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Where a promotion assistant can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a promotion assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Promotion assistants provide support in the implementation of programs and promotional efforts in points-of-sale. They research and administer all the information required by managers to decide whether promotional programs are required. If so, they support in getting of materials and resources for the promotional action.

Also known as events and promotion assistant, marketing promotion assistant, promotions assistant, assistant promoter, promotional assistant.

Professionals 22 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: fundraising assistant, 45%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
fundraising assistant 45% covered advertising assistant 20% covered creative director 19% covered promotion assistant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 3 nearest destinations from promotion assistant, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a promotion assistant already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A promotion assistant needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • help coordinate promotional activities management skills
  • assist in developing marketing campaigns management skills
  • perform business research information skills
  • support managers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform office routine activities management skills
  • advertising techniques business, administration and law
  • communication principles generic programmes and qualifications
  • perform clerical duties management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a promotion assistant does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Promotion assistant is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a promotion assistant’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.