The Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator program is designed for administrators who can configure Marketing Cloud products utilizing industry and product best practices. Candidates are generally familiar with data structure in subscriber data management and can thoroughly navigate Setup. Certified Marketing Cloud Administrators can successfully troubleshoot account configuration and user requests.
Prerequisites
The Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator should have knowledge of the features available to end users and the configuration options available in Marketing Cloud. Candidates should be able to maintain the Marketing Cloud platform, respond to common business requirements, and perform administrative functions within Marketing Cloud. Additionally, candidates should have 3 to 6 months of experience administering a Marketing Cloud instance and prior experience with digital marketing.
The Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator candidate should be able to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and experience in the following areas.
- Knowledge of governance and compliance with reference to digital marketing
- Identify security best practices for data management, users, and permissions
- Implementation of account configuration including business unit structure, permissions, and security
- Management of subscriber data
- Evaluate data quality
- Configure Marketing Cloud products (builders, studios)
- Troubleshoot account configuration and user request
- Account (Super Messages, Users, Activities) monitoring (auditing, reporting, notifications)
- Knowledge of Marketing Cloud extension products and features (Intelligence Reports for Marketing, Marketing Cloud Personalization, Audience Builder, etc.)
- Knowledge of Marketing Cloud integration offerings (FTP, API, MC Connect)
A candidate for this exam is not expected to know programmatic languages or SQL/Developer tasks.
Recommended training for this certification
The self-study materials recommended for this exam include:
- Trail: Administer Marketing Cloud
- Cert Prep Module: Study for the Marketing Cloud Administrator Exam
- Instructor-led Training: Prepare for your Marketing Cloud Administrator Certification Exam (CRT250)
Exams
- Content: 60 multiple-choice questions
- Time allotted to complete the exam: 105 minutes
- Passing score: 67%
- Version: Exam questions align to the Winter '25 release
- Registration fee: USD 200 plus applicable taxes as required per local law
- Retake fee: $100 plus applicable taxes as required per local law
- Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online proctored environment; click here for information on scheduling an exam.
- References: No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
- Prerequisite: None