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Marketing and Sales Directors

Marketing and sales directors plan, organise and direct market research and formulate and implement an organisation’s marketing and sales policies.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 24,404
£ 71,815
£ 138,093

New workers start around £24,404. Normal pay is £71,815 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £138,093.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 230,432 vacancies for this type of job

2.46%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Produces and/or assesses reports and recommendations concerning marketing and sales strategies.

  • Controls the recruitment and training of staff.

  • Examines and analyses sales figures, advises on and monitors marketing campaigns and promotional activities.

  • Discusses employer.

  • Liaises with other senior staff to determine the range of goods or services to be sold.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Marketing

  • Business Development

  • Sales Management

  • Marketing Management

  • Selling Techniques

  • Customer Relationship Management

  • Digital Marketing

  • Business To Business

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Sales Prospecting

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Sales

  • Communications

  • Management

  • Leadership

  • Customer Service

  • Planning

  • Self-Motivation

  • Presentations

  • Influencing Skills

  • Innovation

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People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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