Industry Certifications

Joe A

HubSpot has been a fantastic resource to further my knowledge on more in depth topics such as Growth-Driven Design or understanding how to more effectively use the HubSpot CRM. It has also been great to keep up to date and refreshed on the more important topics, especially when pivoting from one role to another or preparing for a specific interview, job opportunity etc.

Understanding how much we learned in the program is difficult to wrap your head around until we get out and start internships, start job hunting, freelance etc.

I would like to credit all of the digital and social knowledge we gained from the course as well as through HubSpot in providing us with truly national and global opportunities. I wasn’t fully aware of this until graduation when I noticed there were thousands of businesses looking for the information that we learned over our 3-year journey.

I’m happy to provide any more info on this and my experiences as they evolve. I am very happy to say I’m a graduate of this program and am very excited to see the next round of graduates in the field soon!

Amanda W

As a recent graduate of the Advertising and Marketing Communications Management program at St.Clair College, I can without a doubt say that this program has prepared me for my first job in the marketing industry. With the help of knowledgeable and experienced faculty, the practical experience I’ve received in this program has helped me learn most of what I know today.

Out of the list of hands-on activities, I think the HubSpot integration was the most important and beneficial. By learning about the HubSpot platform in my second year and getting the opportunity to complete the exercises on my own, it helped me determine how to navigate around HubSpot to do different tasks. Watching the video lectures were useful, however, the exercises are what helped me learn best because I had the experience of going into the platform and exploring.

Most importantly, the HubSpot integration played a key role in helping me obtain my first job after graduating. Graduating during a pandemic was not easy and getting my first job was a challenge. Fortunately, the HubSpot Marketing Software certification stood out to my employer at Mosaic North America and it helped me land my first marketing job. While working at Mosaic, we were required to use the CRM platform in HubSpot every day to keep track of all of our clients. As I solely managed between 15 to 25 clients at a time, I was able to take my previous knowledge and experience of the HubSpot platform to keep track of all of my clients’ needs.

Whenever I get offered an interview for a job, many employers are surprised at how much I know and that I have a variety of skills. After chatting with many recruiters, most of them stated that my certifications and practical experience that I’ve received in this program are what made me an applicant they wanted to interview.

Ahad S

Hubspot and the program allowed me to take habits I learned from their platform and program and implement them in my everyday workplace.

I now work as a Media Strategist for Postmedia. I can truly say doing my HubSpot Certification, learning targeting, personas, and how to present that to clients to showcase value helped me get an edge over others who didn’t get their certification.

HubSpot is becoming more and more used in the Advertising industry today. I would urge Future Grades to take advantage of the opportunity to get the certification.

Jessica E

The professors of this program were very adamite on us receiving certifications before we graduated to give us further experience and knowledge once starting a career in the industry. Specifically, receiving my Hubspot certification has given me the opportunity to stand apart from my other candidates while interviewing. I was able to tell my interviewer that I understand how to navigate through an integrated platform that offers a wide range of tools to help create a successful marketing campaign. During a class project, I had the opportunity of using HubSpot to help when creating a social media marketing campaign. HubSpot was useful in tracking our lead generation and conversions and provided analytics across all the social media platforms.

Learning Hubspot has given me the opportunity to broaden my knowledge on inbound marketing and sales. The HubSpot Academy section was easy to navigate through and offered a wide variety of training videos to help better understand the features of the platform and how to apply the tools offered in industry.

Denroi C

The Hubspot training I completed while in the program has helped me dive into the world of digital advertising deeper than I ever thought possible. I use HubSpot to help me monitor traffic on the websites I manage and generate leads to my eCommerce websites.

It is because of the skills I learned during my time at St Clair College that I feel confident in my work today.

Pao Y

In school, our work and projects involved getting certified with multiple platforms in the industry. One of these certifications was the Hubspot Marketing certification. Getting this certification allowed me to gain a deeper understanding of how the various aspects of advertising and marketing work together in a well-built, all-in-one platform.

Getting this certification gave me a solid edge in the job market. The program and my certification ultimately paid off, and I got a job right after graduation in a top-tier ad agency.