Marketing Officer Review

Daily tasks include managing social media, internal and external communications, marketing budgets and marketing activities, including; email marketing, search engine optimisation, social media marketing and website design and development. Liaising with employers and clients to maintain good relationships and provide support where possible to all apprentices and employers. Working as part of a team to ensure all marekting, sales and communication is effective.

I have learnt many new skills, from communication to design, managing budgets and expectations, time management and more. These skills have been vital in my day-to-day role. I have gained confidence when presenting, internally and externally and research skills to back up my actions and decisions. I will continue to use these skills in all aspects of my role.

I enjoyed the programme a lot. Collaborating with other marketing professionals was my favourite part of the apprenticeship. Bouncing and learning more ideas with a group of people equally as passionate. The knowledge and support from the trainers were fantastic. They would always go the extra mile to make sure you fully understood the module whilst challenging you to help you grow.

The programme was very well organised and split into full-day online workshops once a month. The assignments were to be completed within that period. I sometimes felt that the assignments had a little too short of a deadline but they paid off with an early finish. They had an online platform to record all of our work which helped a lot too.

The support I receive from my employer is fantastic. They have really given me the exposure to learn every aspect of the KSBs within my standard, even making adaptations to their roles to help me with this. They give me the time and support to complete assignments and OTJ training and make sure i am directly implementing this back into my role.

The support i received from my training provider was good. It was well structured and i knew exactly who to go to depending on the issue at hand. They challenged me and expanded my knowledge where necessary to make sure i could achieve the best result possible for me, Having the support of the others on the cohort also helped and they also gave us the contact of those who had recently passed, i found this useful.

Because of my training, my role has completely adapted. From there being little to no marketing activity at all at my current employer to a structured way of working and consistent marketing materials being produced i can actively see the impact my learning has had on the organisation, I feel i can give good-quality responses to colleague questions and enquiries and feel confident in what i do/produce..

Yes, Crosby encourages all of their colleagues to connect with each other. We encourage month "Coffee Roulette" to speak with people from other departments that we might not usually see to encourage a building culture. Along with this we also do 4 annual walks to encourage mental and physical fitness. They also provide opportunities to go to Snowdonia and collaborate with other apprentices.

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Crosby is a fantastic and growing employer. They are able to provide their colleagues with the growth they need to succeed in the role and actively reward them for the work they do, whether this is through the values awards or commendations throughout the year. You are rewarded for your hand work and they give you the oppoortunity to learn and delve into new tasks to grow your responsibilities and career.

Be yourself. We're an accepting employer who loves to get new opinions and implement that into how we can adapt and grow. Our teams have been in a constant state of growth for a long period and as much as this can come with its challenges it is also very rewarding to see the impact your giving towards the organisation and helping them grow.