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Digital Marketing Executive

v1.0

Runs day-to-day digital campaigns across paid and organic channels for a brand.

A Digital Marketing Executive runs paid and organic campaigns, reports on performance, and supports the channel plan set by a senior marketer.

Use this guide to plan your assessments and development. It is a reference for the role, not a promise that every employer has the same requirements.

Core skills

3 skills. A level belongs to the skill, not to the person, and a missing record is not a claim that someone lacks the skill.

Digital Marketing Strategy

Owns the channel plan for a single campaign.

Suggested level L2 · 1 creditL2 · Work reviewed

What you need to demonstrate: Has built a channel plan and budget for a campaign or a brand, and reported against its KPIs.

Google Ads Search

Runs Search campaigns to a target CPA.

Suggested level L2 · 1 creditL2 · Work reviewed

What you need to demonstrate: Has built and optimised a Search campaign to a target CPA, and can read its performance.

Google Analytics 4

Reads campaign performance from GA4.

Suggested level L1 · freeL1 · Knowledge

What you need to demonstrate: Knows what GA4 is, what an event and a conversion are, and what a report shows.

Additional skills

These skills may be useful in some versions of the role. Requirements vary by employer.

Meta Ads ManagementDesirable

Supports Meta campaigns alongside a senior.

Suggested level L1 · freeL1 · Knowledge

What you need to demonstrate: Knows what a Meta campaign is, what audiences and lookalikes are, and what a conversion event is.

Knowledge checks are free. Paid assessments are optional and priced by skill. See each assessment for its current cost.

Your next step

Choose a skill to assess, or set this role as your career goal to compare it with your results.

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