Fashion Merchandising and Marketing Proficiency Certificate

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    Program Duration: Short term
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    Degree Type: Proficiency Certificate
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    Total Credit Hours: 17
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About This Certificate

Get professional experience for positions involving fashion merchandising and marketing across a variety of retail products. With hands-on experience in and out of the classroom, you will be prepared to enter the workforce and to take the National Retail Federation Certification in Customer Service. Credits from this certificate count toward the Fashion Merchandising and Marketing degree program.

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Launch Your Career in Fashion Merchandising and Marketing

  • Demonstrators and Product Promoters – est. salary $32,041
  • Online Merchants – est. salary $87,360
  • First-line Supervisor of Retail Sales Workers – est. salary $45,414
  • Retail Salespersons – est. salary $28,690
  • Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products – est. salary $74,845
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**EMSI Data, 2022; The greater Philadelphia region; a percentage of people in these jobs may have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Career Outlook

$157,138

Median Salary of Marketing Managers
1,068

Number of Jobs in the Region
+7.2%

10-year Job Outlook in the Region for a Computer and Information Systems Manager
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Marketing Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers.

Starting Pay: $92,496

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Typical Tasks

  • Identify, develop, or evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors.
  • Formulate, direct, or coordinate marketing activities or policies to promote products or services, working with advertising or promotion managers.
  • Evaluate the financial aspects of product development, such as budgets, expenditures, research and development appropriations, or return-on-investment and profit-loss projections.
  • Develop pricing strategies, balancing firm objectives and customer satisfaction.
  • Compile lists describing product or service offerings.

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