Digital Marketing Apprentice

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Warrington (WA4 4AD)

Closes in 23 days (Monday 2 February 2026)

Posted on 6 January 2026


Summary

You’ll apply writing, development, and video skills to transform complex science and technology projects into clear, accessible stories. These stories will engage business and government audiences and show how our work positively impacts society. 

Wage

£24,340 a year

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Throughout the course of your apprenticeship you will receive annual increments in line with policy

Training course
Digital marketer (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am- 5pm

37 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 3 September 2026

Duration

4 years

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

As a Digital Marketing Apprentice, you will support the planning, delivering and evaluation of marketing and communication activities across a range of digital channels. Collaborating with colleagues from the Impact, Communications, and Business Engagement teams, you will help develop and carry out campaigns that increase awareness of the Hartree Centre’s projects and showcase the advantages of technologies like artificial intelligence, supercomputing and quantum computing. 

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting the delivery of digital marketing campaigns from concept to evaluation, ensuring they align with Hartree Centre objectives and audience needs
  • Creating, curating and optimising content for digital channels including the website, blog, email newsletters and social media platforms
  • Using analytics tools to monitor and report on campaign performance, identifying insights and opportunities for improvement
  • Assisting with content scheduling, applying best practice to maximise reach and engagement
  • Contributing to the management of digital assets, ensuring brand consistency across multimedia content and materials
  • Supporting event promotion and business engagement activities, helping to design digital content for workshops, training programmes and conferences
  • Conducting market and audience research to inform content strategy and campaign planning
  • Collaborating with technical experts and partners to translate complex research into accessible, impactful stories for business and government audiences 

Where you'll work

Science and Technology Facilities Council
Daresbury Laboratory
Warrington
WA4 4AD

Training

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

Training provider

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

Training course

Digital marketer (integrated degree) (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Develop and critically apply the concepts, principles and theories of marketing relevant to the interdisciplinary topics of digital marketing
  • Apply the 4 marketing principles (product, price, place, promotion) and considerations of the business / marketing campaign.
  • Write and create content for the different audiences, online channels and create clear “Call to Actions” and user journey’s
  • Demonstrate how to promote and apply content marketing effectively through the appropriate media channels, relationship management systems and communication platforms to ensure brand and cultural awareness are maintained throughout marketing strategies.
  • Select a variety of appropriate research methodologies, platforms and technologies to synthesise information and apply to the organisation’s digital marketing strategies, drivers and customer behaviours
  • Manage, plan, specify, lead and report on digital marketing projects.
  • Manage and optimise key channels and content within a digital marketing plan.
  • Manage interfaces and the supply network of the organisation and customer by applying the appropriate E-commerce strategies and models available and whenever appropriate taking global engagements into account.
  • Apply a marketing mix / digital marketing mix to meet customer expectations.
  • Accurately observe, record and draw conclusions from all types statistical analysis of campaign performance, recognising inherent uncertainties and limitations with financial and budgetary requirements to demonstrate Return on Investment (ROI).
  • Engage communities through Email Marketing and Social Media to stimulate and encourage communication through positive discussion and engagement.
  • Apply the appropriate tools for a data-led approach to analyse marketing information and platforms, data and social media and recognise what is actually important for insights and optimisation to provide solutions for marketing decisions
  • Contribute to business, planning and marketing strategies to recognise and respond quickly to opportunities and customer requirements whilst embracing change.
  • Identify, recognise and understand internal and external business intelligence and factors that may impact future operations.
  • Interpret, communicate and brief internal or external stakeholders on digital business requirements.

Training schedule

In person, approximately 24 days per year

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or above)
  • Maths (grade 4 or above)

A Level in:

Any subject or other level 3 qualification (grade 104 UCAS points)

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
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

About this employer

UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation. Supporting some of the world’s most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.

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Company benefits

30 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas Shutdown

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Discount Scheme

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Further career and training opportunities

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005858.

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Closes in 23 days (Monday 2 February 2026)

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