Most marketing associates list "customer service," "powerpoint," and "digital marketing" as skills on their resumes. We go into more details on the most important marketing associate responsibilities here:
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We've found that 76.8% of marketing associates have earned a bachelor's degree. Furthermore, 7.9% earned their master's degrees before becoming a marketing associate. While it's true that most marketing associates have a college degree, it's generally possible to become one with only a high school degree. In fact, one out of every eight marketing associates did not spend the extra money to attend college.
The marketing associates who went onto college to earn a more in-depth education generally studied business and marketing, while a small population of marketing associates studied communication and english.
Once you've obtained the level of education you're comfortable with, you might start applying to companies to become a marketing associate. We've found that most marketing associate resumes include experience from Concentrix, Guidehouse, and Sinclair Broadcast Group. Of recent, Concentrix had 49 positions open for marketing associates. Meanwhile, there are 47 job openings at Guidehouse and 21 at Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Since salary is important to some marketing associates, it's good to note that they are figured to earn the highest salaries at Credit Karma, Meta, and ORIX USA. If you were to take a closer look at Credit Karma, you'd find that the average marketing associate salary is $113,609. Then at Meta, marketing associates receive an average salary of $101,972, while the salary at ORIX USA is $100,040.
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We also looked into companies who hire marketing associates from the top 100 educational institutions in the U.S. The top three companies that hire the most from these institutions include Sysco Food Services Of Baltimore, Sysco, and The Walt Disney Company.
In general, marketing associates fulfill roles in the professional and finance industries. While employment numbers are high in those industries, the marketing associate annual salary is the highest in the finance industry with $56,474 as the average salary. Meanwhile, the manufacturing and technology industries pay $56,006 and $54,394 respectively. This means that marketing associates who are employed in the finance industry make 48.7% more than marketing associates who work in the media Industry.