NOC 11202: Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations

Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations analyse, develop and implement communication and promotion strategies and information programs; analyse advertising needs and develop appropriate advertising and marketing plans; publicize activities and events, and maintain media relations on behalf of businesses, governments and other organizations, and for performers, athletes, writers and other talented individuals. They are employed by marketing and consulting firms, advertising agencies, corporations, associations, government, social agencies, museums, galleries, public interest groups, and cultural and other organizations, or they may be self-employed. Agents such as entertainment, literary and sports agents are included in this unit group.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 1.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 1: Occupations that usually need a university degree. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 11202 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 11202

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Assess characteristics of products or services to be promoted to determine marketing and advertising needs of an establishment
• Advise clients on marketing, advertising or sales promotion opportunities and strategies
• Develop strategies and related content for direct and digital marketing and advertising campaigns and implement them
• Manage post campaign analysis to measure and report on marketing and advertising metrics
• Develop and maintain social media accounts, including managing customer reviews and testimonials
• Develop, implement and evaluate public relations strategies and programs designed to inform clients, employees and the general public of initiatives and policies of businesses, governments and other organizations
• Conduct public opinion and attitude surveys to identify the interests and concerns of key groups served by their organization
• Prepare or oversee preparation of reports, briefs, bibliographies, speeches, presentations, Web sites and press releases
• Develop and organize workshops, meetings, ceremonies and other events and programs for publicity, fundraising and information purposes
• Arrange interviews, news conferences and other media events
• Act as spokesperson for an organization and answer written and oral inquiries
• Coordinate special publicity events and promotions for internal and external audiences
• Assist in the preparation of brochures, reports, newsletters and other material
• Represent and act as an agent for talented individuals or individuals with specific occupational expertise
• Prepare or oversee preparation of sports, literary, performance or other contracts.
• Literary agents specialize in representing specific types of authors and writers. Performance agents specialize in representing singers, musicians, actors or other performers. Sports agents specialize in representing specific athletes or sports teams.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• advertising consultant
• communications officer (except emergency services)
• communications specialist
• digital marketing consultant
• event marketing specialist
• fundraising consultant
• information officer
• literary agent
• marketing consultant
• marketing coordinator
• media coordinator
• media relations officer
• museum educator
• performers agent
• press secretary
• public affairs officer
• public relations consultant
• public relations officer
• publicist
• publicity agent

Employment requirements

• A university degree or college diploma in business marketing, public relations, communications, journalism, museology or a discipline related to a particular subject matter is usually required.
• Practitioners in public relations may require an APR (Accredited in Public Relations) designation.

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