To become an EMCQ certified professional you must have achieved:

• A high level of education (degree or above)
• An extensive and successful professional career
• A comprehensive understanding of your area of marketing, sales or communication expertise, demonstrated through continuous professional development (CPD)
• A comprehensive understanding of the marketing Code of Ethics

To maintain EMCQ certification, you must:

• Continue to remain an active marketing professional
• Maintain, develop and update your professional competencies through CPD
• Increase your networks and learning through attendance at conferences
• Identify training and development needs through attendance at relevant training programmes
• Share marketing best practice with others in your network through reading and writing articles, as well as mentoring or coaching other professionals