Job Description

Vital Energi Apprenticeship Programme 2026- Digital Marketing Apprentice
Join our apprenticeship programme and help make a positive impact to the world we live in
The Opportunity
We are seeking motivated and talented individuals with an interest in the energy sector to join us on our journey. We're looking for a creative, passionate Digital Marketing Apprentice to support our brand growth at Vital Energi. You'll bring fresh ideas, help create engaging content, and contribute to design and marketing campaigns. A great opportunity to learn, grow, and make a real impact in a supportive team.
You will have clear objectives and be supported with training which will develop your personal and professional skills along the way!
Who are Vital Energi?
We are an energy solutions provider who design, build, operate and maintain low carbon energy projects. We are proud to deliver exciting, ground-breaking projects that are making a difference to communities, and we need your help so we can continue to deliver initiatives, which help protect our planet for future generations.
What you'll do at work

• 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 website 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.

Requirements
Essential qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent English (Grade 4) essential
• GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade 4) essential

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Other requirements
Most journeys involving travel and hotels are subsidised by Vital Energi.
Your training plan

• You will be based at our Head Office in Blackburn 4 days a week and complete your day release program at Burnley College.

After this apprenticeship

• Our current apprentices have progressed onto Creative Digital Design Professional (integrated degree), Level: 6 whilst maintaining full time employment at Vital Energi, and have secured full time positions within the organisation

Hours: 37.5 hours a week
Start date: September 2026
Duration: 18/24 months
Location: Blackburn - Century House, Roman Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 2LD
Training : An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
Application Process * Click 'apply' and submit your application

• Assessment centre including company presentation, group activities and face to face interview
• If successful, your start date will be September 2026

Only applicants who are legally entitled to work in the UK and are currently resident in the UK are invited to apply.
The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives:
Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third-party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

Skills Required