Amelia

School: Sharnbrook Academy

Employer: Kier Group

Job Title: Employer Brand Specialist

Qualifications:

• Nine GCSEs with grades A* - B with Bs in maths and English Three A-Levels with grades C - D Level 3 Digital Marketing Apprenticeship

Profile

After leaving school, I joined a recruitment agency and software company as a digital marketing apprentice, working towards my Level 3 apprenticeship in digital marketing.

I completed my apprenticeship in 2019, later receiving a promotion to partner marketing executive, supporting the company in engaging with new clients and marketing our services through email marketing, social media and events.

In 2020, I was made redundant due to Covid, where I spent the next few months finding temporary work, luckily still within the field of marketing which ensured I was still enhancing my marketing skills even though I was in temporary work.

In 2021, I moved to my current role in the employer brand team at a construction company called Kier Group. I joined as an employer brand coordinator and later promoted to employer brand specialist in 2022, taking on line manager responsibilities of a digital marketing apprentice too. As a team, we're responsible for promoting Kier as an employer of choice, showcasing what it is like to work here and the benefits available.

I completed a Level 3 Digital Marketing Apprenticeship starting 2017 - 2019. I dedicated each Friday to completing my coursework and visited my college once a month to learn the syllabus. The days spent in college could range from 1 day at a time to 4 days in a row.

Advice to students

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