Senior-Level

Marketing Sales Supervisor

The marketing-sales bridge โ€” managing teams that sell marketing services or products to clients and customers.

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Job markets for Marketing Sales Supervisors
Employment concentration ยท ~400 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Marketing Sales Supervisor

As a Marketing Sales Supervisor, you manage a sales team that sells marketing services, advertising products, or marketing solutions to business clients. You're setting quotas, coaching sales performance, managing customer relationships, and ensuring revenue targets are met. It's a role that requires understanding both marketing products and sales management.

Your day is people and performance focused. You might start by reviewing pipeline and forecast with your team, then coach a rep on a challenging prospect, then join a call with a key account, then analyze why a deal was lost, then update leadership on quarterly progress. You need sales management skills combined with enough marketing knowledge to credibly sell marketing solutions.

The hardest part is selling something intangible. Marketing services and solutions don't have the same concrete ROI as many products โ€” you're often selling outcomes that are hard to guarantee. You need to train your team to sell value and build trust, not just push products. The people who thrive here understand both marketing and sales, and can coach teams to consultative selling approaches.

Working ConditionsAbove avg
AchievementAbove avg
IndependenceAbove avg
SupportAbove avg
RecognitionAbove avg
RelationshipsModerate
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StrategyExecution
StructuredAdaptable
ManagingContributing
CollaborativeIndependent
Product typeSales cycleTeam sizeCustomer segmentQuota structure
Marketing sales supervision varies based on what's being sold and to whom. Agency new business has different dynamics than media sales or MarTech sales. B2B enterprise sales have longer cycles and larger deals; SMB sales are higher volume. The level of marketing expertise required also varies โ€” some products require deep marketing knowledge; others are more commoditized.
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape โ€” 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
INDUSTRIES PAYING ABOVE AVERAGE
1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Marketing Sales Supervisors (SOC 11-2021.00, 11-2022.00), not just this title ยท 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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Sales strategy
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Marketing expertise
Selling marketing solutions requires credibility as a marketing advisor
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Revenue operations
Senior roles involve pipeline management, forecasting, territory planning
What marketing products or services does this team sell?
What's the typical sales cycle and deal size?
How is the team structured and what's my span of control?
How do you measure success beyond quota attainment?
What does the relationship with marketing delivery look like?
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The Broader Landscape

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

$67Kโ€“$208K
Salary Range
10th โ€“ 90th percentile
989K
U.S. Employment
+5.65%
10yr Growth
83K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$76K$72K$68K$65K$61K201920202021202220232024$61K$76K
BLS OEWS May 2024 ยท BLS Employment Projections 2024โ€“2034

Skills & Requirements

Critical ThinkingActive LearningReading ComprehensionSpeakingActive ListeningSocial PerceptivenessJudgment and Decision MakingPersuasionMonitoringNegotiation
O*NET OnLine ยท Bureau of Labor Statistics
11-2021.0011-2022.00

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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) ยท BLS Employment Projections ยท O*NET OnLine
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