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22 organisations
Professional association

Paid Search Association

PPC learning & networksGlobal

A dedicated home for paid search practitioners to exchange knowledge, build connections and keep learning throughout their careers.

  • Educational videos and practical resources
  • Webinars and industry events
  • Newsletter and PPC Slack community
PPC event network

PPC Live

PPC learning & networksUnited Kingdom

Anu Adegbola’s practitioner network brings paid search people together for candid campaign discussions and in-person learning.

  • In-person PPC events
  • Weekly newsletter and podcast
  • Community Slack and speaking opportunities
Industry charity

NABS UK

Wellbeing & practical supportUnited Kingdom

Support for the people behind advertising, marketing and media, from work pressures to career changes and difficult personal circumstances.

  • Advice Line and support team
  • Workshops, mentoring and talks
  • Resources for redundancy and wellbeing
Industry charity

NABS Canada

Wellbeing & practical supportCanada

A support network for Canadian advertising and media professionals, combining career resources with wellbeing and financial assistance programmes.

  • Short-term financial aid
  • Bursaries and career support
  • Wellness resources and workshops
Industry relief organisation

Ad Relief of Greater Los Angeles

Wellbeing & practical supportUnited States

A volunteer-led organisation helping advertising and promotions colleagues in Greater Los Angeles through serious personal crises.

  • Emergency financial assistance
  • Support for essential living and medical needs
  • Fundraising events and volunteer opportunities
Industry charity

Never Not Creative

Wellbeing & practical supportAustralia

Research and community initiatives focused on better mental wellbeing and fairer working lives in creative, media and marketing businesses.

  • Never Not Listening peer support groups
  • Mentally Healthy research
  • Support Line, career initiatives and community
Professional community

Women in Tech SEO

Inclusion & career growthGlobal

A global network centering people of marginalised genders in SEO, marketing and tech, with opportunities to learn, connect and gain visibility.

  • Mentorship and virtual events
  • Speakers and founders hubs
  • WTSFest conferences and learning resources
Industry foundation

4As Foundation

Inclusion & career growthUnited States

Creates routes into advertising and marketing through practical experience, mentorship and professional development.

  • MAIP fellowship
  • Student application guidance
  • Longer-term career development
Professional inclusion organisation

ADCOLOR

Inclusion & career growthUnited States

Connects and recognises talent across creative industries, with development programmes for different career stages.

  • FUTURES
  • LEADERS
  • Community and recognition
Social mobility charity

The Marketing Academy Foundation

Inclusion & career growthUnited Kingdom

Helps young people from low-income backgrounds begin a marketing career with application coaching and support in their first role.

  • Find a paid starting role
  • Support through the first year
  • Professional development
Industry access charity

The Finishing School Foundation

Inclusion & career growthUnited Kingdom

Removes practical barriers that can prevent young people from entering advertising, marketing and creative work.

  • Practical assistance
  • Free learning programmes
  • Pastoral support
Trade association talent division

DMA Talent

Inclusion & career growthUnited Kingdom

Introduces emerging marketers to the connection between responsible data use, creative thinking and real campaign work.

  • Work on a real brief
  • Learn from practitioners
  • Build career confidence
Professional community

The SEO Community

Search learning & networksGlobal

An SEO peer network built around sharing knowledge, meeting other practitioners and helping one another solve problems.

  • Peer conversations
  • Events and connections
  • Shared learning
Conference network

Tech SEO Connect

Search learning & networksUnited States

A technical search gathering combining a focused conference programme with time to discuss difficult problems with peers.

  • Single-track learning
  • Technical peer exchange
  • Learning beyond the event
Commercial education provider

Paid Media Pros

PPC learning & networksGlobal

A practical paid media education resource with video tutorials across advertising platforms and analytics.

  • Advertising platform walkthroughs
  • Measurement learning
  • Courses and practitioner guidance
Social impact charity

UnLtd

Use your skills for goodAustralia

Connects the advertising industry’s skills, reach and resources with charities addressing disadvantage among children and young people.

  • Skills and media partnerships
  • Fundraising and campaigns
  • Focused social impact
Communications charity

Media Trust

Use your skills for goodUnited Kingdom

Connects media expertise with charities and under-represented talent to strengthen communications and widen access to the industry.

  • Charity communications skills
  • Volunteer expertise
  • Routes into the industry
Public service advertising nonprofit

Ad Council

Use your skills for goodUnited States

Brings advertisers, media partners and other organisations together to create public service campaigns addressing social issues.

  • Public service campaigns
  • Media and creative collaboration
  • Research and learning
Current activity unconfirmed · 2

Reference profiles retained from the research list. Current services and application routes have not been verified.

Wellbeing & practical supportSouth AfricaCurrent activity unconfirmed

A reference profile for an industry relief fund historically supporting advertising colleagues and their families through financial hardship.

  • Historical relief work
  • Industry fundraising
Wellbeing & practical supportGlobalCurrent activity unconfirmed

An initiative launched in 2023 to promote mental wellbeing resources for advertising and creative professionals. Current programme availability is unconfirmed.

  • Stated resource model
  • Current verification gap
Archived organisations · 2

Historical profiles of organisations that have closed. Their former programmes are not current offers.

Former professional association

Digital Analytics Association

Search learning & networksGlobalClosed

A historical profile of the analytics professional body that ceased operations on 1 May 2024.

  • Professional analytics development
  • 2024 membership transition
Former search marketing association

SEMPO

Search learning & networksGlobalClosed

A historical search marketing organisation absorbed into the Digital Analytics Association in 2020.

  • Search industry representation
  • Dissolution and transition