Marketing Assistant Apprenticeship

VACU-LUG TYRES LTD

LINCS (NG31 8HE)

Closes in 23 days (Friday 10 April 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 16 March 2026


Summary

Vaculug is seeking a creative and enthusiastic Marketing Apprentice to join its marketing team at the Grantham HQ.

The role offers hands-on experience supporting marketing activities, strengthening online presence, and engaging customers, providing an excellent opportunity to start a career in marketing within a growing company.

Wage

£15,392 to £24,454.04, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
8.30am - 5pm Monday - Thursday (1-hour lunch - unpaid) 8.30am - 4.30pm Friday (1-hour lunch - unpaid)

37 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 30 April 2026

Duration

1 year 4 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

  • Engage with customers across digital platforms, including social media
  • Assist the team in creating and scheduling social media posts
  • Ensuring brand consistency across all literature and updating this where necessary
  • Assist with website updates
  • Support marketing campaigns and promotions in collaboration with the marketing team
  • Monitor social media for feedback and engagement opportunities, flag relevant content to the team
  • Prepare and compile content for the Vaculug Voice newsletter
  • Coordinate the ordering of branded workwear for staff
  • Manage the purchase and stock of branded merchandise
  • Organise team lunches and catering when required
  • Arrange hotel bookings and meeting rooms for visitors and staff
  • Assist in the planning and logistics for trade shows, careers fairs, or internal company events
  • General office duties as requested

Where you'll work

GONERBY HILL FOOT
GRANTHAM
LINCS
NG31 8HE

Training

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

Training provider

CAMBRIDGE PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY 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 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 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 at our office in Grantham by Professional Academy. 

More training information

Training will be a blended course with workshops, online learning, assignments and one to one coaching by a Professional Academy Mentor.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English Language (grade 4)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Physical fitness
  • Good work ethic
  • Good time keeping
  • Positive attitude
  • Eager to learn

About this employer

Vaculug Limited is a long-established commercial tyre retreading specialist founded in 1950. We are based in Grantham and specialise in producing quality retread tyres for fleets across the UK. In addition, we offer effective and practical fleet management solutions to ensure our customers' complete satisfaction.

https://www.vaculug.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • Annual family activity day
  • Christmas party & other team building events

After this apprenticeship

Becoming a fully integrated member of the Marketing Team with future development options and progression based on experience.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CAMBRIDGE PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED

Megan Campion

marketing@vaculug.com

07483 3174865

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000021325.

Apply now

Closes in 23 days (Friday 10 April 2026 at 11:59pm)