Digital Marketing Degree Apprentice
Smile Box
Redditch (B97 4PE)
Closes today
Posted on 28 November 2025
Contents
Summary
Are you keen to join a business with great ambition and a big heart?
Come and join our fast-growing award-winning business and help shape our sales and marketing future. As our Digital Marketing Degree Apprentice, you’ll support campaigns, and brand awareness while gaining a Level 6 Digital Marketing Degree.
- Wage
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£22,000 a year
- Training course
- Digital marketer (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday in the office and Fridays to study. Shifts to be confirmed,
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 6 January 2026
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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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
This is a really exciting role where you’ll help deliver the Sales and Marketing Road Map for 2026 – a year we have ambition plans that you’ll help shape and deliver.
In this role you will help:
- Drive our strategy including customer engagement
- Support sales activity
- Create digital content
- Manage socials
- Assist with design work, website UX
- Track performance
- Contribute to wider campaigns.
You’ll work closely with our founder to play a key role in helping us grow our online presence and brand visibility across multiple sectors and also support new product development, events planning, customer journey and brand awareness.
Where you'll work
Warwick Highway
Redditch
B97 4PE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER LTD
Training course
Digital marketer (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Develop and critically apply the concepts, principles and theories of marketing relevant to the interdisciplinary topics of digital marketing
- Apply the 4 marketing principles (product, price, place, promotion) and considerations of the business / marketing campaign.
- Write and create content for the different audiences, online channels and create clear “Call to Actions” and user journey’s
- Demonstrate how to promote and apply content marketing effectively through the appropriate media channels, relationship management systems and communication platforms to ensure brand and cultural awareness are maintained throughout marketing strategies.
- Select a variety of appropriate research methodologies, platforms and technologies to synthesise information and apply to the organisation’s digital marketing strategies, drivers and customer behaviours
- Manage, plan, specify, lead and report on digital marketing projects.
- Manage and optimise key channels and content within a digital marketing plan.
- Manage interfaces and the supply network of the organisation and customer by applying the appropriate E-commerce strategies and models available and whenever appropriate taking global engagements into account.
- Apply a marketing mix / digital marketing mix to meet customer expectations.
- Accurately observe, record and draw conclusions from all types statistical analysis of campaign performance, recognising inherent uncertainties and limitations with financial and budgetary requirements to demonstrate Return on Investment (ROI).
- Engage communities through Email Marketing and Social Media to stimulate and encourage communication through positive discussion and engagement.
- Apply the appropriate tools for a data-led approach to analyse marketing information and platforms, data and social media and recognise what is actually important for insights and optimisation to provide solutions for marketing decisions
- Contribute to business, planning and marketing strategies to recognise and respond quickly to opportunities and customer requirements whilst embracing change.
- Identify, recognise and understand internal and external business intelligence and factors that may impact future operations.
- Interpret, communicate and brief internal or external stakeholders on digital business requirements.
Training schedule
Level 6 Digital Marketer (Integrated Degree)
- The successful candidate will undertake a 42 month, nationally recognised Degree Apprenticeship. This is a work-based learning programme which will require commitment to block weeks in an online training room once every quarter working towards the qualification along with weekly off the job training and monthly coaching sessions
- You will be required to demonstrate through the standard that you meet all competencies and behaviours, which will lead to the achievement of the degree apprenticeship
- You will have a designated mentor in the workplace to support your learning and at the end of programme will be assessed via an external assessment body
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
Minimum of 5 X GCSEs grades 9-5 (A-C) including English and Maths
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Creative thinking and an interest and flair for design.
- Comfortable working across multiple tasks.
- Good organisation and attention to detail.
- Able to work well in a supportive team environment.
- Enthusiastic about digital marketing and brand building.
- Confident with social media platforms.
- Video creation and photography experience preferred
or willing to work towards.
About this employer
Smile Box is a wellbeing-focused gifting and engagement company that helps organisations appreciate, support, and recognise their staff. We create vibrant, meaningful wellbeing gift boxes, and deliver workshops to help promote positive workplace culture, improve mental health, and boost employee recognition. Our clients span NHS Trusts, major retailers, Football Clubs, Schools, and a range of businesses nationwide. We’re a small, friendly, purpose-driven team with big ambitions for 2026!
We are situated in Redditch. We do not list publicly our address anywhere as we don’t share this for security reasons) It can of course be shared for interview stage. The postcode displayed in this advert is false, and the interview will NOT be located at the postcode displayed in this advert.
After this apprenticeship
- Opportunity for a full-time role upon completion of Apprenticeship. Long-term progression in marketing, sales, digital content creation or brand management within Smile Box as we continue to grow and opportunities for further personal development
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002928.
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