01What it is

This qualification develops strategic marketing skills, with a focus on digital applications. It is intended for marketing professionals who require knowledge of digital strategy development and implementation. Learners will explore strategic marketing principles, key performance indicators, and the impact of digital technologies.

These are the units Chartered Institute of Marketing registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.

Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Chartered Institute of Marketing. It does the teaching and the mapping. Chartered Institute of Marketing sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.

02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Digital Strategy Real unit · Chartered Institute of Marketing
It teaches you to evaluate and develop digital strategies aligned with business objectives. You'll understand the impact of digital technologies, analyse digital performance metrics, and appreciate the importance of digital governance.

What you'll be able to do

  • Evaluate different digital strategies, considering their suitability for different business objectives and target audiences
  • Understand the impact of digital technologies on business models, customer behaviour, and competitive landscapes
  • Develop a digital strategy that aligns with business goals and leverages digital channels effectively
  • Analyse digital performance metrics to track progress, identify areas for improvement, and optimise digital campaigns
  • Understand the importance of digital governance in ensuring compliance, managing risk, and protecting data
Mastering Metrics Real unit · Chartered Institute of Marketing
You'll explore key performance indicators (KPIs) and their role in measuring business performance. The unit develops skills to select appropriate metrics, analyse data, interpret results, and present findings to support informed decision-making.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the purpose and application of key performance indicators (KPIs) in measuring business performance.
  • Select appropriate metrics that align with organisational goals and objectives.
  • Analyse metric data using relevant statistical techniques and analytical tools.
  • Interpret metric results to identify trends, patterns, and insights that inform decision-making.
  • Present metric findings clearly and concisely to stakeholders, using appropriate visualisations and communication methods.
Strategic Marketing Real unit · Chartered Institute of Marketing
This unit provides learners with an understanding of strategic marketing principles and environmental analysis techniques. You'll develop the ability to create, implement, and evaluate marketing strategies aligned with organisational goals.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand strategic marketing principles, including market segmentation, targeting, and positioning.
  • Analyse the marketing environment using tools such as SWOT and PESTLE analysis.
  • Develop marketing strategies that align with organisational goals and objectives.
  • Implement marketing plans effectively, managing resources and coordinating activities.
  • Evaluate marketing effectiveness using relevant metrics and performance indicators.
03The standards

The national standards these units are built against

What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.

  • Create and lead the digital content and search engine optimisation strategy

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  • Develop Digital Information Strategies

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  • Develop and implement digital marketing strategies

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04Where it leads

The jobs these credits are mapped to

A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.

Showing 6 roles, drawn from 260 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.

Where this can lead

Strategic Marketing Director

This work can lead to a role managing a team of strategists, or to a director role setting strategy for a whole business unit.

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05The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 6 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Chartered Institute of Marketing rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.

What you would be collecting

Digital StrategyMastering MetricsStrategic Marketing

Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.

What you leave holding

The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them

Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.

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CIM Level 6 Diploma in Professional Marketing (Digital Strategy) (VRQ)
  • Create and lead the digital content and search engine optimisation strategy
  • Develop Digital Information Strategies
  • Develop and implement digital marketing strategies
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

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This qualification is no longer awarded.

Ofqual lists it as no longer awarded, so it cannot be started today. The last day to be awarded it was 9 April 2021. It is here because people still hold it.

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