Digital Marketing Apprentice

THE ROTHERHAM HOSPICE TRUST

South Yorkshire (S60 2SW)

Closes in 21 days (Friday 31 July 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 July 2026

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Summary

An apprenticeship for someone who’s passionate about digital marketing. Working alongside our Marketing Communications Manager to help plan, create and deliver campaigns across our social media channels, email platform and website helping us raise awareness, grow our supporter base and generate vital fundraising income.

Wage

£15,642.84 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£15,642.84 per annum for your first 12 months, salary
then rises depending on your age.

Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, may be required to work occasional weekends.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 31 August 2026

Duration

1 year 8 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

  • Promoting a charity walk to hundreds of participants
  • Writing copy for a fundraising email that lands in thousands of inboxes
  • Creating content for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and X that could tell the story of our hospice or just what new items are on our café menu
  • Helping us grow our online presence through SEO and paid social
  • Analysing campaign data and translating it into clear, useful insight
  • Supporting the launch of events, appeals and community fundraising challenges
  • Producing marketing materials that work across digital and printed formats
  • Support the management and development of our website, keeping content accurate and up to date
  • Help ensure all marketing output — across every channel — is consistent with our brand voice, visual identity and values

Where you'll work

The Rotherham Hospice
Broom Road
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 2SW

Training

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

Training provider

WHYY? CHANGE LIMITED

Training course

Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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

Training will be delivered face to face at Whyy? Change who are based at New York Stadium, Rotherham.

The sessions will be weekly in a small group with Multi-channel marketing knowledge and skills developed over 3 structured modules.

More training information

Whyy? Change is a leading training provider based in Rotherham, offers a range of apprenticeship solutions to help businesses upskill and develop their employees. We’re proud to offer accredited qualifications as a part of our apprenticeship standards. These are created by some of the world’s leading accreditation bodies, including Lean & Six Sigma, Leadership (CMI), Marketing (CIM), Quality HSE and Functional Skills (Highfield).

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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Digital skills

Other requirements

Desirable to hold Full UK driving licence, or currently undertaking lessons and actively working towards obtaining one.

About this employer

  • Rotherham Hospice is a charity dedicated to the people of Rotherham, offering specialist palliative and end of life care to our community since 1996.
  • We provide comprehensive, compassionate care through two primary patient services:
    24-hour, 14-bed Inpatient Service
    24-hour Hospice at Home Service
  • Additionally, we offer wider support to patients and their families
    through:
    Complementary therapies & hairdressing
    Counselling and Bereavement Support for adults, children and
    teenagers
    Day services with individual and group sessions
    Family memory events
    Occupation therapy and physiotherapy
    Social work
    Spiritual care
    Tailored experiences for patients and loved ones

https://www.rotherhamhospice.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • 30 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), plus an additional day’s leave in every 5th year
  • Hassle-free parking at no cost
  • Buy a lunch with 25% off
  • 6% pension after probation

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

This is a development role, offering the opportunity to gain practical experience within a busy and varied marketing and communications function while working towards a recognised apprenticeship qualification. The role will support learning and progression, with guidance and mentoring provided throughout.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WHYY? CHANGE LIMITED

humanresources@rotherhamhospice.org.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000040856.

Apply now

Closes in 21 days (Friday 31 July 2026 at 11:59pm)