I'm the CMO of Indeed. Companies are looking to hire a new kind of marketer

James Whitemore is chief marketing officer at Indeed. Indeed / Alive Coverage Research by Indeed shows that that marketing job postings are 25% below pre-pandemic levels. The author, James Whitemore, is Indeed's chief marketing officer. Future-forward marketers need data savvy, business literacy, and curiosity to drive growth. In my job, I have a unique vantage point on how work is changing. Every day, we see millions of hiring decisions reflected in labor market data. One trend stands out: according to our research division, the Indeed Hiring Lab, marketing job postings remain roughly 25% below pre-COVID-pandemic levels. In fact, marketing job opportunities have fallen faster than almost any other white-collar function over the last five years. If you looked at that data in isolation, you might conclude marketing roles are becoming obsolete. I don't think that's what's happening at all.