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The Atlas Collective

Trainee Marketing Manager

Watford
£25k – £30k/yr
Posted about 19 hours ago
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Trainee Marketing Manager - Graduate Scheme 2026

Watford | Full-Time | Immediate Start | Uncapped Earnings

Are you a recent graduate and still looking for the right opportunity to kick-start your career?

Are you ambitious, interested in different marketing strategies and looking for hands-on experience with clear opportunities to progress?

If that sounds like you, keep reading...

£25,000-£30,000 OTE + Bonuses & Incentives

*Our Management scheme is designed for graduates who want to understand marketing beyond presentations, theory and social media metrics, this scheme offers direct exposure to how customers actually respond to brands in the real world.

*At the Atlas Collective, our marketing decisions are shaped by live customer conversations, campaign performance and the behavioural insights gathered by our teams across the entire campaigns.

*You will learn how campaigns for recognised brands, then develop towards the management side of the operation. That means understanding what influences customer decisions, interpreting campaign results, supporting Marketing Executives in the field and eventually helping manage the people, performance and client contracts behind each campaign.

About Atlas Collective

*At Atlas Collective, we specialise in face-to-face sales and customer acquisition, representing some of the UK's most recognised brands.

*Our success is built on energy, confidence, and meaningful human connection. We're looking for driven individuals who are ready to challenge themselves, grow professionally, and become part of a high-performing team.

The Graduate Scheme

*The Trainee Marketing Manager Graduate Scheme is designed to build that understanding progressively. You will begin close to campaign delivery, learning how our Executives represent clients, communicate campaign messaging and engage customers across different environments.

*From there, your development will move into performance reporting, campaign coordination, coaching and management.

*The objective is not to place a graduate immediately behind a desk with responsibility they have never experienced first hand. We want future managers to understand the work their teams are doing before they are expected to manage it. As your knowledge and capability develop, you will gain greater involvement in the commercial and operational side of our client campaigns.

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Your responsibilities will develop across areas including:

  • Representing client campaigns and learning how different customer groups respond to marketing messages
  • Observing customer behaviour, objections, purchasing motivations and recurring feedback
  • Recording campaign results and identifying patterns that can be reported back to the wider management team
  • Learning how Marketing Executives are briefed, supported and measured against campaign objectives
  • Supporting the coordination of promotional activity across Watford and the wider West Midlands
  • Reviewing daily and weekly campaign performance with senior managers
  • Developing your understanding of client expectations, campaign targets and contractual requirements
  • Supporting training sessions and sharing successful approaches with newer team members
  • Progressing towards responsibility for managing Marketing Executives working across live campaigns
  • Building the commercial knowledge required to support client relationships and contribute to campaign planning

Marketing Through Real Customer Behaviour

A significant part of the scheme is learning how to turn customer interaction into useful commercial information. You might notice that customers repeatedly respond positively to one part of a campaign but misunderstand another. A particular location may produce stronger engagement, one customer profile may raise similar objections, or a change in communication style may produce noticeably different results. You will learn how to identify those trends, communicate them clearly and understand what they mean from a marketing and business perspective.

This combination of customer behaviour, campaign reporting and people management is central to the way we develop our future managers.

Management Development

As you progress, the focus of your role will gradually shift from individual campaign execution towards managing performance through other people. You will learn how to:

  • Run campaign briefings and communicate daily priorities
  • Coach Marketing Executives on communication and customer engagement
  • Review individual and team performance
  • Identify development needs and provide practical feedback
  • Maintain professional standards across client campaigns
  • Organise people and resources across promotional locations
  • Analyse campaign information and report findings to management
  • Understand the commercial requirements attached to different client contracts
  • Build professional relationships with senior colleagues and client representatives

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Development is performance based, with additional responsibility introduced as you demonstrate the ability to handle each stage effectively.

Who We Are Looking For…

This opportunity is particularly suited to graduates who want a commercially focused career involving marketing, business, customer behaviour and management.

Your degree subject is less important than how you think, communicate and approach responsibility. You should bring:

  • A completed or recently completed university degree
  • Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills
  • Genuine interest in marketing, consumer behaviour and business
  • The ability to absorb feedback and apply it quickly
  • A professional approach when representing recognised client brands
  • Good organisation and attention to detail when working with campaign information
  • An interest in developing leadership and people management skills
  • Confidence working in a role that combines office based learning with practical campaign experience

Experience in retail, hospitality, customer service, events, sales, promotions, university societies or other people facing environments can be useful, but previous marketing experience is not essential.

What You'll Gain

  • Full hands-on training and mentorship from day one
  • Clear opportunities for career progression based on performance
  • A supportive team culture that celebrates growth and achievement
  • Exciting team incentives, networking opportunities, and travel experiences
  • Real-world business experience in sales, leadership, and campaign management
  • The chance to build a long-term career in a fast-growing company

If you're hungry for success, ready to develop new skills, and want to be part of something ambitious - Atlas Collective wants to hear from you. Apply today and take the first step toward building a career with purpose, growth, and opportunity.

Office-based in Watford. Daily travel required. Tier 4 Student Visa holders are not eligible. Atlas Collective is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 1-2 working days for a Zoom interview.

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Skills

Verbal Communication
Interpersonal Skills
Consumer Behaviour Analysis
People Management
Campaign Coordination
Performance Reporting
Customer Acquisition
Leadership
Sales
Client Relationship Management
Coaching
Organization

Location

Watford, England, United Kingdom

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