ilovecreatives Job Directory: Digital Marketing
ilovecreatives Job Directory: Digital Marketing
Your field guide to kickstart a career in Digital Marketing.
Digital marketers are the ✨ creative strategists ✨ behind the digital ads you consume every day. From managing influencer campaigns to optimizing search results, digital marketers are pros at leveraging performance analytics to build tasteful campaigns that power conversions. They’re the GLUE between brands and their consumers.
If you’re interested in pivoting into digital marketing, the good news is that there’s no one perfect way to get started. You might be switching lanes from social media management or copywriting (which is super common and very doable, BTW) or maybe starting from scratch. Wherever you are in your career shift, we’re here to make the research part a lil easier for you 🫂
We go suuuper deep into teaching the nitty gritty of working as a digital marketer in our Digital Marketing Course, but if you’re not there yet, no worries. Zoom out with us as we give you the big-picture rundown of working in digital marketing today.
Here’s what we covering in this guide:
Salary projections, freelance rates, & how to stand out in the field 💸
All the essential skills you need to jumpstart your digital marketing career
Career advice and transparent conversations with real digital marketing professionals who lead marketing strategy at brands like CHANI and Mother Denim
Insight into job outlook, potential specializations & trajectories, and setting yourself up for long-term flourishing 🌷
Who is this directory for?
Ready for a glimpse into digital marketing through the eyes of real professionals? Grab a coffee, get comfy, and spend an afternoon with this Job Directory, because you’re getting five coffee chats in one sitting ☕️
We’ll get into:
Why We Made This
A Note from ilovecreatives
Interested in learning more about digital marketing careers, but don’t have anyone in your network who works in the field? Need some reassurance that freelancing in marketing is both viable and sustainable (spoiler: it is 🤭)? Or maybe you’ve always been drawn to the BTS of viral brand moments, but you’re feeling kinda stuck in your current job.
If you’re struggling to imagine how you can go from 📍where you are now to 📍thriving in a marketing role that aligns with your goals, we made this field guide for you. Career shifts take time and energy, and we wanted to make an accessible resource you can lean on for insight.
For this Digital Marketer Job Directory✹, we talked to real marketing professionals who’ve all been in your shoes before. We’re channeling their unique POVs to help you build your vision board for your own digital marketing trajectory (agency, in-house, and/or freelance). Once you get to the very last page, we hope you’re feelin’ inspired to make your next move ♟️
What’s Inside:
🎙Real conversations with digital marketing professionals
Read five exclusive interviews with digital marketers who share their career trajectories and invaluable industry insights. From founding agencies to pulling in $10k monthly retainer clients and executing creative campaigns in-house, our interviewees are giving you the full snapshot of what it’s like to work in digital marketing today.
Lilli Izumi, CEO of IZUMI Agency
Sabra Mohamed, Founder of 100 Days of Marketing & Director of Brand Marketing at CHANI
Sandy Mosqueda, Digital Director at The Hundreds
🔎 A comprehensive overview of salary projections, specializations, industry trends, and the general job outlook
Get a detailed glimpse into potential specializations, salary ranges, freelance rates, potential career paths, necessary skills, and how to grow in your career 🌱
💖 Advice on how to pivot into digital marketing and navigate the common challenges in this field
We’re showing you how to get through the door (or build your own 🚪) from different angles. We touch on overcoming imposter syndrome, adapting to a constantly changing industry, and more.
