Get certified on Sticky. Get hired for it.
Sticky Academy is our free certification program for the person actually running the marketing. Finish the tracks, pass a practical exam, and you are listed in the public operator directory our 400+ dispensary clients hire from.
Three guided paths, picked by the team that onboards 100+ stores a year.
Finish the first one and at least one specialization to sit the exam. Each video opens right here.
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Track 01
~15 min total
First week on Sticky
For brand-new admins. Domain verified, team invited, first campaign sent, before lunch.
1Navigate the Sticky dashboard
2Verify your email sending domain
3Configure SMS sending (US)
4Invite your team
5Create and schedule a campaign
5 videos · required
Start
Track 02
~20 min total
The marketing operator
Day-to-day workflow for the person actually shipping the campaigns. Every customer + template + send.
1Add a new customer & import customers
2Search and filter customers
3Create a customer segment
4Export and manage contacts
5Create a new email template
6Create a new SMS template
7Create and schedule a campaign
8Clone or duplicate a campaign
8 videos · specialization
Start
Track 03
~9 min total
Loyalty & retention
Wallet-based loyalty, segments off real spend data, profile views your budtenders will actually use.
1Create a customer segment
2View customer profiles
3Create a rewards program
3 videos · specialization
Start
Four steps to the badge.
No coursework you will never use. Every requirement is something you would be doing in your workspace anyway.
Path to certification
- 1Complete First week on Sticky5 how-to videos covering domain verification, SMS setup, team invites, and your first campaign.
- 2Finish at least one specialization trackPick The marketing operator or Loyalty & retention, or both for the Sticky Pro badge.
- 3Pass the 10-question practical examBuild a real segment, schedule a real campaign, configure a real reward in our sandbox. 30 min, open-book.
- 4Ship one campaign that earns >3× ROASSubmit any sent campaign from your live workspace. We verify the numbers from the underlying POS data, no screenshots, no honor system.
Public profile + badge
Listed in our operator directory. Verified clients hire from this list.
Priority support queue
First response under 2 hours from a senior CSM.
Operator Slack
Private channel with 600+ certified cannabis marketers.
Beta access
First in line for every new feature, with a direct line to the PM.
AcademyN° 1,847
Certificate of completion
Maya Lin
Marketing Manager · Kendall's Cannabis
Sticky Pro
Loyalty
Operator
Track progress12 how-to videos watched
14
campaigns
4.8×
avg. ROAS
98%
deliverability
Sample certificate · not a real customer