digital marketing apprentice

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: Starting from £14,000.00 per year

Location: Peterborough Office (not remote)

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Geek Design, one of the leading Digital Marketing agencies in the East Anglian region as a Digital Marketing Apprentice. The successful candidate will join this rapidly growing DM agency, based in Peterborough and develop their career in the digital marketing industry. The successful applicant will assist the marketing team in all aspects of marketing, including social media, PPC, Ads, content marketing and design as well as a particular emphasis on SEO services.

You will undertake an Apprentice Level 3 Digital Marketing Apprenticeship Standard and benefit not only from industry-recognised qualifications but the opportunity to select a specialism in your chosen field and drive your career forward by demonstrating business impact and structuring campaigns for a range of clients. You will also study three knowledge based-exams Principles of Digital Marketing, Principles of Coding and Google Individual Qualification and your own portfolios for your apprenticeship.

SKILLS REQUIRED

• Excellent computer (IT) and digital skills
• The ability to multi-task and work with efficiency
• Excellent English written communication skills
• A good eye for detail as well as the ability to write formal documents
• Website Copywriting skills would be advantageous but not essential
• Software knowledge of In-design or Illustrator would be advantageous but not essential

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

5 GCSEs grades A*-C/9-4 or equivalent (including English Language and Maths)

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT DAY-TO-DAY IN THIS JOB ROLE

• Writing and researching content/blog articles
• Opportunity to contribute ideas for creative content and marketing activities across both in-house and client projects.
• Using WordPress to update and edit websites
• Helping out with general duties to support the team
• Assisting with marketing campaigns
• Creating social media posts
• Researching and developing effective link building campaigns.
• Working with SEO to optimise traffic to our websites
• Develop basic skills in HTML and CSS

• KM1 – Principles of Coding
• KM2 – Principles of Digital Marketing
• KM3 – Google Individual Qualification

Completion of the apprenticeship allows access to join as an Affiliate (Professional) member of the CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing) and/or Associate membership of BCS.