Mid-Level

Digital Marketing Coordinator

The digital marketing executor — coordinating campaigns, content, and channel activities to support marketing goals.

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What it's like

What it's like to be a Digital Marketing Coordinator

As a Digital Marketing Coordinator, you support the execution of digital marketing activities across channels. You're scheduling social posts, coordinating email campaigns, updating website content, pulling reports, and ensuring digital marketing efforts run smoothly. This is an execution-focused role that supports marketing managers and directors.

Your day involves a lot of coordination and task management. You might schedule a week's worth of social content, pull analytics for a weekly report, coordinate with designers on email assets, and update landing page copy. You need to be organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple small tasks simultaneously.

The challenge is staying organized across many moving pieces. Digital marketing involves constant content production and channel management. Dropping balls means missed posts, delayed campaigns, or reporting gaps. Success requires systems for tracking everything and the discipline to follow through.

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SupportModerate
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Channel mixCompany sizeTeam structureTool stackCreative involvement
Digital marketing coordination varies by company size. At small companies, you might do everything including content creation. At larger companies, you coordinate specialists. The channel mix also varies — some roles emphasize social, others email, others web content. How much creative versus purely coordination work depends on team structure.
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Digital Marketing Coordinators (SOC 11-2011.00), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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Which digital channels would I be coordinating?
What marketing tools and platforms does the team use?
How much content creation versus pure coordination is involved?
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$63K–$208K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
21K
U.S. Employment
-2.2%
10yr Growth
2K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$76K$72K$68K$65K$61K201920202021202220232024$61K$76K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

Active ListeningCritical ThinkingSpeakingSocial PerceptivenessReading ComprehensionJudgment and Decision MakingWritingCoordinationTime ManagementComplex Problem Solving
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