Digital Marketing Trainee / Apprentice

Salary / Rate £26,228 to £28,860 depending on skills, qualifications, experience

Hours

Hours Not specified

Published

Published 08/10/2026

Closing date 30/10/2026

Description

Home Connections is a boutique software services provider that delivers bespoke IT solutions to the Social Housing sector (which covers Local Authority Housing and Housing Associations).

Homefinder UK is Home Connections’ national housing mobility scheme that rehouses homeless people into permanent social housing nationwide.

This is a great opportunity for a driven person looking to further their career within the marketing role in the sought-after IT sector. Through this role with Home Connections, you will gain substantial knowledge, training and experience in one or several of the following areas:

• Copywriting – various styles and types of content
• Events planning and coordination
• Social media and reporting

Duties

Basic Objectives of the Post & Key Responsibilities

This is a specialist Marketing Assistant post which also includes certain generic functions and covers the following key areas. The balance and priorities of workload will change over time in review with your line manager.

Working across all our services, your duties will include some of the following:

• Support campaigns promoting HC’s housing software and HFUK’s housing mobility and property procurement services.
• Create and schedule social media content for each brand.
• Draft blogs, website news, newsletters and promotional copy.
• Help develop case studies and testimonials with colleagues and partners.
• Create branded graphics, leaflets and presentations using Canva, Photoshop and PowerPoint.
• Update website content and check images, formatting and links.
• Help prepare, test and send email campaigns.
• Research competitors, sector developments and key decision makers on LinkedIn to support lead generation.
• Collect campaign results, help track website, social media and email performance, update marketing scorecards and prepare regular reports against agreed KPIs.
• Create surveys and summarise feedback.
• Help set up, organise and promote online events, and provide logistical and administrative support for meetings and conferences
• Assist with award submissions and content for sector publications.
• Maintain contact lists, marketing records and shared materials.
• Assist with other marketing tasks appropriate to the role.
• All work will follow brand guidelines and internal approval processes.

General requirements

• To undertake other duties appropriate to the post as required.
• To carry out the above functions in line with our corporate best practice, quality management and security guidelines and other relevant standards.
• To comply with the 1984 and 1998 Data Protection Act and the GDPR at all times and ISO 9001 and 27001.
• Home Connections is committed to the principle of equality of opportunity for everyone, both in terms of service provision and employment. It is your responsibility to carry out your duties in accordance with this policy.
• To comply with Health and Safety regulations and ensure ICT is deployed in accordance with best practice.
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills
• Creative thinking
• Determination to succeed
• Analytical skills
• Ability to work on your own to adhere to deadlines
• Detail-oriented and strong work ethic
• Take personal responsibility and accountability in completing tasks
• Self motivated, results driven individual
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment is essential
• Ability to multitask, to work on a number of projects at once

Knowledge / Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level (DESIRABLE)
• High standard of English (ESSENTIAL)
• Training or qualifications in Marketing (DESIRABLE)
• Knowledge of Social Housing (DESIRABLE)

Skills / Experience

• Ability to communicate with confidence and clarity across the entire range of communication channels (all forms of written communications, verbal, presentation, inter-personal) (ESSENTIAL)
• MS OFFICE skills / experience – especially Excel and Powerpoint is ESSENTIAL
• Familiarity with Canva and/or Adobe Creative Cloud applications, such as Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign, for creating and editing marketing materials (DESIRABLE/ ESSENTIAL).
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage a diverse and complex workload (ESSENTIAL)
• Ability to update and maintain web-based CRM and other systems (DESIRABLE)
• Knowledge of using social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter in a business environment (DESIRABLE)

Desirable criteria

Not specified

Additional information

12 months Traineeship with possibility of retention after training

Working pattern:

Monday to Friday, 9am – 5.30pm, inclusive of 1 hour of unpaid lunch break

Working from home, but candidate must be flexible to come to London office weekly if and when required

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