Marketing Communications Apprentice

MERCHANT TAYLORS SCHOOL

NORTHWOOD (HA6 2HT)

Closes on Friday 9 January 2026

Posted on 3 December 2025

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Summary

This is an exciting entry-level role offering hands-on experience across all areas of a busy marketing department. You will work under the guidance of the Marketing & Communications Manager, supporting the delivery of the school's marketing plan.

Wage

£18,000 a year

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
8.00am - 5.00pm, with a one-hour unpaid lunch break.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 23 February 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

  • Assist in creating engaging content for the school’s website, social media, newsletters, and publications
  • Support the management and monitoring of social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube)
  • Help update and optimise the school website and track analytics
  • Act as a brand ambassador, ensuring consistency across all marketing materials
  • Assist with advertising campaigns and analyse performance data
  • Capture and edit photography and videography for promotional use
  • Support event organisation, including Open Days and assessment days
  • Contribute to newsletters and other communications
  • Provide administrative support, including processing invoices and tracking budgets

Where you'll work

MERCHANT TAYLORS SCHOOL
SANDY LODGE
NORTHWOOD
HA6 2HT

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

Why choose our Multi-Channel Marketer apprenticeship?

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 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 Mutli-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
  • Attention to detail

Other requirements

This vacancy will close at 9.00am on 9 Jan 2026.

About this employer

Merchant Taylors’ School is a leading independent day school for boys aged 3–18, renowned for its outstanding academic achievement and exceptional pastoral care. With over 960 pupils in the Senior School and 370 in the Prep School, we offer a stimulating environment where curiosity and enthusiasm for learning are encouraged. Our forward-thinking approach combines an ambitious curriculum with a wide range of co-curricular activities, ensuring students develop into confident, well-rounded individuals ready to make their mark on the world.

Company benefits

A huge range of exciting benefits is available!

After this apprenticeship

This apprenticeship offers a fantastic opportunity to gain practical experience and professional qualifications in marketing. Successful completion could lead to permanent roles within marketing and communications, either within the education sector or beyond, opening doors to careers in digital marketing, content creation, and brand management.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

QA LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002881.

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Closes on Friday 9 January 2026

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