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Become a Marketing Manager

As a marketing manager, you’ll get to oversee both marketing campaigns and the department itself, creating and delivering campaigns to budget and in-line with company goals. Start your training with digital marketing courses from top universities.

  • Best jobs in the UK #3
  • Job satisfaction 3.9/5
  • Median base salary £42,500
  • UK job openings/month 1,966
Source: Glassdoor’s Best Jobs (2019)

What skills do you need to become a marketing manager?

  • Communication

    Strong communication training and skills are vital, as well as a knowledge of how to best use each marketing channel—whether it’s online or offline advertising, email or social media.

  • Strategy

    As a marketing manager, you won’t just look after the marketing team, but manage communications strategy too. You’ll need to coordinate with a variety of stakeholders, from PRs to account managers.

  • Leadership

    Marketing managers will be required to plan marketing campaigns, from budget to delivery, analysing the results and reporting them back to the rest of the company.

  • Creativity

    A strong imagination is key when it comes to persuasive marketing content. A marketing professional works closely with creatives including designers, content makers and events coordinators.

Develop these skills. Start a short marketing course

The Open University

Business Fundamentals: Effective Communication

Gain a practical grounding in communication to boost your personal effectiveness, save you time and reduce your stress levels.

4 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
Accenture

Digital Skills: Digital Marketing

Learn about some of the different digital marketing strategies and techniques that are available for businesses to use.

2 weeks
2 hrs per week
Free digital upgrade
Accenture

Digital Skills: Mobile

Learn about mobile design, development and creating mobile experiences, as well as bigger concepts related to mobile technology.

2 weeks
2 hrs per week
Free digital upgrade
Accenture

Digital Skills: Social Media

Learn how to use social media for business, from creating a social media presence to measuring success.

2 weeks
1 hr per week
Free digital upgrade
Accenture

Digital Skills: User Experience

Learn about why user experience (UX) is important, the research and design basics, and the tools and testing techniques used in UX

3 weeks
2 hrs per week
Free digital upgrade
Accenture

Digital Skills: Web Analytics

Learn about the role of analytics in business, the types of analytics and techniques used and why they are important.

2 weeks
2 hrs per week
Free digital upgrade
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management

Learn the basics of project planning and management so you can run effective projects at work or in daily life.

4 weeks
2 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

Marketing Analytics

Learn the basics of marketing analytics and understand how to use data to ensure your marketing is effective.

5 weeks
2 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
CIPD - Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

People Management Skills

Learn about the key methods, strategies and principles of people management and develop your own management style.

5 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
Griffith University

Big Data Analytics: Opportunities, Challenges and the Future

We produce more data than ever before. Find out how ‘big data analytics’ can help you make use of it.

2 weeks
4 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
The Open University

Management and Leadership: Growing as a Manager

Explore the foundations of successful management with this free online course from The Open University and CMI.

4 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
The Open University

Management and Leadership: Planning Your Personal Development

Focus on and plan your personal development as a manager with this online course from The Open University and CMI.

4 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
Griffith University

Social Change: How Can Marketing Help?

Learn how marketing can be used to improve healthcare, protect the environment and overcome social problems.

2 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
The Open University

Business Fundamentals: Customer Engagement

Learn how to design business and marketing activities to engage customers through relationships instead of one-off sales.

4 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
The Open University

Management and Leadership: Leading a Team

Develop a business plan and build a team with this online course from The Open University and CMI.

4 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
The Open University

Management and Leadership: Well-being and Welfare at Work

Learn to support the development and well-being of the people you manage with this online course from The Open University and CMI.

4 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
The University of Auckland

Data to Insight: An Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualisation

Get a hands-on introduction to data science and explore key ideas, computer skills and statistical thinking.

8 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited

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What do people say about these marketing and communication management courses?

Thoroughly enjoyed this MOOC, which has given me a glimpse into the ever growing world of Digital Marketing. Will expand on what I have garnered and make use of some of the very helpful "take away" tips on narration and the future of DM.

C.J. McEleavy
Learner on Digital Marketing: Challenges and Insights

Thank you for this course. I sincerely learned a lot of key presentation tools. I also really enjoyed all the feedback. A really great group of peers. Thanks again!

Carellyn Pitre
Learner on Communicating Complex Information

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