Social Media Content Creator Apprentice

Freelance SEO Essex

CHELMSFORD (CM2 7JA)

Closes on Monday 5 January 2026

Posted on 26 November 2025

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Summary

At Freelance SEO Essex, we help local businesses get found online and turn visibility into real results. We are looking for a creative, motivated Content Creator Apprentice to join our marketing team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about digital storytelling, social media, and visual content production.

Wage

£14,918.80 to £24,126.96, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm Friday 9am to 4pm

38 hours a week

Start date

Monday 19 January 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

You will support the development of engaging content across multiple formats and platforms, working alongside our marketing team to bring ideas to life and help grow our online presence.

You’ll gain hands-on experience in content creation, social media, marketing coordination, and campaign support, while being guided and developed through the Level 3 Multi-channel Marketer Apprenticeship.

Key Responsibilities:

Content Creation:

  • Produce engaging short-form videos, Reels, LinkedIn clips and behind-the-scenes content
  • Develop static graphics, carousels and basic design assets using Canva or similar tools
  • Capture on-site content (photos, videos, interviews) from team activities, events or client projects
  • Assist in preparing written content such as captions, SEO-friendly blog snippets, and email content
  • Work with the Head of Sales & Marketing to generate creative ideas and campaign concepts

Social Media:

  • Create, schedule and publish content across LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook
  • Monitor social channels and engage with followers in a professional and brand-aligned way
  • Stay aware of trends, audio, and platform updates to suggest creative opportunities
  • Maintain weekly content calendars and support in drafting social post ideas

Marketing Support:

  • Assist with email marketing campaigns, including building newsletters and updating templates
  • Help update website content, blog posts or imagery through our CMS (WordPress)
  • Gather content from internal teams such as case studies, testimonials, team news or results
  • Support with events, webinars and promotional activities

Marketing Coordination & Admin:

  • Keep the marketing asset library organised (photos, videos, graphics, copy templates)
  • Assist with CRM tasks such as uploading contacts, organising lists, and tagging campaigns
  • Conduct research into trends, competitors and content ideas.
  • Maintain trackers for social posts, blog planning and campaign activity

What You Will Learn:

  • Video creation, editing and optimisation for social platforms
  • Brand storytelling and visual communication
  • Content planning and campaign execution
  • Social media analytics and reporting
  • Copywriting skills for different audiences and channels
  • How to operate inside a professional marketing team and support real client-facing work

Where you'll work

47 CHURCH STREET
GREAT BADDOW
CHELMSFORD
CM2 7JA

Training

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

Training provider

THE WEST MIDLANDS CREATIVE ALLIANCE 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

You will be completing Level 3 Multi-Channel Marketer Apprentice.

As a Multi-Channel Marketer Apprentice, you help with planning, creating and implementing, impactful marketing campaigns across digital platforms. As part of the Marketing team, the multi-channel marketers will contribute to the implementation of the Marketing strategy and plans. You will be responsible for delivering day-to-day marketing activities across a multitude of platforms, channels and systems that are essential to the Marketing function and activities of the company.

Training is a blended learning delivery model: online learning, classroom sessions, work-based training, independent research, workplace projects, one-to-one support and training. Your training will include:

  • Creating your Portfolio
  • Marketing Principles & Theory
  • Branding Theory and Effective Communication
  • Understanding your Audience & Customer Journey
  • Research Methodologies and Competitor Analysis
  • Understanding Business Vision and Objectives
  • Budget Management - Understanding ROI
  • Marketing Campaign Planning and Scheduling
  • Marketing Plan Implementation
  • Content Creation: Planning and Development
  • Content Creation: Tools (Practical)
  • Copywriting - Persuasive writing techniques
  • Quality, Standards and Legislation
  • SEO: Introduction
  • CMS/WordPress & Cornerstone Content
  • Metrics & Analytics: Measurement tools
  • Reports & Optimisation: Google Analytics

The Multi-Channel Marketer apprenticeship includes an end point assessment. This is done in the final part of the apprenticeship and is how the apprentice is judged on their learning and will include: 

  • Producing a written Report
  • Portfolio of evidence-based work
  • Presentation and Q&A
  • Professional Discussion based on Portfolio

For a full overview of the Multi-channel Marketer standard visit https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/multi-channel-marketer

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • 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
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

Other requirements

Applicants must have a portfolio of work to show that they have at least some creative competencies. This doesn't need to be professional work and can come from work, education or from a hobby.

About this employer

At Freelance SEO Essex, we help local businesses get found online and turn visibility into real results. Since 2011, we’ve been working with small to medium-sized companies across Essex, London, and the South East to improve search rankings, drive more website traffic, and generate high-quality leads. We are looking for a creative, motivated Content Creator Apprentice to join our marketing team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about digital storytelling, social media, and visual content production.

https://www.freelanceseoessex.co.uk/meet-the-team/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Potential for full-time employment upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE WEST MIDLANDS CREATIVE ALLIANCE LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002581.

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Closes on Monday 5 January 2026

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