British Drum Company seeks sales and marketing apprentice

British Drum Company has put a rare entry point on the table for anyone looking to get into the drum business without starting at the bench. The company is advertising an Apprentice Digital Sales and Marketing Administrator, a Stockport-based role that puts a newcomer inside the machinery that helps a boutique drum maker sell, launch, and present its instruments to players.

The vacancy, listed as REF 14953 at Great British Drum Co Ltd, is an 18-month apprenticeship at £18,720 a year. The hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm, and the start date is Thursday 20 August 2026. It is tied to the Business administrator level 3 training course, which makes this more than a simple admin post. For a drummer or music-business hopeful, it is a direct look at how a specialist brand runs its digital storefront and keeps its products in front of buyers.

The job description makes that connection clear. The apprentice would work closely with the Marketing Manager, helping manage and maintain e-commerce platforms, keeping product listings accurate and current, maintaining online platforms, supporting product launches, and handling day-to-day marketing administration. In practice, that means the role sits right where craftsmanship meets customer-facing retail, a space that matters increasingly in modern drum buying, where players compare shell packs, snare models, and finish details online before they ever hear a kit in person.

That matters even more because British Drum Company has built its identity around handcrafted British-made drums. The company says it makes drum kits in the UK using Scandinavian Birch and Mahogany across its Legend Series, Live Lounge Series, and Marching Drums, and it was awarded membership to the Guild of Master Craftsmen in June 2022. Its address is Unit 2 Haigh Avenue, Whitehill Industrial Estate, South Reddish, Stockport SK4 1NU, placing the apprentice role inside the company’s own operational base rather than at arm’s length from production.

British Drum Company launched in September 2015, founded by Keith Keough, Ian Matthews, Stu Warmington, Alan Kitching, and Al Murray, with Pete Salisbury joining as a director in 2017. The company says its operations and marketing teams work alongside manufacturing to create its impact in the drumming world, and this apprenticeship shows exactly what that looks like in practice. For readers watching the industry closely, the message is simple: growth at a boutique drum brand is not only about new shells and finishes, but also about building the next generation of people who can sell the story behind them.