Marketing Apprentice

Full time, apprenticeship (up to 23 months)

Are you looking to develop your career in Marketing? We have an apprenticeship opportunity within our Customer Experience and Marketing department. This 23-month apprenticeship will not only give you a Level 3 qualification but also on the job experience and plenty of exposure to give you the skills and experience to take your career to the next level. 

What you can expect to learn:

• Understanding the important role Marketing plays in supporting the wider MSC business.

• How to support the creation of marketing and project plans

• Conducting primary and secondary research to analyse customer sentiment and inform marketing decisions

• How to create and implement marketing activity across a range of media such as collateral, presentations, events, social media, webpages, digital advertising, PPC & email marketing

• How to create effective sales materials and presentation documents

• Working with a company’s brand guidelines to ensure consistency

• How to store marketing materials and communicate internally to ensure materials are known about and understood

• How to create content for email marketing, websites and social media

• How to organise events, including venue organisation, guest lists, brand communication materials, travel and accommodation

• Utilise customer data and feedback from MSC’s CRM systems

• Assist with customer identification

• Working with data and assisting with market intelligence and customer insight analysis

• Contributing to the management of marketing spend to budget

• Using available data to monitor, optimise, analyse and evaluate marketing campaigns and channels and draw conclusions.

• General support across the Customer Experience and Marketing team.

What an apprenticeship at MSC means

We’ll support in giving you the tools you need to learn and develop whilst gaining a qualification and all-important vocational experience. This will give you the chance to collaborate with other departments and gain a wider understanding of working for a global company.

In this time, you’ll be able to absorb our culture, network with others and develop yourself in a core area of our business.

Skills and experience you'll bring to us

First and foremost, you will have a desire to pursue a career in marketing. We’d like you to bring an open mind and desire to learn. You’ll be a good communicator, well organised and have an ability to manage workloads and keep to tight deadlines.

Minimum requirements also include:

• Good Microsoft Office 365 skills (Excel & Word)

• Maths A-Level / GCSE A-C or 9-4 under new grading system - essential

• English A-Level / GCSE A-C or 9-4 under new grading system - essential

What you can expect from the apprenticeship

The initial period of apprenticeship is for 18 months whilst completing the course, plus an additional 5 months spent on the completion of the End Point Assessments. You will spend 20% of your time doing off the job training which can include practical training such as shadowing, mentoring, teaching of theory and external study support. You will also be able to shadow other areas within the Customer Experience and Marketing department which will give you an insight into different specialist areas. 

If you’re ready to take the first step into a career in marketing, please apply now.