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Marketing Executive - Apprentice

Reading, United Kingdom
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With us, you’ll break new ground across a growing and diverse portfolio – from established medicines that millions rely on to pioneering breakthroughs in immunology and chronic disease care. Imagine the scale: your work will help deliver treatments to people around the world who live with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and complications arising from transplant.

Fueled by groundbreaking advances in technology, we are accelerating innovation and expanding access faster than ever. If you’re ready to push boundaries, embrace the power of AI and digital tools, and shape the future of healthcare, this is where your ambition meets impact.

Marketing Executive - Apprentice

  • Location: Reading, UK
  • Hybrid working pattern
  • Job type: Apprentice

About the job

Looking to launch your career at the cutting edge of healthcare? Join Sanofi for a chance to develop with mentoring and guidance from inspirational teams while helping to make an impact on the lives of people.

As a Marketing Executive in our autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes Commercial Team, you’ll take fully funded training via an accredited provider enrolling on a course with a typical duration of 15 months, delivered for example, through one full-day or two half-day seminars each month, coaching from experienced marketing professionals, plus a virtual classroom and pre-recorded lessons, etc.

What does the team do?

At Sanofi, we are working cross functionally to help the NHS provide our medicines to the right people. In commercial, based on insights, we design and execute our strategy to ensure we reach our commercial objectives, focusing on marketing, customer engagement, and experience. We develop campaigns and activation plans around a customer first operating model to increase awareness and understanding of what our medicine can do for people and to drive behavioural change.

We ensure all our field teams are properly equipped with knowledge and materials compliant with the ABPI code to support meaningful conversations with the HCPs they engage with daily. The same applies to all our channels and activities.

Main responsibilities:

  • The fundamental responsibility in the role is to support the creation of promotional materials, from business need alignment, concept review, agency brief, ongoing review, approval/certification, and training/roll-out. The role will require to work cross functionally to ensure materials and marketing assets are delivered in high quality on time.
  • The apprentice will work with the Omnichannel lead to ensure the materials are tailored to the customer preferences.
  • The role will include the support of the training / roll-out from content design, approval and delivery working with the appropriate functions.
  • Project management, tracking, stakeholder coordination, reviews, and reporting, etc.

About you

  • Experience: Some basic experience in one or more of: communications, marketing, customer facing role.
  • Soft skills: Project management, communication, outcome/impact driven and collaboration.
  • Technical skills: Microsoft Office Pack, collaboration platforms like MS Teams, Zoom, Miro, scrum methodology.
  • Education:
    • Proof of a minimum of A Level BCC worth 104 UCAS points or BTEC National Diploma DMM worth 112 UCAS points or Access to HE qualifications with 9 Distinctions and 36 Merits or Equivalent Level 3 qualifications worth 112 UCAS points.
    • Hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths and English, or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above). 
    • HNC (Higher National Certificate) or equivalent.
  • Personal Characteristics: Growth mindset, accountability, agile, logical, action-oriented, empathetic, resilient.
  • Languages: English first language.

Why choose us?

  • Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
  • Discover endless opportunities to gain experience, unleash your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
  • Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
  • Experience a great insight into the pharmaceutical industry.

Visas for those who do not already have the right to work in the UK will be considered on a case by case basis according to business needs and resources.

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  • Do the never done before. We push the boundaries of what’s possible: expanding access, accelerating innovation, and finding new ways to improve everyday health for millions.

  • Drive the transformation. We’re leading the shift to AI-powered healthcare, using digital tools to reinvent how medicines are developed, manufactured, and delivered worldwide.

  • Deliver at scale. Our reach is unmatched—we bring trusted treatments to millions worldwide, ensuring broad access and real-world impact at every stage of care.

  • Make an impact that matters. From tackling global health challenges to advancing sustainable, inclusive healthcare, everything we do is driven by purpose.

Who ignites your potential?

For Sam, it was her mom—teaching her to listen, push boundaries, and put patients first. At Sanofi, we know your inspiration drives your impact. Bring your passion, and together, we’ll chase the miracles of science.

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