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Your journey to a digital marketing career
Seven steps from "where do I start?" to applying for jobs. Pick your path, get certified, build your LinkedIn, CV and portfolio, then launch. Tick things off as you go and come back any time.
- 1Choose your career
- 2Get certified
- 3LinkedIn
- 4Work experience
- 5CV & portfolio
- 6Launch
Step 1
Choose your career
Tap a path to watch its short intro video. Pick the one that excites you most; you can add more skills later.
Jobs it leads to:
Step 2
Get certified
Employers want proof. Two certificates: a design basic every marketer needs, and your specialist course.
Design skills with Canva
Every marketing job involves visuals: social posts, ads, banners, reports. Take a free Canva Design School course and get comfortable designing.
Your specialist course
Practical lessons, real tasks and a DMG certificate you can add to LinkedIn and your CV.
Go to my course →Step 4
Get practical experience
Theory gets you interviews; proof gets you hired. Build real examples before you apply.
Do the course tasks
Every DMG course has practical tasks. Treat them like client work: they become your first portfolio pieces.
Help a real business
Offer a small, free project to a local business, church, school or friend's side hustle: a newsletter, a Google profile, product descriptions, a small ad test.
Look for internships
New roles, including internships, go up on the DMG jobs page every week. Events are a good place to meet people who hire.
Step 5
Your CV and portfolio
A CV that gets the interview
A portfolio that proves it
Put your portfolio on your own domain
yourname.co.za on your CV looks far more professional than a shared drive link. Growhost's Small plan is made for portfolios: free domain name, one-click WordPress and a free SSL certificate.
Step 6
Ready to launch
You have the skills, the proof and the profile. Time to apply.
Apply
Send tailored applications, not one CV to everyone. Aim for 3 good ones a week.
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