Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

digital marketing managertoonline marketer

A digital marketing manager already meets 52% of what the online marketer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digital marketing manager
52%
Overlap1
To online marketer
21 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
56.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

52%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.1/ 100

1 Share of the online marketer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital marketing manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A online marketer role treats 16 of its required skills as things a digital marketing manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply customer engagement strategy
  • apply social media marketing
  • company policies
  • content marketing strategy
  • creatively use digital technologies
  • develop digital content

What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A online marketer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital marketing manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held apply customer engagement strategy management skills
  • already held execute email marketing communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held neuromarketing techniques business, administration and law
  • already held online ads campaign techniques business, administration and law
  • already held web strategy assessment business, administration and law
  • already held conduct online competitive analysis management skills

All 21 carried skills, including the 16 the online marketer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held implement sales strategies required
  • required, not held conduct mobile marketing required
  • required, not held create new concepts required
  • required, not held perform copywriting required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • optional, not held adapt to change in marketing optional
  • optional, not held communicate price changes optional
  • optional, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances optional
  • optional, not held develop inclusive communication material optional
02 working with computers 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held execute conversion testing required
  • required, not held perform video editing required
  • required, not held perform image editing required
  • required, not held use content management system software required
  • optional, not held use personal organization software optional
03 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply strategic thinking required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • optional, not held supervise brand management optional
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held inspect data required
05 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held competition law optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held printed goods processes optional
06 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a online marketer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 21 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply customer engagement strategy skill
  • already held apply social media marketing skill
  • already held company policies knowledge
  • already held content marketing strategy knowledge
  • already held creatively use digital technologies skill
  • already held develop digital content skill
  • already held digital communication and collaboration skill
  • already held e-commerce systems knowledge
  • already held execute email marketing skill
  • already held implement marketing strategies skill
  • already held online ads campaign techniques knowledge
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held perform online data analysis skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held plan digital marketing skill
  • already held web strategy assessment knowledge
  • already held conduct online competitive analysis skill
  • already held conduct search engine optimisation skill
  • already held neuromarketing techniques knowledge
  • already held plan social media marketing campaigns skill
  • already held use e-services skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
08 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adapt to change in marketing optional
  • optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held communicate price changes optional
  • optional, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held competition law optional
  • optional, not held develop inclusive communication material optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held printed goods processes optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
  • optional, not held supervise brand management optional
  • optional, not held use personal organization software optional
28 held skills the online marketer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse consumer buying trends skill
  • not needed by the target role brand marketing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out event management skill
  • not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design brand's online communication plan skill
  • not needed by the target role digital marketing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role digital media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ethics of sharing work through social media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute marketing plan skill
  • not needed by the target role identify new business opportunities skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate marketing strategies with the global strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role interactive media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role marketing analytics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mobile marketing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pay-per-click knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform business analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform customers’ needs analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role plan marketing campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role relationship marketing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role reputation management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role services marketing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role set brand positioning skill
  • not needed by the target role social media management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role social media marketing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role stimulate creativity in the team skill
  • not needed by the target role web analytics knowledge
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held competition law optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held printed goods processes optional
Index
Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.