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United Kingdom · Marketing · Mid-Level (2-5 years)

Marketing Operations Specialist

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandMid-Level (2-5 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toMarketing Operations Manager
  • UK framework levelUsually a coordinator, or early in a professional job

Also advertised as MarTech Specialist · Marketing Automation Specialist · Campaign Operations Executive

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1What this role really is

This isn't a flashy, creative marketing role; it's the engine room. You'll be the one making sure the campaigns actually run, the data flows where it should, and the systems talk to each other. Think of yourself as the technical backbone for our marketing team, ensuring everything operates smoothly so they can focus on the big ideas. It's about precision, process, and making sure our tech stack delivers what it promises.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Marketo / Pardot (Marketing Automation)Intermediate

Building emails and landing pages from templates, setting up basic nurture programmes, managing lists, scheduling email sends, and troubleshooting common errors.

Salesforce / HubSpot (CRM)Intermediate

Understanding lead, contact, and opportunity objects, running pre-built reports, updating records, ensuring data entry quality, and working with campaign objects.

Google Analytics / Tableau (Analytics & BI)Intermediate

Pulling standard reports on website traffic and campaign performance, using existing dashboards to answer basic questions, and potentially building simple custom reports.

Segment / Tealium (Customer Data Platform - CDP)Basic

Understanding how data flows from sources to destinations, validating that event tracking is working correctly, and helping to debug minor data flow issues.

Zapier / Tray.io (Integration - iPaaS)Intermediate

Using pre-built templates to connect applications for simple data transfers, and building custom, multi-step automated workflows to solve common data sync challenges.

Asana / Jira (Project Management)Intermediate

Updating tickets, tracking personal tasks, following established project plans, and setting up basic project workflows for campaigns.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Campaign Launch ApprovalRequires manager approval for all elements (copy, segmentation, schedule).Independently launches standard campaigns after manager review of key elements (segmentation, A/B tests). Escalates any non-standard elements.Independently approves and launches complex, multi-channel campaigns; consults with manager on strategic implications only.
Data Import & CleansingExecutes imports/cleansing under direct supervision, following strict SOPs.Takes ownership of routine data imports and cleansing, identifies and resolves common data quality issues independently. Escalates complex issues.Defines data governance policies, leads complex data migration projects, and makes decisions on data enrichment vendors.
MarTech TroubleshootingIdentifies symptoms and reports issues to manager with basic context.Diagnoses and resolves common system errors (e.g., sync issues, broken automation flows) independently. Escalates only novel or high-impact problems.Architects solutions for recurring system issues, evaluates new monitoring tools, and manages vendor support relationships for critical platforms.
Process ImprovementFollows existing processes; may suggest minor tweaks to supervisor.Identifies inefficiencies in existing processes and proposes solutions to manager. May implement approved minor process changes.Designs and implements significant process improvements across the marketing department, gaining buy-in from relevant stakeholders.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Campaign Setup Accuracy
Percentage of campaigns launched without any technical errors (e.g., broken links, incorrect segmentation, wrong tokens).
Target · >99% accuracy

If you launch 10 campaigns in a month and one has a broken link, your accuracy is 90%. We're aiming for near-perfection here, because mistakes cost us money and reputation.

List Import Error Rate
Percentage of records with errors (e.g., duplicates, missing required fields, incorrect formatting) after importing a list into our marketing automation platform.
Target · <2% error rate

You import a list of 1,000 leads from a webinar. If 15 of those have bad email addresses or are duplicates, that's a 1.5% error rate. We want that number as low as possible.

Standard Report Delivery Time
Time taken to deliver routine reports (e.g., weekly campaign performance, monthly lead flow) once requested.
Target · <4 hours from request (for standard reports)

A campaign manager asks for the weekly lead report at 9 AM. If you deliver it by 1 PM, you've hit the target. If it's 5 PM, we've got a problem.

Lead Routing Accuracy
Percentage of marketing qualified leads (MQLs) that are correctly assigned to the right sales representative or team based on our established routing rules.
Target · <5% misrouted MQLs

Out of 200 MQLs, if 8 end up with the wrong sales rep because of a rule error, that's a 4% misrouting rate. This directly impacts sales efficiency, so it's critical.

Process Adherence & Improvement
Consistently follows established processes for campaign setup, data management, and system maintenance. Proactively identifies and suggests improvements to these processes.
  • You'll be creating and updating SOPs without being asked, catching when others deviate from the process, and proposing smarter ways to do things. Your manager will often hear 'Have you talked to [Your Name] about how we should do this?'
Troubleshooting & Problem Solving
Ability to independently diagnose and resolve routine system or data issues, and effectively escalate more complex problems with clear context.
  • When a campaign breaks or data looks off, you're the first one digging in, not just waiting for instructions. You'll come to your manager with 'Here's the problem, I've tried X, Y, Z, and I think the root cause is A, but I need help with B.' You won't just say 'It's broken.'
Stakeholder Communication & Collaboration
Provides clear, concise, and timely updates to campaign managers, sales operations, and your manager. Works collaboratively to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Campaign managers feel informed and supported. Sales Ops trusts your data. You're not just executing
  • you're explaining *why* something needs to be done a certain way or *why* a particular issue is happening. You'll get positive feedback from peers about how easy you are to work with.
Data Quality Guardianship
Actively works to maintain the cleanliness and accuracy of our marketing database, identifying and rectifying data issues.
  • You'll spot duplicate records, identify incomplete lead data, and proactively suggest data enrichment strategies. You'll be the one pushing back on importing low-quality lists, explaining the long-term damage they cause. Our database health score will visibly improve under your watch.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Building & Optimising Systems

You love seeing a complex automation flow work perfectly, or finding a way to make a clunky process run smoother. The satisfaction comes from building something robust and reliable.

Spending an afternoon refining a lead scoring model so it accurately identifies high-intent prospects, then seeing those leads convert faster than before.

Solving Technical Puzzles

When a data sync breaks or a campaign isn't behaving, you get a kick out of digging into the logs, figuring out the root cause, and fixing it. It's like being a detective for our marketing tech.

Troubleshooting a tricky integration issue between Marketo and Salesforce, finally pinpointing the obscure field mapping error, and seeing the data flow correctly again.

Enabling Marketing Success

Even though you're not writing the ad copy, you know your work directly helps the marketing team hit their targets. You feel good knowing you're the one making their big ideas technically possible.

Launching a complex, multi-channel campaign flawlessly and seeing the campaign manager celebrate its success, knowing you were key to making it happen.

What frustrates people
  • The 'Garbage In, Garbage Out' Problem: Spending 40% of your time cleaning messy data imported from a low-quality list or by a sales team member who didn't follow the rules.
  • Being the 'Process Police': Constantly having to remind people to follow the campaign request process or use consistent UTM parameters.
  • The 'Just a Quick Request': A marketing manager asking for a 'quick list pull' that actually requires joining three data objects, has five exclusion criteria, and is needed in the next hour.
  • Integration Nightmares: A vendor swears their tool has a 'seamless native integration' with your CRM, but you spend the next three weeks trying to make it actually work.
What this role does not give you
  • A purely creative outlet – this is more about the technical execution.
  • A role where you're always in the spotlight – much of your best work will be behind the scenes.
  • A completely predictable day – urgent issues will pop up and mess with your plans.
  • A role with zero data cleaning – it's an unavoidable part of the job, truth is.

6Who you work with

This role directly impacts our ability to execute marketing campaigns effectively, generate high-quality leads, and provide reliable data for reporting. Without solid marketing operations, our campaigns would be chaotic, our data untrustworthy, and our marketing ROI would be a complete mystery. You're essentially the guardian of our marketing engine.

Inside the business
  • Campaign Managers
  • Content Marketing Team
  • Sales Operations
  • Sales Team (Account Executives)
  • Data & Analytics Team
Outside the business
  • MarTech Vendors (e.g., Marketo, Salesforce support)
  • Data Enrichment Providers

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • At least 2 years of hands-on experience working with a major marketing automation platform (like Marketo, Pardot, or HubSpot) in a B2B setting.
  • Proven ability to build and launch marketing campaigns, including emails, landing pages, and forms, from start to finish.
  • Demonstrable experience with CRM systems (Salesforce or HubSpot) for lead management and reporting.
  • A solid understanding of marketing data, including how to import, clean, and segment lists effectively.
  • Experience in troubleshooting common MarTech issues and finding solutions independently.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Marketing Automation Logic

As marketing becomes more personalised, campaigns need more complex, dynamic logic. Simple nurture streams won't cut it anymore; you'll need to build sophisticated, multi-path journeys based on real-time behaviour.

Dynamic Content & Personalisation · Complex Segmentation & Exclusion Logic · API Integration for Real-time Triggers · A/B/n Testing Methodologies

  • This week: Explore the advanced features in Marketo/Pardot documentation (e.g., dynamic content, advanced segmentation).
  • This month: Design and build one complex nurture stream with at least three different paths based on lead behaviour.
  • Month 2: Research how our current MAP integrates with other tools via API and identify one potential real-time trigger use case.
  • Month 3: Propose and execute an A/B/n test for a key campaign element, documenting the results and learnings.

Quick win: Start by setting up a simple dynamic content block in an email to personalise a greeting or a product recommendation. It's a great way to dip your toe in.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly engage with MarTech communities and forums (e.g., Marketo Nation, Salesforce Trailblazer Community) to stay updated on best practices and troubleshoot common issues.
  • Attend webinars and online courses on advanced marketing automation techniques, data analytics, or new MarTech tools.
  • Read industry blogs and publications (e.g., Chiefmartec, MarketingProfs) to keep abreast of trends and emerging technologies.
  • Seek out opportunities to mentor junior team members or share your knowledge, as teaching often solidifies your own understanding.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Prompt Engineering for Marketing Ops

Essential for future readiness in this role.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

Your PlanIllustration

Built for Marketing Operations Specialist

4 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Social Media MarketingOCN London · covers 4 of 10 standardsLevel 4
  2. Digital MarketingChartered Institute of Marketing · covers 3 of 10 standardsLevel 4
  3. Digital AnalyticsOCN London · covers 2 of 10 standardsLevel 4
  4. Content MarketingATHE Ltd · covers 2 of 10 standardsLevel 4
These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Prompt Engineering for Marketing Ops

Essential for future readiness in this role.

  • Context Windows & Token Limits
  • Temperature Settings
  • Output Validation & Hallucination Detection
  • Prompt Chaining

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Lead Lifecycle Management
  • Marketing Attribution Modelling (Basic)
  • Data Governance & Hygiene
  • Funnel Velocity & Conversion Analysis
  • Campaign Orchestration & Automation

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Marketing Operations Coordinator

    1-2 years

    Skills to master

    • Mastering campaign setup accuracy, list management, basic reporting, and strict adherence to process. You're learning the ropes and proving you can execute reliably.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently delivers error-free campaign launches.
    • Can troubleshoot and resolve basic system issues independently.
    • Proactively identifies and suggests minor process improvements.
    • Trusted to manage routine data imports and hygiene tasks.
  2. 2

    Digital Marketing Executive (with a tech focus)

    2-3 years

    Skills to master

    • Understanding the technical side of digital campaigns (tracking, automation, data flow), not just the creative. This means getting hands-on with platforms and understanding how they work.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Developed strong technical skills in a marketing automation platform.
    • Can build and manage segments, basic nurture flows, and reporting for digital campaigns.
    • Shows a keen interest in data quality and system efficiency.
    • Demonstrates an ability to translate marketing strategy into technical execution.
  3. 3

    Data Analyst (with a marketing interest)

    2-4 years

    Skills to master

    • Strong data manipulation and analysis skills, combined with an understanding of marketing metrics and funnel stages. You're bringing a data-first mindset to marketing problems.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Proficient in SQL or a similar data querying language.
    • Can build and interpret complex marketing performance dashboards.
    • Understands the intricacies of marketing attribution and lead scoring.
    • Has experience working with CRM and marketing automation data.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your career here isn't a rigid ladder; it's more like a climbing wall with many different routes to the top. We're committed to helping you find the path that excites you most, whether that's leading teams or becoming the ultimate technical guru. We'll support your learning and development every step of the way, because your success is our success.

Pay & demand

Pay and demand for this role will appear here, each figure traced to a named authoritative source (e.g. the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, under the Open Government Licence). We don’t show numbers we can’t attribute.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Marketing Operations Specialist is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

Start free and meet yours

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Social Media MarketingLevel 4

Applied to your work in Marketing Operations Specialist

The objective of this unit is to equip learners with the knowledge and skills to effectively utilise social media for marketing purposes. Learners will understand the role of social media in marketing, identify different platforms and their target audiences, develop social media marketing strategies, create engaging content, manage online communities, and analyse campaign performance.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Marketing Operations Specialist

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Campaign Setup AccuracyPercentage of campaigns launched without any technical errors (e.g., broken links, incorrect segmentation, wrong tokens).If you launch 10 campaigns in a month and one has a broken link, your accuracy is 90%. We're aiming for near-perfection here, because mistakes cost us money and reputation.>99% accuracy
  • List Import Error RatePercentage of records with errors (e.g., duplicates, missing required fields, incorrect formatting) after importing a list into our marketing automation platform.You import a list of 1,000 leads from a webinar. If 15 of those have bad email addresses or are duplicates, that's a 1.5% error rate. We want that number as low as possible.<2% error rate
  • Standard Report Delivery TimeTime taken to deliver routine reports (e.g., weekly campaign performance, monthly lead flow) once requested.A campaign manager asks for the weekly lead report at 9 AM. If you deliver it by 1 PM, you've hit the target. If it's 5 PM, we've got a problem.<4 hours from request (for standard reports)
  • Lead Routing AccuracyPercentage of marketing qualified leads (MQLs) that are correctly assigned to the right sales representative or team based on our established routing rules.Out of 200 MQLs, if 8 end up with the wrong sales rep because of a rule error, that's a 4% misrouting rate. This directly impacts sales efficiency, so it's critical.<5% misrouted MQLs
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Marketing Operations Specialist to Senior Marketing Operations Specialist, and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 3 · in progressAI Fluency→ Senior Marketing Operations Specialist→ your design
Where this takes you

Your career here isn't a rigid ladder; it's more like a climbing wall with many different routes to the top. We're committed to helping you find the path that excites you most, whether that's leading teams or becoming the ultimate technical guru. We'll support your learning and development every step of the way, because your success is our success.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Marketing Operations Specialist
  • Lead Lifecycle Management
  • Marketing Attribution Modelling (Basic)
  • Data Governance & Hygiene
  • Funnel Velocity & Conversion Analysis
  • Campaign Orchestration & Automation
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.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Marketing Operations Specialist is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Senior Marketing Operations Specialist

    2-4 years from this role

    Level 3 (Senior)

    • Advanced Automation Design: Designing and building complex, multi-stage automation flows with dynamic content and sophisticated logic.
    • Lead Scoring & Routing Optimisation: Taking ownership of the entire lead scoring model and continually refining it with sales to improve lead quality.
    • MarTech Stack Optimisation: Identifying opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our existing MarTech tools, not just maintaining them.
    • Basic SQL for Data Extraction: Being able to pull more complex data directly from databases for analysis or troubleshooting.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be honest, a lot of Marketing Operations work can be repetitive or involve sifting through mountains of data. That's where AI comes in. We're not talking about replacing your job, but giving you superpowers to get the tedious stuff done faster, so you can focus on the interesting, strategic challenges.

Imagine having a super-smart assistant that helps you build better campaigns, clean data quicker, and even figure out which MarTech tools are actually worth investing in. That's the reality of AI in Marketing Operations today. It's about making your life easier and your work more impactful.

Predictive Lead Scoring Automation

Use AI models (like Salesforce Einstein or dedicated tools) to analyse historical conversion data and automatically score new leads based on their likelihood to close. This goes way beyond simple demographic rules, giving sales a much clearer picture of who to chase. You'll spend less time tweaking manual scoring rules and more time on strategy.

Attribution & Funnel Analysis Acceleration

Leverage AI-powered analytics platforms to sift through millions of customer touchpoints. It'll identify the most effective conversion paths and surface insights on campaign performance that would honestly take a human analyst days to find. You'll get to the 'aha!' moments much faster, helping campaign managers optimise their spend.

MarTech Vendor Research & Comparison

Use AI assistants to research and synthesise information on new MarTech vendors. You can prompt it to 'Compare the top 5 CDPs based on their integration capabilities with Salesforce and Marketo, pricing models, and G2 reviews.' This dramatically speeds up initial vendor discovery, freeing you up for deeper dives.

Process Documentation & SOP Generation

After you've built a complex workflow in Marketo or Tray.io, use an AI tool to automatically generate clear, step-by-step Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documentation. You can feed it screen recordings or descriptions, and it'll draft the docs for you. This removes the tedious task of manual documentation, giving you back precious hours.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Marketing Operations Specialist?

Common routes in include Marketing Operations Coordinator (1-2 years), Digital Marketing Executive (with a tech focus) (2-3 years) and Data Analyst (with a marketing interest) (2-4 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Marketing Operations Specialist progress to?

This role can lead on to Senior Marketing Operations Specialist (2-4 years from this role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Marketing Operations Specialist in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 3 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Marketing Operations Specialist?

Increasingly, Prompt Engineering for Marketing Ops. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Marketing Operations Specialist, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 10 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Marketing Operations Specialist: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
Start free No commitment. See your first steps free.

15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 3

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Marketing

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll gain here are highly transferable across industries. Every company with a decent marketing department needs strong Marketing Operations. You could move into SaaS, FinTech, e-commerce, or even agencies specialising in MarTech implementation. The demand for people who can make marketing tech work is only growing.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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