Level 3

Foundation Certificate in Professional & Digital Marketing

Gain the foundational skills and knowledge to kickstart your career.

Kick-start your marketing career

The CIM Level 3 qualification is perfect for new marketers and aspiring marketers, giving you the foundation for a successful career. You will:

  • Gain essential skills: Enhance your knowledge and develop the core skills required to begin your career as a key member in any marketing team.
  • Build a strong foundation: Position yourself for progression, opening up more career pathways opportunities.
  • Get hands-on experience: Acquire practical skills that you can immediately apply to your role, building your confidence as you learn.

All our qualifications up to and including level 6 are regulated.

Do I qualify?

It is not necessary to have any previous experience or knowledge of marketing to study the Foundation Certificate in Professional & Digital Marketing or the Extended Foundation Certificate in Professional & Digital Marketing. So, if you’re an aspiring marketer, new to a marketing support role or in a job that already involves marketing, our qualifications at Level 3 are the right choice for you.

If English is not your first language, you'll need to provide evidence of achieving one of the following English Language qualifications in the last two years: IELTS Academic Module with an overall score of 6.5 (each component pass mark must be 6.0 or above) or Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English grade B or above. We will consider other equivalent alternatives.

Qualification builder

CIM qualifications are designed to be flexible. You can select two modules (24 credits) that align with your development goals. 

Marketing essentials

12 credits
(mandatory)

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Select one of these

Content &
channels

12 credits

Marketing
insights

12 credits

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You're ready to go!

Note: you can choose to extend your qualification by taking an additional module. Speak to us to find out more.

What are the costs?

Virtual tuition: £899 +VAT
eLearning tuition: £620 +VAT
Membership and assessments fees: £315 (VAT Exempt)

Reduced Membership rates available for emerging and developing markets.

Got questions? Speak to an advisor

Module details:

Designed to provide you with an understanding of the key concepts and terminology needed to build knowledge and understanding of how marketing works, how customers behave and how the marketing mix can be applied. 

Communicating and informing your customers is a key aspect of building a relationship. This module introduces the types of content marketers can create, as well as the channels that can be used to reach key target audiences.

Insight into how and why customers are key to matching marketing activities to meet customer needs. Gaining understanding of concepts, techniques and applications within marketing research and customer insights is key, alongside how social, cultural and technological differences influence behaviour. 

Enquire now

To speak to a CIM Academy learning advisor call +44 (0)1628 427240, email cimacademy@cim.co.uk or use the form below.

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