Ace your campaigns with Pinterest Academy
Class is officially in session. Get more from your advertising with free resources like courses, live webinars and a certification exam.
Develop best-in-class Pinterest skills
Wherever you are in your career development, there’s a seat at Pinterest Academy just for you. Acquire essential skills, deepen your knowledge and get certified to level up your expertise and stand out in your professional network.
Take free courses to help you plan, design and optimize your campaigns. Courses are quick and engaging, and allow you to earn a skills badge to celebrate your knowledge.
Watch tactical, in-depth training from Pinterest marketing experts. These live webinars are hands-on, with helpful examples you can apply to your own business.
Put your real-life experience to the test and earn recognition as a Pinterest marketing expert. Pass a comprehensive exam and earn the Pinterest Media Buyer Certification badge.
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Introducing Pinterest Performance Essentials
Level up with our newest skills badge—Pinterest Performance Essentials—and learn how to drive lower-funnel performance, conversions and success on Pinterest. Take ten courses and a quick quiz to earn the badge.
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Get started today
All you need to start is a Pinterest account. We recommend using a business account to get the most out of the program.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, Pinterest Academy is free and available to anyone with a Pinterest personal or business account. Learn more.
We designed our resources to help people at all kinds of companies. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, part of a small business or working for a larger company or agency, you’ll find helpful information to plan, run and optimize your Pinterest campaigns.
From basics like “Why Pinterest?” to modules like “Measurement Solutions,” every step of the Pinterest campaign process is covered with our e-learning courses. The courses are engaging, on-demand and will help you run successful campaigns on Pinterest. Each course is designed to take between 10 to 20 minutes. Courses are made up of shorter lessons, taking approximately five to eight minutes each. Learn more.
Once enrolled, you can get started with any course, or with our Pinterest Advertising Essentials learning path.
The classes are designed to be taken at your own pace, but each course is about 20 minutes or less. If you want to finish later, your progress will be saved automatically. You can pick up from where you left off at any point.
To earn a skills badge, it’ll take around three hours to complete all the courses and the quiz.To stay in the know on all upcoming webinars in your region, be sure to subscribe to our Advertiser Newsletter. Learn more.
Earning a Pinterest certification is an opportunity to showcase your expertise and experience using the Pinterest advertising platform. You can leverage your certification to level up professionally or as a future career advancement opportunity. We encourage you to be among the first to be Pinterest certified! Learn more.
Pinterest offers courses and training for advertisers to ensure you get helpful and accurate information. Explore our learning platform to see options for courses, webinars and more.
Both are free learning platforms managed directly by Pinterest. Pinterest Academy is specifically designed for brands and advertisers using Pinterest to achieve business goals. Pinterest Content Academy is designed for content creators who only use organic tools and do not run campaigns.