASH
PL12 6RY

Training

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

Training provider

CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH

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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 / C)
  • Maths (grade 4 / C)

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Good team player
  • Organised
  • Desire to achieve
  • Driven
  • Punctual
  • Good sense of humour

About this employer

Kernock Park Plants is based in Cornwall, UK. We are an independent wholesale producer of high-quality, young ornamental plants. With 4 hectares of cover (predominantly glass), over 11 million plants are produced in various formats and specifications to cater for a variety of customer requirements and situations for delivery throughout the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.

https://www.kernock.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Free parking on site.

After this apprenticeship

For the right candidate a permanent position will be available at the end of the apprenticeship. 

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348209.

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Closes in 26 days (Friday 21 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

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