Marketing Coordinator Apprentice

Content Strategy & Digital Management

Ensure both the DRI and Vandu websites are kept relevant, accurate, and up to date. Design, edit, and create high-quality promotional content for all channels, including events, campaigns, social media, print, and website blogs. Design and implement content marketing and email marketing campaigns. Proactively engage staff across both organisations to source content for social media, blogs, and marketing opportunities.

Marketing Performance & Outreach

Monitor social media analytics and implement data-driven strategies to continuously improve engagement, follower growth, and click-through rates. Attend external events and activities to promote the work of both organisations. Respond to general customer enquiries and provide accurate information regarding DRI and Vandu services to existing and potential clients.

Operational & Values Alignment

Drive equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging considerations through all communications work, both internal and external facing. Organise and prioritise workload effectively to ensure all deadlines are met. Attend relevant training workshops to continuously develop the role and acquire new skills. Perform miscellaneous job-related administrative duties as assigned.

Training:
An apprenticeship includes regular training with Creative Process Digital based in Brighton. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying. This role includes high-level industry-relevant training from Creative Process Digital. https://creativeprocessdigital.com. A Multi-Channel Marketer (level 3) will learn how to effectively manage and execute marketing strategies across various channels. It suits those who want to develop skills in areas like content creation, campaign management, and data analysis. The programme is well-suited for graduates, marketing and comms assistants, marketing administrators, social media assistants and those looking to enhance their marketing expertise. The training includes one study day per week. One of those study days per month is in person at the Creative Process Training Centre in Brighton. Please note this is a full-time role/training position recruiting now.

Training Outcome:

On completion of the apprenticeship, the apprentice can discuss with the employer whether to progress into a full-time marketing role. 

Employer Description:
Why the company is exciting, description of company, including age, size, lines of business, why the business is different/special, plans for growth, new initiatives especially those relevant to the apprenticeship. Vandu Language has been in service since 1999. We have been operating for over 25 years. The company has been providing translation and interpreting services to the local community since that time and has served the public sector as well as private within Sussex and further a field. We differ from other organizations through our strong commitment to community building and our unique, empathy-driven approach to interpretation. Vandu Languages focuses on building relationships, customizing its services, and investing in minority communities by training and hiring migrants and refugees to become interpreters through our sister company DRI. Diversity Resource International (DRI) is a non profit community Interest company that supports ethnically diverse and migrant community within UK. Plans for growth and new initiatives: Within Vandu Languages : - redesigning the website to make it more user friendly, incorporating new ways of requesting services and interacting with online resources. Vandu Training: finding new potential customer for this new area of the business. Within DRI: - continues improvement with the website making sure is relevant to community members, funders and other local organisations. - Quarterly Newsletter – reframe its purpose to make it more attractive and useful to funders and other organisations we have partnership with, including writing and curating long form articles. - We also want to make it more accessible and interactive. - Improve our CRM system. (organise our contacts better for internal purposes)

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday between 09:00 – 17:00 (minimum 35 hours including study day/time).

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Analytical skills,Team working,Creative,Initiative,Non judgemental,Patience,Event photography,copywriting and proofreading