Marketing Assistant Apprenticeship

VQ Solutions are searching for three highly motivated individuals to join Philips as Marketing apprentices whilst completing their Multi-channel Marketing apprenticeship. If you are curious, creative and passionate about maximising the opportunity to kick start a career in marketing, then this is the position for you.

Requirements

• Essential qualifications:
  • Maths and English (grade Minimum C/4)
• You’re right for this role if:
  • You are highly motivated to maximise this opportunity to kick-start a career in marketing
  • You have a relevant academic background or related evidence of an interest in these areas
  • You will be familiar with MS Office suite and PowerPoint
  • You have strong written and communication skills
  • Be able to show creativity and attention to detail
  • You naturally demonstrate Philips behaviours: customer first, patient safety, quality and integrity always, team up to win, take ownership to deliver fast, and eager to improve and inspire

Responsibilities

• What you'll do at work:

  • Help implement standard marketing procedures for repetitive tasks, such as updating marketing collateral and organising digital assets, ensuring consistency and adherence to company policies while working under direct supervision
  • Help to document all marketing processes, tasks and activities meticulously, maintaining detailed records for quality control, compliance and future reference, and ensuring that documentation is up to date and accessible
  • Adhere to established marketing procedures and guidelines to ensure consistency, accuracy and quality in all assigned tasks, regularly reviewing your own work to identify and correct any errors or inconsistencies
  • Aid in the coordination and execution of marketing projects and campaigns by providing logistical and administrative support, including scheduling meetings, organising materials and tracking project progress
  • Assist in responding to internal and external requests for information by gathering relevant data, preparing documents and providing timely and accurate responses to stakeholders
  • Follow prescribed procedures and work instructions closely to complete routine marketing tasks efficiently and accurately, ensuring adherence to deadlines and quality standards

• What you'll learn:

  • Develop or interpret briefs for external or internal stakeholders and measure delivery in-line with the specification and agreed timelines
  • Plan and coordinate a marketing activity using marketing tactics to acquire and retain one or more customer segments using available resources.
  • Contribute to the generation of innovative and creative approaches across video, images, and other formats, both online and offline, to support campaign development.
  • Use research/survey software to gather audience insight and/or evaluation to support the project.
  • Use copywriting techniques to write persuasive text/copy to meet a communications objective ensuring it is in-line with organisational brand guidelines.
  • Build and implement multi-channel campaigns across a variety of platforms, either offline or digital media.
  • Proofread marketing copy ensuring it is accurate, persuasive and is on brand.
  • Use software to design and create marketing assets to meet the technical specification.
  • Contribute to the research of external suppliers to support recommendations and procurement of marketing goods and services.
  • Organise offline and digital assets ensuring they are co-ordinated and legally compliant.
  • Use a content management system to publish text, images, and video/animated content.
  • Create and maintain spreadsheets to support marketing activities such as project/budget planning and organisation of marketing assets.
  • Use technology and software packages to support day to day activities, e.g., stakeholder communications, development of briefs, data analysis, report writing, presentations and project management.
  • Identify and use data and technologies to achieve marketing objectives.
  • Monitor and amend campaigns to meet budget requirements including time and monetary costs.
  • Review campaigns regularly to ensure effectiveness, to optimise the results.
  • Measure and evaluate campaign delivery to identify areas for improvement.
  • Use data analysis tools to record, interpret and analyse customer or campaign data.

Benefits

• Wage: £17,500 a year
• There will be a salary uplift after the first 12 months.
• Incentive schemes, flexible benefits and access to Philips University, a career at Philips comes with all sorts of wonderful benefits.
• Many apprentices who have completed their Multi-channel Marketing apprenticeship go on to complete their Level 4 Marketing Executive apprenticeship.

Application Process

• Please note, following the screening process, successful candidates will then be invited to an Assessment Centre W/C 25th May 2026. You must be available to attend in person in our Farnborough Office
• Closes in 22 days (Friday 15 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
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About Philips

• At Philips, their purpose is to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation. They aim to improve 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030, including 400 million in underserved communities.
• As a technology company, they – and their brand licensees – innovate for people with one consistent belief: there’s always a way to make life better.
• Their focus is clear: delivering better care for more people. Their strategy is designed to deliver impact at scale by combining focus, innovation and disciplined execution.
• They are a health technology company. They built their entire company around the belief that every human matters, and they won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
• https://www.philips.com/a-w/about.html

Contact

• VQ SOLUTIONS LTD
• Recruitment Team
• recruitment@vqsolutions.co.uk
• 01423 740006
• The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000027356.

Additional Information:

• Training course: Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
• Hours: Monday to Friday. Working hours to be confirmed. 37 hours a week
• Start date: Monday 6 July 2026
• Duration: 1 year 6 months
• Positions available: 3
• Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
• Where you'll work: Ascent 1, Aerospace Boulevard, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6XW
• Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
• Training provider: VQ SOLUTIONS LTD
• Training course: Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
• Training schedule: You will work towards an Advanced Level 3 Multi-channel Marketing apprenticeship, delivered by VQ Solutions. You will have a dedicated VQ Mentor and will also be supported internally by your manager. During this apprenticeship, you will develop a portfolio, attend workshop sessions and have regular reviews. The best part? All apprenticeship work will be completed during working hours.
• A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions. You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.