Following on from our last article about what makes a top Salesforce Architect, we decided to focus on the world of Marketing Automation. If you’re wondering what goes in to making a top Marketing Automation Web Developer, then you’ve come to the right place. Read on to find out what top 5 skills you will need to master at being a Marketing Automation Web Developer:
Technically gifted
As a Marketing Automation Web Developer, you’ll be a core member of the development team. You will help build websites using clean and structured code, so it’s important you have experience on front end web development working with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and JQuery. Plus experience of scripting languages such a PHP and ASP.
Entrepreneurial
Your entrepreneurial and creative spirit will be encouraged in order to drive the development of new and exciting projects. And the career prospects for a Marketing Automation Web Developer are endless. You could very easily progress to become a a Senior Developer or a Team Manager. So take confidence in your ideas and ability and get pitching them immediately.
Knowledge of marketing automation
It goes without saying you are going to need to understand what marketing automation is all about. And since technology changes at lightning speed, you will need to make sure your knowledge and hands-on skills are bang up to date, otherwise you will find your projects lagging behind the competition. Marketing Automation is quickly gaining a strong hold in all businesses these days, so we would advise getting hands-on experience in marketing automation platforms such as Eloqua, and learning all there is to know.
Independence
You will need to have the ability to work independently and complete quality checks on your own work and other team members works. Having a logical mind with great problem solving skills will be essential to insure the integrity of your development work and automated processes.
Project Manager
You will need to be able to manage your own Web Development projects, from the initial concept to delivery of the project. You will also need to be able to track and manage not only your time, but resources and budgets too.
We hope this helps you discover if a career as a Marketing Automation Web Developer is for you. And if you are still not sure, why not give us a call, and one of the team will be happy to help guide you further.
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