Digital Marketing Apprentice

Digital Marketing Apprentice, Hull/Remote (Hybrid Working)

National Apprenticeship Wage + Benefits

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Are you looking to kick start your career in Digital Marketing? We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Marketing Apprentice who will work and learn from a skilled and experienced digital marketing team. We are committed to providing opportunities for people to begin their digital marketing career through apprenticeships and graduate recruitment and the successful candidates will follow in the footsteps of our existing apprentices, as we support them to reach their full potential and achieve success.

About the role

As a Digital Marketing Apprentice at Summit, you will be given the opportunity to work on a range of client-facing projects across a variety of channels including paid search, SEO, paid social, display and affiliate activity. You will join an existing client team and work with our channel managers to support with our clients’ marketing activity, helping to execute our strategy in line with client objectives. You will spend 80% of your time working on activity for Summit, and 20% of your time completing a Level 3 qualification in Digital Marketing with Hull College.

Your role will give you fantastic, real-world experience as you communicate with clients, cultivate positive and collaborative working relationships via email and phone, plus face-to-face/virtual meetings with support from the wider team. You will receive training to equip you with a high degree of specialised expertise and skills to ensure the work carried out for our clients is maintained to the highest standard of quality. You will add value to the team by:

• Implementing marketing activities, such as paid search and shopping ads, paid social ads, SEO activity, affiliate marketing activity and much more

• Campaign and budget management

• Accurately implementing marketing strategies with support from the channel managers

• Monitoring results, analysing key site metrics and providing proactive recommendations

• Supporting channel managers in analysing issues and opportunities, and implementing strategic recommendations

This 18-month apprenticeship involves flexible working and Summiteers are asked to attend our office in the C4DI complex in Hull, Fruit Market 2 days per week, the rest of the week can be done from home. You will also be requires to attend study sessions weekly which are included in your contracted hours.

About you

Drive, determination, and a self-disciplined approach are vital to be effective in this role. You will enjoy and be able to easily adapt to, different personalities, being a proactive team player who is motivated and highly organised, enabling you to manage a diverse and busy workload. Key skills and knowledge include:

• An interest in digital marketing is essential. Previous experience and/or knowledge of digital marketing activities is preferable but not essential.

• Good working knowledge of MS Office, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

• An aptitude for numbers to assist with learning of tracking and reporting processes.

• Ability to analyse problems effectively and solve issues, considering the long-term impact and anticipating future consequences and trends.

• Good communication skills to build relationships and support networking internally and externally.

• Excellent attention to detail: careful and thorough, gathering complete information and striving for quality.

• Able to plan own time effectively; can set priorities and manage tasks efficiently.

• Customer service orientated, dedicated to meeting requirements of internal and external stakeholders.

• Able to accept and welcome feedback and willing to learn, develop and ultimately improve self.

Benefits included:

• Flexible working: From flexible start and finish times, to having every other Friday off*, they trust people to work flexibly around their lifestyle and family arrangements.

• Up to 29 days' holiday per year (plus bank holidays): Our employees start with 25 days' holiday per year, increasing to up to 29 days with long service. You would also have the opportunity to purchase additional holidays with our holiday purchase scheme.

• Milestone days off: Whether it’s your birthday, you’re getting married, or it’s your child's first day at school, they want you to take the time off work to enjoy these special moments.

• Discounts and benefits: Our rewards platform gives you access to discounts and offers on over 1000 retailers. From your weekly shop to a one-in-a-lifetime holiday, there will be a discount to suit your needs.

• Bupa health cash plan

• Bonus scheme

• Life assurance

• Religious holiday swaps: As some of our UK bank holidays are traditionally based around Christian events, we want to ensure we’re being inclusive and letting people celebrate religious holidays that matter to them

Please note: If successful after pre screen stage you will be invited to attend our Apprentice Assessment Day a part of the hiring process.

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We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their sex; religious or similar philosophical belief; race; age; sexual orientation; or disabilities.

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Please note, in line with GDPR, your details will only be retained for a period of 12 months from application date and then deleted, unless advised otherwise.