Marketing Manager resume keywords
Most marketing manager applications are screened by software before a person reads them: the ATS ranks resumes by how many of the posting's words they contain. The lists below are the terms that show up most in marketing manager job ads. Use the ones that are true for you, with the same spelling the ad uses.
Hard skills and ATS keywords
- Paid social
- Google Ads
- SEO
- Email marketing
- Marketing analytics
- Budget management
- Content strategy
- Team leadership
- Demand generation
- SEO
- Paid social
- Google Ads
- Marketing automation
- Content strategy
- Budget management
- Campaign analytics
- Brand positioning
- CRM
Soft skills recruiters look for
- Creativity
- Strategic thinking
- Team leadership
- Communication
- Adaptability
Soft skills only count when a bullet proves them. "Team player" is ignored; "Managed $1.2M/year in paid media; cut blended CPA by 28% while growing orders 35%." shows it.
Action verbs to start your bullets
- Launched
- Drove
- Grew
- Managed
- Optimised
- Increased
- Rebranded
- Generated
How to use these keywords
- Mirror the job ad: if it says "Demand generation", do not write a synonym.
- Put the top 6–8 in a skills section and repeat the key ones inside experience bullets with a number.
- Never list a skill you cannot talk about in an interview.
- Keep the file text-based (no skills inside images or tables), or the ATS cannot read it.
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