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Activate Academy · An Activate Talent Program

Break Into a High-Demand Role, Trained by Operators

1 week of free, live training across 14 in-demand career tracks, led by experts managing eight-figure accounts. Once you’re trained, we’ll pitch your profile directly to the brands we recruit for every day.

Taught by Activate's top-performing activators

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14 Role Tracks Open

Marketing, ecommerce, creative, finance, and more.

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7 Days · Daily Live Sessions · Fully Remote
$0 tuition for accepted candidates
AI-graded skills assessment to qualify
Placement pitch to Activate client brands
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Applications reviewed on a rolling basis

7days of live training
$0tuition when accepted
14role tracks open
300+brands in the network

How It Works

Train, Test, Get Placed

The Academy exists to feed the Activate network. We train you the way we train our own team — then we put the best graduates in front of hiring brands.

01

Apply and Test In

A short application plus an AI-graded skills assessment. We accept on aptitude, not resumes.

02

Train Live for 7 Days

Daily live sessions with Activate's top operators. Real accounts, real budgets, real briefs.

03

Get Placed

Graduate into the Activate network and get pitched directly to the brands we staff every day.

14 Role Tracks

Choose Your Track

All 14 tracks are open for applications. Every track runs the same intensive format: live training, real account work, and a placement pitch at the end.

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Sample Curriculum · Media Buyers

One Week, Day by Day

Shown below: the Media Buyers track. Every track follows the same structure — live sessions, real account work, placement prep — with content specific to your role.

Days 1-2

Creative and economics

Creative Diversity, Business Goals and Setup

Concept, angle, hook, format, variation Ad-to-page match Acquisition cost, margin, break-even and payback CBO vs ABO and when to use each Testing budgets that leave room

You leave with: a two-brand creative audit and a full campaign plan for a $2.5M-a-month business.

Days 3-4

Settings and measurement

Meta Settings, Audiences, Tracking and Testing

Attribution windows vs models Budgets, bidding and cost controls Advantage+, lookalikes and exclusions Pixel, Conversions API and event quality Incrementality and geo-lift

You leave with: the judgement to choose settings for a stated goal and read results beyond ROAS.

Day 5

Decisions

Making the Decisions in a Real Account

Taking over a DTC account Keep testing, stop, retest or graduate Strong ROAS, weak growth Requests for creative and CRO teams Explaining your decisions to a client

You leave with: a recorded walkthrough of how you make decisions, ready to show a hiring brand.

Outcomes

Graduate Into the Activate Network

Every graduate leaves with

A graded portfolio of live-account work
The Activate Academy certificate
Access to the placement pipeline
The Academy alumni community

Top performers are pitched directly to Activate clients hiring for their track right now.

For Employers

Hire Specialists Trained on Live Accounts

Trained, tested, and vetted by the operators who run our largest accounts.

Hire Graduates →

Application

Apply to the Academy

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Pick your role and submit the application

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Complete the assessment via email

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Short screening interview

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Start of track

Choose the track best suited to your profile and experience - your assessment and training are matched to it.

PDF or Word, up to 3 MB. Optional.
Optional, but it helps a lot for design, video and creative roles.
Your expected monthly pay in US dollars.
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