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Marketing involves coming up with new ideas for a customer to promote a product or service. You will need excellent communication and digital skills and like getting results.
Your job may involve planning campaigns, advertising, producing creative content such as videos, blog posts, managing social media, analysing sales and developing products. Some jobs involve both sales and marketing.
To be good in sales you are likely to be a positive confident person, have good customer service skills and enjoy working to targets.
For example you could be selling cars, computers or a house. You may be working face to face with customers in a shop or online. This role may involve travel and using different languages.
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