Advertising & Media Apprentice in Rickmansworth

Hunterlodge is an award-winning, full-service advertising agency with an exciting and growing portfolio of clients across sectors including higher education, technology, finance and not-for-profit. This is an opportunity to learn how advertising really works from the inside, gaining hands-on experience across:

• Client services
• Media planning and buying
• Digital
• Creative
• Content
• Campaign performance

You don't need previous agency experience. In fact, we don't expect you to arrive knowing how to plan a media campaign, write a client brief or analyse campaign performance. That's what we're going to teach you.

What we do want is someone curious, ambitious, comfortable with numbers, interested in advertising and digital media, and who has a huge desire to keep learning.

What you'll be doing

You'll work alongside experienced Account Managers, Account Directors and Media specialists, supporting real campaigns for real clients. As your knowledge and confidence grow, so will your responsibilities.

Client & Account Management

You'll learn how to:

• Support the day-to-day management of client accounts
• Join client meetings, prepare agendas and follow up actions
• Communicate professionally with clients by email, phone and in meetings
• Help prepare and present campaign updates, recommendations and results
• Understand our clients, their organisations, audiences and objectives

You'll support our Media team to:

• Help develop media plans across digital and traditional channels
• Research audiences, competitors and market trends
• Learn how audience insight is turned into media recommendations
• Understand the role of different channels across the customer journey
• Learn how campaigns balance brand awareness and performance objectives
• Research new platforms, formats and emerging media opportunities

Media Buying & Campaign Delivery

You'll gain practical experience in:

• Helping coordinate and deliver media campaigns
• Working with publishers, media owners, networks and digital platforms
• Understanding how media budgets are allocated
• Learning how media is negotiated and bought
• Tracking campaign timings, budgets and deliverables
• Working with our creative, content, digital and data teams to bring campaigns together

Performance, Data & Reporting

Data is a big part of modern advertising, so you'll learn how to:

• Work with data to identify trends and insights
• Understand metrics such as impressions, reach, clicks, CTR, CPC and conversions
• Help prepare client reports
• Contribute to post-campaign analysis
• Turn results into recommendations for future campaigns

You'll also learn the commercial side of working in an agency, including:

• Preparing estimates and quotes
• Raising purchase orders and invoices
• Understanding how projects and accounts perform financially

What we're looking for

We're looking for potential, not years of experience. You'll ideally be someone who:

• Is genuinely interested in advertising, marketing, media and digital
• Enjoys social media and is interested in how brands use different platforms
• Is curious about what makes people notice, click, engage and take action
• Is comfortable working with numbers and data
• Has good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Communicates clearly and confidently
• Is organised and pays attention to detail
• Is proactive and willing to take responsibility
• Enjoys being part of a team
• Is ambitious and wants to keep developing

You'll also need to be comfortable using Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Continuous Professional Development

Learning doesn't stop with your apprenticeship. At Hunterlodge, we're serious about Continuous Professional Development and have a long-established relationship with the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA).

What you'll get

As well as your salary and professional training, Hunterlodge offers:

• Annual profit-based bonus
• Workplace pension with employer contribution
• Mindfulness sessions and wellbeing days
• Regular company social events
• Mentoring and support from experienced agency professionals
• Opportunities to develop your career within the advertising industry

Most importantly, you'll get the opportunity to work on real clients, real briefs and real campaigns from the beginning.

Entry requirements

Applicants must:

• Have GCSE English and Maths at grade C/4 or above, or equivalent
• Have the right to work in the UK
• Have lived in the UK for the past three years
• Meet the eligibility requirements for the Level 3 apprenticeship
• Not have previously studied the apprenticeship course content at the same or a higher level
• Be able to work from our Rickmansworth office five days per week

No previous advertising, marketing or media experience is required.

Skills required

• Analytical skills
• Logical

Training to be provided

An advertising and media executive will help with the day-to-day progress of the whole advertising process, from receiving the brief from the marketing team, including objectives, budget and timescales, through to the measurement of how effective the advertisement has been. In their daily work, they will interact with many other people, processes and systems. They help campaigns move forward, coping with inevitable setbacks and changes in direction whilst showing collaboration and maintaining relationships with all. Usually, they report to an Account or Media Manager. They usually specialise in one of two parts of the advertising process: the first is the process of producing the advertisement (creative); the second is the process of distributing the advertisement (media). Apprentices must therefore complete the core apprenticeship and one of these options.

Training Sessions Overview

• Seminar 3: Introduction to advertising
• Seminar 4: The foundation of advertising
• Seminar 7: Advertising and Media standards & legislation
• Seminar 8: Principles of Project Management
• Seminar 9: Supply Chain Management
• Seminar 10: Principles of third party
• Seminar 11: The briefing and approval processes
• Seminar 12: The media buying process - TV
• Seminar 13: The media buying process – Out of home, Radio and Print.
• Seminar 15: Data and media metrics
• Seminar 16: Data and media metrics – Practical Excel session
• Seminar 18: Distribution of Creative through the appropriate channels

For a full overview of the Advertising & Media Executive standard please click on the following link:

Things to consider

Alongside your apprenticeship and our comprehensive internal training programme, you'll have opportunities to complete industry-recognised training and qualifications, including:

• IPA Foundation Certificate
• Digital Performance Certificate
• Diversity & Inclusion qualification
• Legal Regulations qualification
• Commercial Certificate
• Wider internal training across media, creative, digital, data and client services

All relevant professional training is fully funded by Hunterlodge.

Potential for full-time employment upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Location At a Glance

Salary: £18000 per year

Working week: Monday to Friday

Duration: 15 Months

Apprenticeship standard: Advertising and media executive (Level 3)