Marketing executives promote a company's products, services or brand.
£20,000 - £50,000
37 to 39 a week (between 8am and 6pm)
You'll need:
You can get into this job through:
Marketing and digital marketing roles are open to graduates of all subjects. You could choose a specialist foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in subjects like:
Some degree courses are accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).
Other particularly relevant courses that will give you some of the skills that are important for a career in marketing include:
With a degree you could join a company marketing graduate scheme.
You'll usually need:
You could take a course to help you get into trainee marketing executive roles. These include:
You may need:
4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English and maths for a T Level
You may be able to get into this role through the following apprenticeships:
You'll usually need:
You could join a company's marketing department as an administrator or assistant. This could give you enough experience to work your way up to become a marketing executive or digital marketer.
You can apply directly to employers if you've got business and marketing skills. You may get these through jobs like sales, customer service or public relations work. Some employers may ask for a degree qualification though it's not always essential.
You can do professional marketing, digital marketing and communications qualifications that may help your job prospects, through:
Developing your own online presence or 'brand' can be useful to raise your profile with potential employers. You could:
You can join The Chartered Institute of Marketing and the The Institute of Data and Marketing to do professional qualifications and to make industry contacts.
You can find out more about becoming a marketing executive from The Chartered Institute of Marketing.
In your day-to-day tasks you may:
You could work in an office, at a client's business or remotely.
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