The skills marketers need in 2025 and beyond
The marketing world needs strategic thinkers and project managers, a report by the AMA found.
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The 2025 AMA Marketing Skills Report identifies the skills marketers need to thrive today and in the future. The report is based on a survey of more than 1,200 marketers, more than 450 job postings and interviews with industry experts.
When it comes to job-specific skills, the largest current competency gaps are in digital marketing, data and analytics, proving ROI and data privacy and compliance. Marketers are not fully equipped to meet the demands of these roles today, the report found.
The entire 2025 AMA Marketing Skills Report is available for download by AMA members.
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Mike Pastore is the Head of Content & Media at Third Door Media, the publisher of the Martech and Search Engine Land websites and the producer of the SMX and MarTech Conferences. In nearly three decades in B2B marketing, Mike has worked as an editor, writer, and marketer. He first wrote about marketing in 1998 for internet.com (later Jupitermedia). He then worked with marketers at some of the best-known brands in B2B tech, creating content for marketing campaigns at both Jupitermedia and QuinStreet. Prior to joining Third Door Media as the Editorial Director of the MarTech website, he led demand generation at B2B media company TechnologyAdvice.
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