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
Campaign Specialist / Marketing Executive
3-5 yearsSkills to master
- End-to-end campaign execution, A/B testing, basic lead nurturing, marketing automation platform proficiency, data accuracy, attention to detail.
You're ready to move on when
- Consistently hitting individual campaign KPIs and deadlines.
- Proactively identifying optimisation opportunities for single-channel campaigns.
- Successfully managing multiple concurrent campaigns with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrating a solid understanding of the full marketing funnel and how your work fits in.
- 2
Marketing Analyst
4-6 yearsSkills to master
- Data analysis, reporting, dashboard creation, marketing attribution, A/B test interpretation, SQL (basic), Google Analytics expertise.
You're ready to move on when
- Providing actionable insights from campaign data, not just reporting numbers.
- Building custom reports and dashboards that answer key business questions.
- Proactively identifying trends and anomalies in performance data.
- Comfortable presenting data-driven recommendations to marketing stakeholders.
- 3
Product Marketing Associate
3-5 yearsSkills to master
- Market research, buyer persona development, competitive analysis, messaging and positioning, content strategy, sales enablement.
You're ready to move on when
- Deep understanding of our products and target markets.
- Ability to translate product features into customer benefits.
- Successfully launching new products or features to market.
- Strong collaboration with sales and product teams.