Kalibrr Career Search: What Jobs You Can Get in Sales and Marketing?

In this day and age when new innovations and trends are seemingly created at the speed of light, job positions are becoming increasingly diverse. Ten years ago, an expertise in search engine optimization (SEO) and social media wasn’t even on anyone’s top requirements, but now everyone needs a social media expert on their team. Seeing all these job positions can leave you scratching your head. What do these positions really entail?

At Kalibrr, we want to make the job search much easier so we’ve rounded up some job titles in the field of Sales and Marketing along with their typical requirements in terms of experience, skills, and interests. After, you can follow the links to see what companies on Kalibrr are looking for these exact same people. If you’re interested, why not apply?

Sales Executive

Job positions in sales usually require a lot of hustle and tenacity. Typically, sales executives establish relationships with customers with the aim to sell their company’s products or services. Part of the challenge in sales positions is meeting a required sales target that often comes with the job. Therefore, sales executives generally need the following skills: client management skills, presentation skills, the ability to negotiate with clients, market research, and excellent written and verbal communication skills. For entry level positions, companies typically look for candidates that have a 4 year degree in any field and 0-2 years of experience in the industry. See related jobs on Kalibrr.

Marketing Specialist

What do you specialize in? Understanding what your target consumers need and want is crucial in generating revenue for a company. As a Marketing Specialist, you will be part of a team that crafts marketing plans and campaigns that will effectively package your products or services as something your target consumers want to buy. Skills that are usually needed in a marketing assistant job are market research, brand management skills, relationship management, presentation skills, excellent written and verbal English and Filipino language skills. For entry level positions, most companies require a candidate who has graduated with a 4 year degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communication or any equivalent as well as 0-2 years of experience in the field. See related jobs on Kalibrr.

Business Development Officer

If sales is all about closing deals to sell your company’s products and services, and marketing is about making the products and services attractive to customers, what is business development about? Business development is focused on growing the business in new directions to gain more revenue. You’ll develop new products, add new features to your products, strike deals with new clients or partners, and other similar tasks. Working in business development demands the following skills: proficiency in written and verbal English and Filipino, client management, sales and marketing knowledge, presentation skills, creative thinking, and action planning. For entry level positions, companies search for applicants who are graduates of a 4 year degree, preferably Business Management or any related degree, with at least 1-2 years of experience. See related jobs.

Public Relations Executive

Public Relations (PR) involves a lot of communicating with all sorts of people, especially clients, consumers and media entities. You will be responsible for creating and managing public relations campaigns, forging relationships with media entities, and strategizing communications plans for your clients. Basically, you manage your company’s image. Thus, this job usually requires a high level of proficiency in spoken English and Filipino, excellent writing skills and sales and marketing knowledge. Also crucial to the job are considerable relationship management skills, presentation skills, interpersonal skills, and a go-getter attitude. For entry level positions, companies usually require candidates to have graduated with a degree in Advertising, Communication, Journalism or any equivalent and to preferably have at least one year of experience. See related jobs.

Digital Marketing Executive

A job in digital marketing involves creating marketing campaigns that are suited for the digital format. This means having an understanding of traditional marketing and their application to new media channels such as social media, SEO/search engine marketing (SEM), content strategy. You have to know which channels your target audience can be reached and making sure that your company can be seen and heard above all the content published on the internet every day. To qualify for a job as a Digital Marketing Executive, you will need excellent written and verbal communication skills, content writing skills, brand management skills, market research, knowledge in search engine optimization, and knowledge in sales and marketing. For entry level positions, companies usually look for candidates who are graduates of a 4 year degree with 0-2 years of related experience.

The breadth of jobs that fall under the Sales and Marketing industry is rather extensive. Instead of feeling intimidated by the job requirements and descriptions, continue reading up on these positions and maybe ask a friend who does the same thing. Once you get a feel of the industry, you’ll know which jobs suit you so you can prepare for the job application process quicker! Click here to see more Sales and Marketing jobs on Kalibrr.

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