The Role
Apprentice supporting setup, management and optimisation of social and display advertising campaigns. Assist senior Campaign Success Managers with ad copy, creative assets, performance monitoring, reporting, and data organisation. Attend meetings, learn campaign planning and troubleshooting, and complete a structured apprenticeship with Ascento while developing digital marketing skills.
Summary Generated by Built In
Kickstart your career in digital marketing with LOCALiQ, in an apprenticeship role.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Campaign Success team as an apprentice, supporting the delivery of high-quality digital advertising campaigns for clients across the Northwest of England and North Wales. Working closely with experienced Campaign Success Managers and Digital Advertising Consultants, you will gain hands-on experience across a range of channels including social media and display advertising.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Campaign Success team as an apprentice, supporting the delivery of high-quality digital advertising campaigns for clients across the Northwest of England and North Wales. Working closely with experienced Campaign Success Managers and Digital Advertising Consultants, you will gain hands-on experience across a range of channels including social media and display advertising.
This is a development-focused role, ideal for someone at the start of their career who is keen to learn, grow and build a strong foundation in digital marketing. Alongside your day-to-day role, you will complete a structured apprenticeship programme with Ascento, gaining industry-recognised qualifications while applying your learning in a real-world environment.
If you are curious, organised and eager to begin a career in a fast-paced and creative industry, this could be the perfect opportunity.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the set-up, management and optimisation of digital advertising campaigns
- Assist Campaign Success Managers and Digital Advertising Consultants in delivering campaigns aligned to client objectives
- Learn how campaigns are planned and executed across social and display channels
- Assist with the creation and review of ad copy and creative assets
- Monitor and track campaign performance using key metrics such as impressions, clicks and conversions
- Support the preparation of reports and campaign insights for internal teams and clients
- Help gather and organise campaign data, contributing to performance analysis
- Attend internal and client meetings to build understanding of campaign strategy
- Work collaboratively with teams across the business to support delivery
- Learn how to identify and resolve campaign issues with guidance from senior colleagues
- Take an active role in your own learning and development through the apprenticeship programme
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Strong interest in digital marketing and advertising
- Eager to learn, develop and build new skills
- Good attention to detail and organisational ability
- Confident communicator with a collaborative, team-focused approach
- Comfortable working with data and numbers (full training provided)
- Basic understanding of social media platforms is beneficial but not essential
- Positive attitude with a proactive and curious mindset
- Ability to manage time effectively and prioritise tasks
- Full UK driving licence preferred (or working towards), with willingness to travel across the region
Benefits
- Competitive salary + uncapped commission
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
- Holiday buy scheme for extra flexibility
- Structured career progression & ongoing training
- Pension plan
- Employee Helpline counselling and advice
- Perks & discounts including:
- Gym membership
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care
- Retail discounts
- Team building days & annual volunteer charity day
Newsquest Media Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all community sections regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Our recruitment process will consist of various stages and activities. As part of our commitment to fairness to all applicants, we will take into account any adjustments that could help you.
About
A name you can trust - we’ve been a part of your community for generations.LOCALiQ is the name for all that Newsquest Media Group does today, from trusted local newspapers and websites to digital marketing services that can help you reach new customers as you’ve never been able to before.LOCALiQ is the name that combines your trusted local news brand with digital marketing.It hasn’t replaced the name of your local Newsquest newspaper and its website, but it encompasses everything we can offer.Those services include online advertising and best-in-class digital marketing, backed by data gathered from our 1.5 million local campaigns and 45 million monthly users.Put our experts to work for you, and we believe you’re hiring the best marketing partner a business can have.
Skills Required
- Strong interest in digital marketing and advertising
- Eager to learn, develop and build new skills
- Good attention to detail and organisational ability
- Confident communicator with a collaborative, team-focused approach
- Comfortable working with data and numbers (full training provided)
- Basic understanding of social media platforms
- Positive attitude with a proactive and curious mindset
- Ability to manage time effectively and prioritise tasks
- Willingness to complete a structured apprenticeship programme with Ascento
- Full UK driving licence preferred (or working towards) with willingness to travel across the region
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The Company
What We Do
We are a media company with a difference. We are committed to bringing a voice to your region by investing in a passionate team of journalists who proudly serve their communities by sharing authoritative news that readers trust. Our sales teams provide local businesses with highly responsive digital advertising and marketing solutions. We are one of the largest regional news publishers in the UK and have a portfolio of more than 250+ local news brands and magazines online and in print. With an online audience of 41 million users a month and 7 million readers a week in print, our content is read by a substantial proportion of the UK population. In addition to our local news brands, we own a number of digital pure play and specialist media businesses such as s1jobs and s1homes, Exchange & Mart, and Newsquest Specialist Media. We also own LOCALiQ, an award-winning digital marketing agency that specialises in driving more leads, increasing online growth and generating return on marketing investment on behalf of thousands of UK SMBs. Our parent company is Gannett Inc, the largest news publisher in the US. Gannett is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
