Marketing Assistant
What the work is
Supports campaigns and undertakes marketing-related administrative duties under the direction of Marketing Managers, marketing executives and/or Marketing Specialists.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Creates, collates and distributes marketing material
- Supports the marketing team in executing marketing strategies and campaigns
- Supports market research studies, opinion surveys and needs assessments
- Performs data entry and analysis
- Monitors and reports on key metrics
- Assists with social media to market products
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a home and garden expo, a call centre desk and a shop window display for a fictional kitchenware brand. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A crowd gathers around your demonstration and someone says that is exactly what they needed
- A window display you built draws people in from across the street
- A phone call that ends with the other person laughing and thanking you for being straight
Hard days
- Saying the same pitch for the fortieth time to people who walk past without looking
- A call where someone hangs up as soon as you say hello
- Being asked to say something about the product that you know is not quite true
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 619131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.