Marketing Managers
SOC Code: 11-2021
Marketing Managerss identify, develop, or evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors. This career typically requires considerable preparation (2-4 years). With an AI-proof score of 89.8/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Persuasion, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension.
AI-Proof Score: 89.8 — Very High
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Median Salary
$161,030
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Job Growth
6.6%
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Training Time
Considerable preparation (2-4 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 4 / 5
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Training Cost
~$40,000
Key Skills
- •Persuasion
- •Critical Thinking
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Monitoring
- •Active Learning
- •Active Listening
- •Speaking
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Social Perceptiveness
Common Tasks
- ✓Identify, develop, or evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors.
- ✓Formulate, direct, or coordinate marketing activities or policies to promote products or services, working with advertising or promotion managers.
- ✓Evaluate the financial aspects of product development, such as budgets, expenditures, research and development appropriations, or return-on-investment and profit-loss projections.
- ✓Develop pricing strategies, balancing firm objectives and customer satisfaction.
- ✓Compile lists describing product or service offerings.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation