Associate (ACIM)

Highlight your experience by using our designatory letters after your name and show you are a credible marketer. Make use of our digital badges to communicate your credentials across your digital profiles.

In an ever-expanding online marketplace, we understand that communicating your credentials can be a challenge. That is why we have partnered with Credly’s platform to provide our members with a digital badge to prove their membership status with us, while the metadata that sits behind it gives the viewer an understanding of the criteria required to achieve it.

Members can use their digital badges in email signatures, digital CVs, across social media and on personal websites. The digital image contains verified metadata that displays the current member grade.

We know it can be difficult to take time out of the office to attend a conference on the newest trends and techniques in marketing, which is why we created our member exclusive webinars. It enables you to watch and listen from your desk or catch up on demand when it’s convenient for you. Hosted monthly by subject matter experts, our member exclusive webinars keep you up-to-date and knowledgeable on topics covering all aspects of marketing. You’ll be able to apply what you’ve learnt immediately to your current role.

Chartered status is present in most industries and is recognised internationally. Achieving Chartered Marketer status recognises your experience, knowledge and commitment to your career and the marketing profession. By joining this community, you demonstrate your commitment to keeping up-to-date and maintaining the highest standards of marketing knowledge and expertise. Any marketer can achieve Chartered Marketer status, as long as you meet the criteria.

To qualify for Chartered Marketer Status, you must:

• First hold Associate (ACIM), Member (MCIM) or Fellow (FCIM) graded membership of CIM
• Then complete two consecutive years of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), which you can log onto the CPD platform at your convenience
• Finally, pass the Chartered Marketer Assessment, which will be available on completion of your second consecutive year of CPD.

Once this criteria is met, we can award you Chartered Marketer status, at no additional cost to your current membership fee - the most prestigious accolade in marketing.

You can gain 90 days access to one of our online courses of your choice when you join as a graded member. There are four courses to choose from:

1. Marketing and Brand Strategy: aimed at marketers looking to develop their strategic marketing planning skills and become more equipped to respond to changing business challenges
2. Marketing Fundamentals: helping to develop skills and knowledge needed to plan and measure an effective marketing communications campaign and to develop other core fundamental marketing principles
3. Planning and Optimising Marketing Campaigns: providing insight on effective campaign planning and execution as well as understanding and evaluating performance
4. Copywriting – The Complete Guide: tackles the full range of copywriting challenges with practical tools, techniques and professional advice.

The Marketing Fundamentals online course is worth £249 whilst the Marketing and Brand Strategy and Planning and Optimising Marketing Campaigns online courses are worth £399.

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Access to a personal development platform full of interactive tools and e-learning content to help you achieve your professional development goals. Start by completing the self-assessments to understand your strengths and identify areas of growth. From there explore a wide range of resources covering personal, professional and social topics. You’ll also find guidance on how to develop your career in an existing role or land your perfect next job whilst learning how to maintain a positive and healthy work-life balance.

Taking that next step in your career or asking for guidance on a project can be daunting when you need extra support. We offer a mentoring programme to our professional members where we match developing marketers to experienced and knowledgeable professionals. How your mentoring relationship works is your decision, as it’s tailored to fit in around you and your busy schedule.

The programme allows mentees to search for and contact an inspiring mentor who can provide knowledge and support in areas such as strategic direction and career advice. In addition, it gives you an opportunity to expand your network with an experienced senior member of CIM. Having a mentor can help build confidence to take your career to the next level successfully.