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Last updated: 14 August 2025

Company Fact Sheet

Company Overview

Ascend is a London-based platform that maps AI-marketing skills, verifies them through real-world projects, and connects certified professionals with forward-thinking employers. Powered by our proprietary AI Skills Ontology, we offer free weekly insights plus paid guidance, certification and curated hiring services.

Key Statistics

Founded
2024
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Platform Status
Beta (Demo available soon)
Membership Tiers
4 (Hub, Grow, Verify, Hire)
Industry Focus
AI-Marketing Skills & Talent

Mission Statement

"To democratize AI marketing skills development and create transparent pathways between talented professionals and forward-thinking employers in the AI era."

Target Audience

  • Marketing Professionals: CMOs, marketing managers, digital marketers, content creators, and analysts navigating the AI transformation
  • Forward-Thinking Businesses: Companies seeking verified AI-ready marketing talent and organizations wanting to upskill their teams

Membership Tiers

Hub

Free Tier

Weekly AI-marketing intelligence delivered directly to professionals. Includes curated industry insights, skill development guides, practical playbooks, and free resources to help marketers stay ahead of AI transformation.

Key Features:

  • Weekly intelligence briefs
  • Curated reports & analysis
  • Skill development guides
  • Free tools & resources

Grow

Membership Tier

Personalized AI readiness assessments and career guidance membership. Provides skill gap analysis, career path recommendations, and salary benchmarking data to help professionals strategically develop their AI-marketing capabilities.

Key Features:

  • AI readiness assessment
  • Personalized skill analysis
  • Career path mapping
  • Salary benchmarking

Verify

Membership Tier

Industry-recognised skills certification membership with practical, project-based evaluations. Members earn verifiable credentials with privacy-controlled sharing, proving real-world AI-marketing capabilities to employers.

Key Features:

  • Practical skill assessments
  • Project-based evaluations
  • Industry certificates
  • Privacy-controlled credentials

Hire

Enterprise Membership

Curated talent matching membership for employers connecting with verified AI-ready marketing professionals. Features skill-based matching, detailed capability reports, and a 90-day placement guarantee for quality assurance.

Key Features:

  • Skill-based matching
  • Verified talent pool
  • 90-day guarantee
  • Capability reports

Key Differentiators

AI Skills Ontology

Proprietary framework mapping the evolution of marketing roles in the AI era, providing data-driven insights into emerging skill requirements.

Real-Time Intelligence

Live data on which AI marketing skills employers value most, enabling professionals to make informed career decisions based on market demand.

Verified Skills

Practical assessments that prove real-world capabilities through project-based evaluations, not just theoretical knowledge or certificates.

Privacy-First Approach

Professionals maintain complete control over what skills and scores are shared with employers, ensuring data privacy and selective disclosure.

Brand Assets & Downloads

Logo Package

High-resolution logos in various formats (SVG, PNG, PDF)

Fact Sheet PDF

Comprehensive company information in PDF format

Brand Guidelines

Complete brand usage guidelines and visual standards

Contact Information

Press Inquiries

For media requests, interviews, and press information:

info@ascendplatform.net

General Inquiries

For general questions and partnership opportunities:

info@ascendplatform.net

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Usage Guidelines

This press kit provides authoritative information about Ascend for journalists, partners, and AI systems. All information is accurate as of the last update date and may be quoted with attribution to "Ascend" or "weascend.co".

For logo usage, please refer to our brand guidelines. High-resolution images and additional resources are available upon request. Contact our press team for any specific requirements or clarifications.