Marketing Buying Apprentice

BUY IT DIRECT LTD

West Yorkshire (HD2 1UA)

Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 27 May 2026)

Posted on 13 May 2026

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Summary

You’ll work closely with a team of imaginative Buyers and Assistant Buyers, supporting the continued growth of our business across lifestyle and bathroom categories. This is a great opportunity to develop within buying while playing a key role in day-to-day operations and product development.

Wage

£16,640 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

Wednesday 3 June 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

2

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

  • Research trends and create mood boards and product analyses
  • Collaborate daily with suppliers worldwide via Teams and email
  • Support administrative tasks and compile regular reports
  • Work closely with Buying & Merchandising teams to ensure accurate data management
  • Partner with Quality Control and Customer Services to monitor returns and identify improvements
  • Coordinate with Marketing to optimise product launches and presentation
  • Manage the department’s critical path to ensure timely product development and compliance

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 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

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 the 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 Multi-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

Are you ready to dive into the exciting world of e-tail and make your mark in the fast-paced online retail industry? We’re looking for a passionate and creative apprentice with a flair for fashion, interiors, and bathrooms to join our expanding Lifestyle buying team at our Huddersfield headquarters. This role offers fantastic opportunities for career progression.

Based at our Huddersfield HQ, you’ll be part of a vibrant Lifestyle team driving the success of two of our fastest-growing brands: furniture123.co.uk and betterbathrooms.co.uk. We don’t just follow trends—we set them. Now we’re looking for someone equally driven to push boundaries and help create something exceptional across furniture, interiors, and bathroom products.

Company benefits

  • Staff cost laptop
  • Free parking
  • 28 days holiday
  • Free tea and coffee
  • Smart casual dress code

After this apprenticeship

  • There is a chance of a permanent position at the end of the apprenticeship
  • 90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after completing, which 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 VAC2000029257.

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Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 27 May 2026)

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