Growth Executive Apprentice

BRAND PARTNERSHIP GROUP LIMITED

London (N1 6AD)

Closes in 10 days (Friday 20 March 2026)

Posted on 10 March 2026


Summary

If you know you want to be where the action starts, identifying opportunities, opening doors, and helping teams win, our Craft Track Apprenticeship is your launchpad.  

Join the Growth Team at Brand Partnership Group (BPG) and become a specialist in how we scale, how we pitch, and how we win.

Wage

£24,784 a year

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  • £24,784 Per Annum  + Reward Scheme Bonus
  • Company Sick Pay + Life Assurance: 4 times your annual salary
  • Access to a range of discounts and perks across our key partners & beyond

Training course
Sales executive (level 4)
Hours
This is more than an apprenticeship, it’s a career pathway. 4 days a week, hands-on with our teams. 1 day a week, paid study leave. Total 5 days a week, Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm working pattern.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 20 April 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

What You'll Be Up To

The Discovery (Research & Insight)

  • Become a ‘deep dive’ specialist. Researching exciting global brands and identifying the key decision-makers we should be talking to.
  • Spot trends, industry news, and opportunities that give us the perfect reason to connect with potential partners.
  • Stay ahead of the curve and help position BPG as a proactive, insight-led growth partner. 

The First Connection (Outreach & Engagement)

  • Master the art of the first impression.
  • Craft clever, personalised outreach that cuts through the noise.
  • Be the voice of BPG introducing our agencies and opening doors in creative ways.

The Growth Journey (Relationship Development)

  • Support the full sales cycle, from first hello to signed partnership.
  • Help manage and track our Growth Pipeline, ensuring no opportunity is ever missed.
  • Learn how strong relationships turn into long-term partnerships.

The Doing (Mastering New Business)

  • Learn how to manage a pitch from start to finish.
  • Develop standout professional communication skills.
  • Build a sharp eye for detail, ensuring every proposal we send is polished, premium, and powerful.

Where you'll work

10
East Road
London
N1 6AD

Training

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

Training provider

BMS PROGRESS LLP

Training course

Sales executive (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Sales planning and preparation: Set effective targets using sales forecasts. Prioritise customers and activities to grow account value and maximise return-on-investment in line with your organisation’s strategy. Formulate or refine customer plans and objectives. Create efficient territory plans where appropriate.
  • Customer engagement: Effectively communicate and interpret customer information exchanged through written, verbal and non-verbal communication. Develop a customer engagement style that effectively opens sales conversations, builds rapport, enhances customer relationships, and adapts to different customer’s social preferences.
  • Customer needs analysis: Be highly skilled at effective questioning and active listening techniques to understand the customer’s needs, guide the sales conversation appropriately, create mutual understanding, and build trust and affinity with customers.
  • Propose and present solutions: Develop sales proposals and deliver them using a presentation style and technique appropriate for your customer. Present relevant products and/or services, explain features and their advantages, and clearly articulate the value and benefit of the solution for the specific customer. Use and adapt a range of techniques to draw-out and overcome common sales objections.
  • Negotiate: Research the customer’s likely desired outcomes and negotiating stance. Develop responses to likely objections. Identify your own organisation’s needs, such as minimum price and acceptable terms. Negotiate or trade variables effectively.
  • Closing Sales: Be attuned to verbal and non-verbal buying-signals andmove to close at an appropriate point in sales conversations. Develop ethical techniques to close sales and confirm customers’ purchase agreement.
  • Gathering Intelligence: Collect, analyse and interpret market intelligence and share it appropriately and effectively within your organisation.
  • Time Management: Use and adapt appropriate tools and techniques to prioritise and manage your time effectively.
  • Collaboration and team work: Contribute effectively within a team environment. Work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders. Manage communications with the cross-functional team in relation to the effective delivery of your sales, such as finance and service delivery. Support continual business improvement by sharing best practice with sales team colleagues and assist the marketing team to develop new marketing collateral.
  • Customer experience management: Deliver a positive customer experience. Manage customer enquiries and issues effectively. Take proactive action to prevent and minimise customer concerns and complaints. Handle all customer interactions professionally to the customer’s satisfaction.
  • Digital skills: Effectively use digital tools to conduct research and target customers in line with the overall sales strategy. Able to deliver presentations and meetings using digital communication. Complete accurate records and process sales in accordance with your organisation’s policies, procedures and digital CRM systems.

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.

More training information

Apprenticeships offer a great alternative to traditional education / career pathways.

Our Apprenticeship Craft Track ensures you'll be given the opportunity to become a specialist - learning how we scale, how we pitch, and how we win, whilst experiencing twists into some of our businesses. 

Earn while you learn: You get paid a real wage from day one, avoiding the student debt that comes with university or college.

Hands-on experience: You build practical, job-ready skills in a real work environment rather than a classroom, which many people find more engaging and effective.

Qualification at the end: You’ll leave with a recognised industry qualification and years of experience, a combination that's hard to beat on a CV.

Structured mentorship:  You learn directly from experienced professionals, building a network and getting guidance that classroom learning rarely provides.

Apprenticeships often suit people who prefer doing over studying, want financial independence sooner, or simply learn better in a practical setting.

Requirements

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Initiative
  • Pro-active
  • Influencing
  • Talkative
  • Research skills
  • Competitive
  • Resilient

Other requirements

Holding a valid driving license with access to a car would be preferred, but not essential.

About this employer

Brand Partnership Group empowers brands to move faster, think smarter and connect deeper. We drive change through future-focused insights, technology and impactful partnerships. Bridging brands and consumers to unlock growth, accelerate transformation and create meaningful, lasting impact.

WE TURN HUMAN CONNECTION INTO BRAND GROWTH

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

Company benefits

  • Development opportunities.
  • Samsung/HP Discounts.
  • ETHIC Values.
  • Employee of the month: a chance to win a £500 lifestyle voucher.
  • Regular company socials provided by our Great Place to Work Team.

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Growth is where it all begins. If you want to understand how businesses scale, how partnerships are built, and how winning really happens, this is your chance to learn from the inside.

This isn’t just a placement. It’s your first step into a career in growth, sales, and business development.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BRAND PARTNERSHIP GROUP LIMITED

Victoria Nightingale

victoria.nightingale@wearebpg.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000020138.

Apply now

Closes in 10 days (Friday 20 March 2026)

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