Digital Marketing Apprentice

Opportunity information

Salary £15000 per year
Duration 15 months
Advert closing date 23/06/2023

Description

Happy Linen Company is a young and innovative, online, children’s home brand. They currently cater for the 2-7 age range.

Their mission is to become the go to sleep brand for the 0-7 market and make bedtime a dream for children and parents alike. Their core products are bedroom textiles with unique designs, however they are actively looking to diversify into other areas – they have a creative and innovative approach, whilst maintaining their company ethos – serious about happy!

As a fast growing, privately-backed business, they have big ambitions and are already developing at a swift pace and are now setting themselves up for the “growth phase”. They encourage creative ideas and people, listening to and supporting each other to meet the company’s objectives. With this approach, they build our internal team with long-term objectives and development in mind.

Core to their business is a commitment to sustainability, ethical production, people and giving back. Their Giving Back campaign has been in place since day 1, to date providing over 100,000 meals for those in need and supporting various other local community initiatives and causes further afield raising over £30,000.

About the job: They’re looking for a Digital Marketing apprentice to join their rapidly growing team, to assist with marketing and content creation.

They are looking for someone who has an interest in developing the skill sets required for the above role. The role will have as much support as you require, working closely with the Senior Content and Community Coordinator of the company. In return they expect the ambition, experience, drive and willingness to deliver.

Job description.

As a Digital Marketing Apprentice, you will be planning, developing, creating and evaluating content for the business. Your job responsibilities would include (but not be limited to):

• Work with us to plan, manage and execute our social media platform profiles. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & TikTok.
• Support our email marketing strategy with planning and execution of automated and one-off campaigns.
• Create content (video, GIF, image, etc.) based on the content plan, preparing posts and graphics in advance and scheduling/executing via Buffer and Klaviyo. Additionally, preparing ‘reactive’ content such as IG stories.
• Develop and propose ideas for topics and items we could be sharing with our community.
• Recruit and manage a list of influencers to obtain relevant content and hold them to appropriate standards. Additionally, assisting with ongoing brand collaborations.
• Assist with PR. Prepare press releases and liaise with journalists.
• Interact with customers and the wider audience to build our profile and followers. This includes responding to customer enquiries on all social channels in a timely manner.
• Assist with various graphics requirements, for example, preparation of brand decks, product imagery for our website, artwork prints, etc.
• Assist with photo shoots.

Benefits

• You'll be one of the earliest employees into their team – and a key player in building the brand.
• Free onsite parking.
• Flexible working policy.
• 30 days holiday including bank holidays/annum + extra day off for your birthday.
• Free bedding and a staff discount.
• Access to the pool table along with the snacks
• They’re still small – help them shape what other perks they could consider!

Skills required

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Basic knowledge of photography and/or video editing
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Team working
• Creative

Personal Qualities

• A keen interest in Digital Marketing, Social Media and Content production
• Well organised
• Motivated
• Friendly

Entry requirements

• A-C (4-9) English and Maths at GCSE or equivalent
• A passion for social media and digital content!

Training to be provided

The Juice Academy is a digital marketing Academy based in Castlefield, Manchester. They train up to 80 apprentices a year, whilst the apprentices work with businesses around the North West (and sometimes further afield!). The training is delivered by industry professionals from their sister company, Tangerine Communications. The Juice Academy training sessions are a hybrid of face-to-face learning within the academy in Castlefield, and online delivery via Zoom. Apprentices will also receive the on the job training in the workplace. The final three months of the course will be the ‘assessment period’ during which apprentices are expected to produce a portfolio of work and complete a series of assessments. Full digital marketing training to be provided on-the-job and off-the-job. The Juice Academy partner with Apprentify, who support apprentices in the workplace through development coaching.

The qualification will include:

• Level 3 Content Creator

Things to consider

You apply on The Juice Academy website, filling in the written application form to the best of your ability, paying attention to spelling, grammar and punctuation. Successful candidates will be invited to an online assessment session where you will complete several tasks. If you are successful, you will then either be invited to an interview.
Note: The Juice Academy will recruit a number of apprentices to start in July and while you’re applying for a position with this employer your application may be sent to other employers if it's unsuccessful with this employer.

• Please note: For the first year, you will be paid a minimum salary of £15,000 Thereafter, your pay will be increased to the National Minimum Wage for your age. All salaries are set at the employers’ discretion; however, this will be the minimum you will receive.

Skills required

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Future prospects

Digital Marketing is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the UK, so prospects upon completion are very promising with industry experience and a qualification under your belt. Job titles include, but are not limited to:

• Content Creator
• Social Media Executive
• Digital Marketing Executive
• Content Executive

Hours per week 38
Working week Mon-Fri

Manchester, , England, M1 2PY