Marketing Apprentice

TOWNSEND MUSIC LIMITED

BURNLEY (BB12 7EJ)

Closes in 30 days (Sunday 16 November 2025)

Posted on 14 October 2025

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Summary

As a Digital Marketing Apprentice, you’ll play a key role in supporting our digital and creative teams as we continue to shape how artists reach their audiences. Working alongside our Account Managers, you’ll help craft engaging content, manage artist campaigns, and bring fan communities to life across multiple channels.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday Shifts to be confirmed

30 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 16 December 2025

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

  • Assisting in the management and optimisation of Townsend Music’s artist and retail webstores
  • Supporting social media planning, posting, and community management across channels including Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook
  • Assisting with content creation, including blog entries, short-form videos, graphics, and promotional assets for artist campaigns
  • Helping to build and maintain influencer and fan ambassador relationships to amplify artist campaigns through outreach, engagement, and exclusive opportunities and content
  • Conducting trend and competitor research to inform strategy and campaign direction
  • Scheduling content, tracking performance, and contributing to monthly analytics and insights reports to help inform future content and marketing campaigns
  • Supporting email marketing campaigns alongside maintaining data and implementation of customer life cycles
  • Contributing to campaign brainstorms, pitching creative ideas that blend marketing innovation with music fandom
  • Staying on top of emerging trends in digital marketing, e-commerce, and fan engagement to bring fresh ideas to the table

Where you'll work

4-5 IRIDIUM CLOSE
HAPTON
BURNLEY
BB12 7EJ

Training

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

Training provider

NOWSKILLS 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

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

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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Social media

Other requirements

● Is passionate about music, artists, and digital storytelling. ● Loves social media and keeps up with the latest digital trends. ● Is creative, proactive, and full of ideas. ● Communicates clearly and works well in a collaborative, fast-moving environment. ● Has strong organisational skills and attention to detail. ● Has a good grasp of written English and enjoys writing engaging copy. ● Is eager to learn about digital marketing, e-commerce, and the music business.

About this employer

At Townsend Music, we’re passionate about connecting artists and fans through innovative direct-to-fan (D2C) campaigns, immersive digital experiences, and standout e-commerce solutions.

https://townsend-music.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • The company may offer a full-time position at the end of the apprenticeship for the right candidate

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NOWSKILLS LIMITED

NOWSKILLS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346458.

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Closes in 30 days (Sunday 16 November 2025)

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