Marketing Apprentice

Introduction

Light up your chance to develop a marketing career with an ethically driven small business, which specialises in electronics manufacturing and lighting solutions. The chosen candidate will have an experienced mentor and buddy up with the company’s existing marketing apprentice who is close to completing their learning journey.

About the Employer

Altimex is an award-winning company with an industry-acclaimed expert team, with more than 30 years’ experience, providing a broad range of Electronics Manufacturing, interconnect cable assembly and LED Lighting Solutions to a diverse customer base. We are an independently owned business and a quality focussed business that puts a positive, diverse company culture at the forefront of our ethos. We are proud to say that our values have never wavered from our original vision of what a great business should look like, one that puts their employees and customers first.

What You'll Do

We are very keen to hear from candidates who have some experience of marketing and can demonstrate their passion for it as a career path.

What you’ll do at work;

• Use appropriate primary and/or secondary research methods including survey tools, key word research tools and desktop research to gather marketing insight or evaluation.
• Support and manage the cataloguing of offline and digital marketing materials and assets in line with marketing regulations and legislation including sustainability of hard copy and digital campaigns.
• Publish, monitor and respond to editorial, creative or video content via website, social media/video sharing platforms, offline platforms.
• Use the organisation’s customer relationship management system (inhouse or externally sourced) to maintain accurate customer data and relationships are managed in the pursuit of marketing goals. 
• Monitor, optimise, analyse and evaluate marketing campaigns and channels in order to deliver on marketing objectives for the organisation and/or clients, measuring marketing delivery effectiveness.

Day to day responsibilities will revolve around the tactical execution of marketing strategy, this will include; 

• Creation and scheduling of social media posts
• Listening to social activity and responding across channels 
• Research tasks (for campaign-based activity)
• Use of social scheduling tools and Content Management Systems to administrate websites, including: improving Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
• Creating and planning marketing content and campaigns 
• Management and reporting on performance of digital marketing channels using analytics tools
• There will be the opportunity to initiate and create copy for omnichannel campaigns and to design email campaigns using our Customer Relationship Management system and mass mailing software 
• Provide general admin support to the team as and when required
• Assist with the copywriting of blogs and news updates for publication on the website, online channels and intranet

Training Outcome

A future career in marketing and a full-time position at Altimex on successful completion of apprenticeship.

Skills Required

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Administrative skills
• Team working
• Creative

Qualifications

• Essential - GCSE - English - C/4
• Essential - GCSE - Maths - C/4

Course Information

Course: Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

Level: 3

Route: Sales, marketing and procurement

Apprenticeship Level: Advanced

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Monday - Thursday, 8.00am -4.30pm and Friday, 8.00am - 1.30pm.

Expected Duration: 1 Year 6 Months

Training Provider: CHESHIRE COLLEGE SOUTH AND WEST