Social Media Content Creator Apprentice

SIGMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Watford (WD24 4BB)

Closes in 20 days (Thursday 9 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 18 September 2025

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Summary

The Social Media Creator will be responsible for developing, designing, and delivering engaging content across our social media platforms. You’ll play a key role in building brand awareness, educating our customers about health and wellness, and ensuring our digital voice reflects our pharmacy’s trusted, professional, and approachable values.

Wage

£25,000 a year

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday- Friday (9:00am- 5:30pm)

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 13 October 2025

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

The Social Media Creator will be responsible for developing, designing, and delivering engaging content across our social media platforms. You’ll play a key role in building brand awareness, educating our customers about health and wellness, and ensuring our digital voice reflects our pharmacy’s trusted, professional, and approachable values.

Key Responsibilities

  • Create engaging, on-brand content (posts, reels, stories, videos, graphics) for social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube)
  • Develop and manage a content calendar aligned to campaigns, seasonal health topics, and pharmacy services
  • Work closely with pharmacy teams to highlight services (e.g., flu jabs, health checks, travel vaccines, weightloss)
  • Capture and edit photo/video content, including activities, behind-the-scenes, and customer education (with permission and within compliance guidelines)
  • Monitor social media channels, engage with followers, and respond to queries in line with pharmacy standards
  • Stay up to date with social trends, ensuring our pharmacy remains relevant, engaging, and accessible online
  • Analyse performance metrics, track engagement, and report on social media ROI
  • Ensure all content complies with pharmacy, healthcare, and advertising regulations

Skills & Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience creating content for social media
  • Strong knowledge of platforms (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube)
  • Video editing, graphic design, and photography skills
  • Creative flair with the ability to simplify health-related information into engaging content
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Canva, Adobe Suite, CapCut, or similar creative tools
  • Familiarity with SEO, paid ads, and social media analytics

Where you'll work

H D House
Imperial Way
Watford
WD24 4BB

Training

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

Training provider

JUST IT TRAINING 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 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

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

  • Multi-Channel Marketer level 3 apprenticeship standard
  • You will also receive full training and support from the Just IT Apprenticeship team to increase your skills
  • Your training will include gaining a level 3 Multi-Channel Marketer qualification

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4 +)
  • Maths (grade C/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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Passion for digital marketing
  • Hard-working
  • Motivated
  • Positive attitude

About this employer

Independent NHS and private pharmacy services, focusing on corporate dispensing for care homes and hospitals, as well as an Internet Pharmacy for direct-to-consumer services like free prescription delivery, online consultations, and a travel clinic. They offer services such as medication management, dispensing, advice, and training to improve patient safety and care standards for their partners and users.

After this apprenticeship

Over 90% of our apprentices move on to permanent full-time employment in the tech industry. There are also opportunities to extend your training with a higher-level Apprenticeship Programme.

Just IT have already helped over 1000 people start their tech and digital careers with an apprenticeship.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

JUST IT TRAINING LIMITED

Hello@justit.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342791.

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Closes in 20 days (Thursday 9 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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