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Chartered Marketer

Regulators
  • Chartered Institute of Marketing
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United Kingdom
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Regulatory or professional bodies

Chartered body

Regulatory authority
Chartered Institute of Marketing
Address

Moor Hall, Cookham
Maidenhead
SL6 9QH

Email address
membership@cim.co.uk
Phone number
+44 (0)1628 427 120

Regulation

Regulation summary

Royal Privy Council have awarded CIM the right to award Chartered status

Chartered Marketer status can be applied for by any marketer who is both a CIM member and whose membership grade is Associate and above (ACIM, MCIM,FCIM)
Typically a Chartered Marketer will have a degree of resource of people management within their marketing role .

The process of application is
You need to:

First become a graded member

Then complete two consecutive years of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Finally, pass the Chartered Marketer Assessment or hold CIM Level 7 qualification.

Graded membership is awarded on either CIM qualification status OR experience. Details of the criteria for the required graded membership can be found at https://www.cim.co.uk/membership/

e.g. Associate Membership criteria requires
CIM Level 6 or 7 Qualification or equivalent OR
3 years’ experience and influencing (or reporting to) marketing management

Regulation type

Accreditation

Reserved activities

None - restrictions apply to use of title only

Protected titles

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Qualifications and experience

New professionals

Routes to qualification

Chartered Marketer status requires graded membership of CIM, Memebership of Associate and above entitles you to register on the Continuous Development Platform (CPD) where after registering two years of continuous personal development , you are required to undertake a short online test

A CIM Level 7 qualification, either the Marketing Leadership Programme OR Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing will remove the need to undertake the online test.

Professionals from outside the UK

Recognition for professionals outside the UK
All - there are routes to recognition for professionals from all countries
Summary of routes

.CIM qualification and membership are available globally and the same conditions apply to all.


Registration

Registration requirements

You must hold Graded Membership of the Chartered Institute of Marketing , details of which can be found on CIM's Membership page, and register onto the CIM Continuous Personal Development platform

You must complete and record Two years CPD before the final Chartered Marketer application can be made.

Finally a Chartered Marketer online assessment must be taken. If you have a Level 7 marketing qualification you will not need to take this test .

Annual membership costs by grade are

Associate - Between £205- £225

Member - Between £232 - £252

Fellow - Between £268- £288

In addition to two years CPD and graded membership


Legislation

Title of relevant act or charter

Incorporated by Royal Charter.

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