Marketing Manager Apprentice

ME EXPERT LIMITED

Godalming (GU7 1DZ)

Closes on Monday 1 June 2026

Posted on 22 April 2026

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Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced marketer to gain a recognised qualification in their field. With direct experience of email marketing, automation, content creation, digital channels, digital reporting and metrics, consumer communications, digital PR, design and branding, you'll be an integral part of our team. 

Wage

£25,000 a year

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This role is to cover maternity leave, and has a fixed contract for the duration of the apprenticeship.

Training course
Marketing executive (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9-5pm (hours to be confirmed) 1 hour allocation for lunch. Hybrid working.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 July 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

The Marketing Manager is responsible for our key products: car insurance, home insurance and life insurance, as well as ancillary products such as van insurance and pet insurance. Typical duties include:

  • Own the email marketing strategy and performance, using the Actito engagement platform to deliver targeted campaigns that drive engagement, conversion, and revenue growth. Working with our agency to implement testing frameworks, optimise journeys, and continuously improve performance through data-led insights.
  • Lead the business’s digital PR strategy in accordance with SEO principles and work with the retained agency to shape campaign and content strategies, ensuring activity is aligned with brand positioning, search strategy, and product priorities, while delivering relevant campaigns that increase visibility, traffic, and conversion.
  • Oversee the optimisation and development of key product journeys and landing pages, ensuring the customer experience supports conversion goals and commercial priorities. Use performance data and insights to identify opportunities for improvement and inform future development.
  • Lead the onboarding and growth of key partners, coordinating teams to deliver successful integrations and maximise partner performance.
  • Work closely with the SEO agency to guide content development and optimisation, ensuring content strategy supports organic growth, product visibility, and long-term traffic acquisition.
  • Support the strategic direction and optimisation of PPC activity, ensuring paid campaigns align with wider marketing objectives and contribute effectively to acquisition and revenue targets.
  • Manage and develop the Marketing Assistant, providing strategic direction, setting clear objectives, and ensuring delivery of activities that support wider marketing goals.
  • Deliver regular performance reporting and insight-led recommendations, communicating results to stakeholders and using data to inform planning, prioritisation, and future marketing strategy.

What we are looking for:

  • Mentoring and managing experience.
  • Proven experience working with email platforms and managing email marketing campaigns, including planning, execution, optimisation, and performance reporting.
  • Previous experience in PR, SEO, PPC and working with digital marketing agencies to deliver performance marketing campaigns.
  • Ability to analyse campaign performance across platforms, including GA4 and Facebook Analytics and put forward performance optimisation ideas to meet and exceed KPIs.
  • Experience in onboarding and managing external partners and stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with applying branding and design principles to email templates, web pages, banner ads and other materials as needed.

 

Where you'll work

28 High Street
Godalming
GU7 1DZ

Training

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

Training provider

DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED

Training course

Marketing executive (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Coordinate and maintain key marketing channels (both digital and offline)
  • Plan and deliver tactical campaigns against SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound) objectives
  • Manage the production and distribution of marketing materials, e.g. digital, print and video content as appropriate
  • Produce a wide range of creative and effective communications, including ability to write and proofread clear and innovative copy, project briefs, and give confident presentations
  • Able to engage and collaborate with a wide range of clients/stakeholders, across departments internally and with clients/suppliers externally to support marketing outcomes as required
  • Use good project and time management to deliver projects/tasks/events as appropriate, effectively. Including the ability to divide time effectively between reporting, planning and delivery
  • Coordinate several marketing campaigns/projects/events to agreed deadlines
  • Effectively liaise with, and manage, internal and external stakeholders including suppliers to deliver required outcomes
  • Monitor project budgets within their scope of work using appropriate systems and controls
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns by choosing the appropriate digital and offline data sources
  • Assimilate and analyse data and information from a range of sources to support marketing activities
  • Evaluate data and research findings to derive insights to support improvements to future campaigns
  • Effectively use appropriate business systems and software to deliver marketing outcomes efficiently, for example to analyse data, produce reports and deliver copy
  • Use appropriate technologies to deliver marketing outcomes e.g. digital/web analytics, social media, CRM

Training schedule

  • In addition to gaining practical experience in the role, you will also attain an NVQ Level 4 Marketing Executive qualification, which will help start your career and give you an insight into the business's processes and procedures.
  • Our training is all completed remotely via Teams with a development coach, who will be available for support.
  • You receive 20% off-the-job training during this apprenticeship, which is included in your weekly working hours.

More training information

  • DBC Training are a multi-award-winning employment and skills training provider.
  • We offer high-quality employer solutions to improve productivity and learner solutions to support individuals to fulfil their potential.
  • https://dbc-training.co.uk/

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English and maths (grade 4)

Other in:

Marketing or related (grade Pass)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Logical thinking

Other requirements

  • You must be an experienced marketing professional. If you do not have experience working in a marketing role, or do not have any of the skills or experience listed in the vacancy description, please do not apply.
  • This is a hybrid role, and our preferred location of the successful candidate is Surrey.  There will be occasional travel to Chester, and all expenses will be covered. 

About this employer

UK independent price comparison site founded in 2003 with offices in Godalming and Chester. We operate an online marketplace, an outbound call centre and a nationwide programme of field marketing activities.

Our key products are within general insurance, life insurance, utilities and finance.

ME Expert Ltd is part of Credico Marketing and its sister company, Gather Campaigns, runs charity fundraising campaigns.

https://www.moneyexpert.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • Mex rewards
  • Salary sacrifice
  • Pension
  • Cycle to work scheme

After this apprenticeship

This is a fixed contract to cover maternity leave.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED

Heather Duffield

heather@dbc-training.co.uk

07375919487

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000025625.

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Closes on Monday 1 June 2026