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marketing assistant

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Kickstart your marketing career as a Marketing Assistant! This role provides essential support to marketing teams, offering a fantastic entry point for students and career changers eager to learn the ropes of the industry.

Summary

As a Marketing Assistant, you'll be the backbone of marketing operations, ensuring everything runs smoothly. You'll work closely with marketing managers and officers, handling a variety of tasks that contribute to successful campaigns and initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience and develop a broad understanding of marketing principles.

Key responsibilities
  • • Preparing reports on marketing activities for various departments, including finance and account management.
  • • Gathering and organizing resources needed by marketing managers to effectively perform their duties.
  • • Assisting with the planning and execution of marketing campaigns, including digital and traditional channels.
82%
Resilience Score

Kickstart your marketing career as a Marketing Assistant! This role provides essential support to marketing teams, offering a fantastic entry point for students and career changers eager to learn the ropes of the industry.

Marketing & Sales Bachelor's or equivalent level 20% AI exposure
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Quick fit check

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NexFuture

Future Outlook for marketing assistant

The outlook for marketing assistant is exceptionally stable. While AI tools will assist with daily tasks, the core of this role relies on human judgment, resulting in a high resilience score of 82.1%.

How are these scores calculated?

The Resilience Score (0–100) estimates how structurally protected this occupation is from automation and AI disruption, based on task-level analysis. Higher scores mean more human-judgment-intensive tasks. AI Exposure shows the estimated percentage of task hours that current AI capabilities could affect. These are model-derived structural indicators, not predictions about individual job security.

Play the future

How could marketing assistant change as AI adoption grows?

Human judgement, trust, and context remain strong protectors for this role.

Significant task-level transformation is estimated in 19 years (around 2045) under the selected Expected Pace scenario.
82%
Resilience
Automation Risk
EXP25%
Human advantage
MOAT79%
2026
2036
2050
AI Adoption Speed:

How AI may change this role

Deterministic, model-based interpretation of current role signals — not a guarantee of replacement.

Human-owned 82% Human-owned
What still depends on people

This role remains strongly human-led where communicate schedules to the people concerned depends on trust, nuance, and real-world judgement.

The Human Edge To stay ahead in this role, focus on marketing department processes and customer relationship management. These human-centric skills are the hardest for AI to replicate in the next 20 years.
Assist 36% Assist
Where AI may become a co-pilot

AI is more likely to assist supporting tasks such as perform business research, documentation, search, and workflow coordination.

Automate 20% Automate
Tasks most exposed to automation

Automation pressure appears selective rather than broad, with the strongest signal currently coming from Cognitive software.

Detailed Analysis

Vital Signs, AI Vectors & Megatrends

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Vital Signs

AI Exposure Vectors

0-100%
Cognitive Software 36.4%

Exposure to workflow automation, decision-support software, and process digitisation

Generative AI 24.9%

Exposure to content generation, creative augmentation, and large language model tools

AI / Machine Learning 13.8%

Exposure to AI-assisted analysis, pattern recognition, and predictive modelling tasks

Robotic & Physical Automation 1.3%

Exposure to physical automation, robotics, and sensor-driven task displacement

Megatrend Signals

0-100%
Digital Transformation 21%
Regulatory Pressure 18%
Spatial Change 12%
Demographic Shift 5%
Geopolitical Change 2%
Green Transition 0%

Model-derived scores. Indicates structural exposure to megatrends, not direct demand.

Technical Details
Methodology: NexFuture v2.0 Sources: O*NET 30.0, ESCO v1.2.0 Updated: May 2026

NexFuture™ v2.0 combines O*NET ability and activity profiles with ESCO skill group distributions and six global megatrend signals. Scores are probabilistic estimates, not guarantees. See the NexFuture™ Methodology White Paper for full details.

Day in the life

What people in this role usually do

Marketing & Sales

Day in the life

A typical day as a marketing assistant

09
09:00 · Morning
communicate schedules to the people concerned
Convey relevant scheduling information. Present the schedule to the persons concerned, and inform them of any schedule changes. Approve the schedules and verify that everyone has understood the information sent to them.
10
10:30 · Mid-morning
perform business research
Search and collect information relevant for the development of businesses in different fields ranging from legal, accounting, finance, up to commercial matters.
12
12:00 · Midday
assist in developing marketing campaigns
Provide assistance and support in all the efforts and actions required to implement a marketing campaign such as contacting advertisers, preparing briefings, setting up meetings, and shopping around for suppliers.
14
14:00 · Afternoon
build business relationships
Establish a positive, long-term relationship between organisations and interested third parties such as suppliers, distributors, shareholders and other stakeholders in order to inform them of the organisation and its objectives.
15
15:30 · Late afternoon
develop digital content
Create and edit digital content in different formats, express oneself through digital means.
17
17:00 · Wrap-up
update budget
Make sure that a given budget remains up to date using most recent and most accurate information. Anticipate possible variations and ensure that the set budgetary goals can be reached within the given context.

Task order is illustrative. Individual days vary.

Software & Technologies & Knowledge areas
Software & Technologies
Adobe AcrobatAdobe PageMakerADP Enterprise HRADP Workforce NowAtlassian JIRAAutodesk AutoCADBlackbaud The Raiser's EdgeDatabase softwareDelphi TechnologyEmail softwareFileMaker ProFund accounting softwareGoogle DocsGoogle DriveGroupMeHuman resource management software HRMSIBM NotesIBM Power Systems softwareIBM SPSS StatisticsIntuit QuickBooks
Knowledge areas
  • marketing department processes

    The different processes, duties, jargon, role in an organisation, and other specificities of the marketing department within an organisation such as market research, marketing strategies, and advertising processes.

  • adobe creative suite

    The set of software applications that are used to create visual content for personal or business use. Examples of items that can be generated are flyers, brochures, books, websites and videos.

  • commercial law

    The legal regulations that govern a specific commercial activity.

  • services marketing

    The set of marketing activities for businesses that provide services to improve brand awareness and raise sales. It focuses on intangible commodities.

Cross-sector skills
  • customer relationship management
  • market research
  • marketing management
Essential skills
performing general clerical and administrative tasks
  • organise business documents

    Put together documents coming from the photocopier, the mail, or the daily operations of businesses.

  • perform office routine activities

    Program, prepare, and perform activities required to be performed everyday in offices such as mailing, receiving supplies, updating managers and employees, and keeping operations running smoothly.

  • manage personnel agenda

    Schedule and confirm appointments for the personnel of the office, mostly managers and directive employees, with external parties.

conducting academic or market research
  • perform business research

    Search and collect information relevant for the development of businesses in different fields ranging from legal, accounting, finance, up to commercial matters.

developing instructive or promotional materials
  • prepare presentation material

    Prepare the documents, slide shows, posters and any other media needed for specific audiences.

developing financial, business or marketing plans
  • assist in developing marketing campaigns

    Provide assistance and support in all the efforts and actions required to implement a marketing campaign such as contacting advertisers, preparing briefings, setting up meetings, and shopping around for suppliers.

communicating with colleagues and clients
  • use different communication channels

    Make use of various types of communication channels such as verbal, handwritten, digital and telephonic communication with the purpose of constructing and sharing ideas or information.

following instructions and procedures
  • process commissioned instructions

    Process instructions, usually oral ones, provided by managers and directives on actions required to be made. Take note, inquire, and take action on the commissioned requests.

assisting and supporting co-workers
  • support managers

    Provide support and solutions to managers and directors in regards with their business needs and requests for the running of a business or the daily operations of a business unit.

managing budgets or finances
  • update budget

    Make sure that a given budget remains up to date using most recent and most accurate information. Anticipate possible variations and ensure that the set budgetary goals can be reached within the given context.

Skill DNA

Skill DNA

Work personality traits and values that define this role

Key traits you need
Integrity Dependability Self-Control Stress Tolerance Attention to Detail Cooperation Initiative Adaptability/Flexibility Independence Analytical Thinking Concern for Others Persistence Achievement/Effort Leadership Innovation Social Orientation
Key rewards you can expect
AchievementWorking Condit…RecognitionRelationshipsSupportIndependence
Career progression

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Common questions

Frequently asked questions

What skills are most important for a Marketing Assistant?
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication are crucial. Proficiency in basic computer applications (like Microsoft Office or Google Workspace) and a willingness to learn marketing software are also highly valued.
Is this role typically a full-time position, or are there freelance opportunities?
This occupation is primarily an employment-based role, offering stable, full-time positions within companies. However, freelance Marketing Assistant roles are also commonly available, providing flexibility for those seeking project-based work.
What career progression opportunities are available after working as a Marketing Assistant?
With experience, Marketing Assistants can progress to roles like Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Specialist, or even Marketing Manager, depending on their skills and interests. This role provides a solid foundation for a diverse range of marketing careers.