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Marketing Manager CV Guide + Tailored Template (2026)

Marketing CVs are graded on one thing: did you move a funnel number? Signups, MQLs, SQLs, paid revenue, organic traffic, activation, all count. Generic 'executed campaigns' bullets get filed with every other marketing CV in the pile.

Keywords to include (if honest)

  • Paid acquisition: Google Ads, Meta Ads, LinkedIn Ads

  • SEO: technical SEO, content SEO, link building, keyword research

  • Email: Mailchimp, Klaviyo, HubSpot, Customer.io, drip campaigns

  • Analytics: GA4, Mixpanel, Amplitude, attribution modelling

  • CMS: Webflow, WordPress, HubSpot, Contentful

  • Content: blog strategy, social, SEO briefs, CRO

  • Growth loops, referral programs, PLG

Only include skills you can defend in an interview. Inflated skill lists fail the first phone screen.

What this CV needs to have

  • At least one number per campaign, CPA, ROAS, impressions, conversions

  • Channel ownership clarity (you ran paid? SEO? email? all three?)

  • Budget signal ($20k/mo vs $200k/mo is a different job)

  • A portfolio / case-study link if applicable

Bullets: before and after

Weak

Managed paid campaigns across Google and Meta.

Strong

Owned $80k/mo paid acquisition across Google + Meta for Acme's B2B product; dropped CAC from $142 to $89 over 6 months by rebuilding lookalike audiences.

Weak

Helped grow the blog audience through SEO.

Strong

Doubled organic traffic from 40k to 95k monthly sessions in 9 months; published 48 SEO-targeted posts and secured 120 do-follow backlinks.

Weak

Wrote email newsletters and nurture sequences.

Strong

Rebuilt the lifecycle email program in Klaviyo (6 triggers, 18 flows); lifted MQL-to-SQL conversion from 8% to 14%, adding ~120 SQLs/month.

Project ideas (if yours is thin)

  • A public teardown of a brand's funnel on LinkedIn

  • A personal blog with real SEO rankings (shows you can replicate the work)

  • An email course you wrote and sent to 100+ people

  • A case study PDF with before/after funnel metrics

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