Advertising & Media Executive, Level 3 Apprentice

£18,000 per annum

📍 Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

🏢 Office based, 5 days per week

🎓 Level 3 Apprenticeship

📅 Starting October 2026

Start your career in advertising and media

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.

We're looking for our next Advertising & Media Executive Apprentice to join the Hunterlodge team.

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 and 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 who is curious, ambitious, comfortable with numbers, interested in advertising and digital media, and 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

Media Planning & Strategy

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:

• Monitor campaign performance

• 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

Commercial & Financial Skills

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

• Preparing estimates and quotes

• Raising purchase orders and invoices

• Tracking campaign budgets

• Reconciling costs

• 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

• Has excellent written and verbal English

• 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).

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.

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

• Comprehensive internal training

• 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.

Interested?

If you're looking for your first opportunity in advertising and want somewhere you can learn, develop and get properly involved, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply directly through LinkedIn.

Don't worry if your CV isn't packed with advertising experience.

We're recruiting an apprentice, not the finished article.