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Why hire a marketing manager? ↓

Skills to look for ↓

Resources for hiring ↓

You might hire a marketing manager to:

  • Establish positioning, identify target audiences, and develop marketing plans with specific objectives across different channels and segments

  • Lead the execution of marketing programs from start to finish, leveraging internal support and driving collaboration

  • Analyze customer insights, consumer trends, market analysis, and marketing best practices to build successful strategies

  • Create, maintain, and conduct analytics reporting across multiple platforms and extract key insights for future campaign development and go-to-market strategies, complete with formal proposals and recommendations on tactics

  • Partner with email, performance marketing and web teams to design, test and evolve lead nurturing tactics
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Required Skills and qualifications Preferred skills and qualifications
Excellent written and verbal communication skills — and strong project management, multitasking, and decision-making skills
 Master’s degree a plus
Proven experience developing marketing plans and campaigns
 Proficiency with online marketing and social media strategy
Metrics-driven marketing mind with eye for creativity
 Proven experience designing a customer journey for websites and apps
Experience with marketing automation and CRM tools
 Established press and media contacts
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