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Level 2 Certificate in Marketing

OVERVIEW

• What does this qualification cover?

This qualification will show your employer that you have specialist marketing and all round project management skills to progress your career.

The following areas that can be covered within this qualification:

  • Collect and organise market research data
  • Measuring marketing response
  • Use digital and social media
  • Conduct direct marketing campaigns
  • Use collaborative technologies
  • Database software

All learners will cover the mandatory core units and then a choice of optional units.

Who could take this qualification?

Level 2 will suit you if you have some relevant knowledge and skills, usually from a role where you’ve been supervised and you are looking to increase these in order to progress in your career.

Summary of units available from the;

Level 2 Marketing Certificate (competence qualification)

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(Specific unit groups to be selected to suit the needs of the organisation)

  • Unit 101 Database software
  • Unit 102 Website software
  • Unit 103 Bespoke software
  • Unit 104 Using collaborative technologies
  • Unit 105 Presentation software
  • Unit 201 Collect and organise market research data
  • Unit 202 Contribute to measuring the marketing response
  • Unit 203 Work with other people in a business environment
  • Unit 204 Improve own performance in a business environment
  • Unit 205 Contribute to conducting direct marketing campaigns
  • Unit 206 Use digital and social media in marketing campaigns
  • Unit 207 Support the co-ordination of an event
  • Unit 208 Database software
  • Unit 209 Develop customer relationships
  • Unit 210 Bespoke software
  • Unit 211 Presentation software
  • Unit 212 Website software
  • Unit 213 Word processing software
  • Unit 214 Using collaborative technologies
  • Unit 301 Analyse competitor activity
  • Unit 321 Plan and organise an event
  • Unit 322 Co-ordinate an event
  • Unit 329 Design and produce documents in a business environment
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Level 3 NVQ Certificate/Diploma in Marketing

This is a competence based qualification

Who are the qualifications for?
For learners who work or want to work in the marketing sector. This qualification is for those working in any of the following roles or roles similar to these:
• Marketing Executive
• Marketing Manager
• Account Manager/Executive

The following areas that can be covered within this qualification:

  •  Analyse competitor activity
  •  Develop a marketing plan
  •  Evaluate market research data
  •  Use digital and social media
  •  Design marketing promotions
  •  Conduct direct marketing campaigns
  •  Use collaborative technologies
  •  Database software
  •  Prepare a marketing strategy
  •  Evaluate a marketing plan
  •  Manage marketing supplier relationships
  •  Negotiate in a business environment 

The Certificate or Diploma is designed using a collection of units/modules, here is a sample of units/modules available within the Level 3 Diploma;

  •  Use digital and social media in marketing campaigns
  • Presentation software
  • Using collaborative technologies
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Analyse competitor activity
  • Contribute to the development of a marketing plan
  • Conduct market research
  • Evaluate market research data
  • Maintain a portfolio of products and/or services
  • Design marketing promotions
  • Implement a marketing plan
  • Develop an advertising campaign
  • Specify the design requirement for marketing databases
  • Manage outsourced marketing supplier relationships
  • Use digital technology for marketing purposes
  • Contribute to running a project
  • Contribute to innovation in a business environment
  • Agree a budget
  • Negotiate in a business environment
  • Plan and organise an event
  • Co-ordinate an event
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of a marketing plan
  • Contribute to the preparation of a marketing strategy
  • Contribute to the development of new products and/or services
  • Manage budgets
  • Prepare specifications for contracts
Level 4 Diploma in Marketing Communications (Advertising)

Level 4 Diploma in Marketing Communications (Advertising) offers an alternative route to accessing highly skilled roles within advertising agencies, where traditionally entry level roles 
requiring Level 4 skills are filled by university graduates.
The qualification provides the vehicle for a higher level apprenticeship which will allow learners to access the key skills they require, (hands on), whilst working within an agency.

This will enable employers to access and develop talent that was previously lost to them. Expanding workforce diversity is critical to support businesses in accessing the best talent. 
The content of this qualification has been developed in partnership with employers and focuses on the skills they require. The mandatory units provide the learner with an overview of the sector and a 
grounding in the key areas that every employee needs to know about, such as identifying clients’ needs and working with others.
The optional units provide the learner with an opportunity to find about and specialise in the range of roles available in an advertising agency:

  • Account management acting as the link between the client and the agency

  • Media planning/buying placing and timing advertisements to obtain maximum impact at the best price

  • Project management bringing together the various strands of work to deliver projects on time and on budget

  • Creative roles providing the message that will sell the product

  • Computing maximising the impact of advertisements using the latest technology

Level 2 Certificate in Principles of Marketing

Level 2 Certificate in Principles of Marketing

This is a Theory based qualification

Who is the qualification for?
It is for learners who work or want to work in the marketing sector.

What does the qualification cover?
It allows learners to learn, develop and practice the skills required for employment and/or career progression in the marketing sector

Level 3 Certificate in Principles of Marketing

This is a Theory based qualification

Who is the qualification for?
It is for learners who work or want to work in the marketing sector 

What does the qualification cover?
Allows learners to learn, develop and practice the skills required for employment and/or career progression in the marketing sector.

The Level 3 Certificate in the Principles of Marketing is designed using a collection of units/modules, a selection here……

  • Understanding legal, regulatory and ethical requirements in sales or marketing
  • Principles of marketing and evaluation
  • Principles of personal responsibilities and how to develop and evaluate own performance at work
  • Principles of market research
  • Principles of digital marketing and research
  • Principles of marketing stakeholder relationships
  • Understanding the relationship between sales and marketing

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