SIMULATOR CERTIFICATIONS · FREE FOREVER

Don't study advertising.
Run it.

Ten playable certifications built on a real DCO decision engine. Serve live impressions, ride match moments, launch campaigns under pressure and earn a credential by actually doing the job. No slides. No trick questions. The exam is a simulation.

Enter the simulator → Try DCO Fundamentals 100% free. Certificate + LinkedIn credential included.
Why playable

Certificates prove you read.
Simulations prove you can do.

Every certification here is a mission sequence inside a working simulation. Configure signals and watch a creative assemble in milliseconds. React to a stoppage-time winner before the moment passes. Rescue a launch when the publisher rejects your creative on day 11. Pass the simulation, earn the credential.

A real decision engine

The simulator runs the same signal logic that assembles live DCO creatives in production: geo, weather, daypart, device, intent and live moments.

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Scored like the job

Relevance targets, launch deadlines, trust meters and cash cycles. You pass at 75%, and every decision shows you exactly why it scored.

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A credential that travels

Every pass issues a certificate with a unique credential ID and one-click add to LinkedIn. Free forever, retakes unlimited.

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Ranks that compound

Every mission earns XP. Climb from Rookie to Operator to Strategist to Grandmaster as you clear the ten simulations.

The certifications

Ten simulations. Two tracks.

Skill track for the craft of dynamic creative. Role track for the seat you actually sit in: sales, ops, solutions or finance.

🎮 Skill track

SIM-01 → SIM-06

🤵 Role track

SIM-07 → SIM-10
100Bn+Impressions served
1,500+Brands & agencies
400+DCO formats
100+Publisher integrations
FreeForever

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Rookie

Clear missions to earn XP and climb the ranks.

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Where you stand

Standings are benchmarked against the AdInnovationLab simulation cohort. Earn XP in any simulation and your position updates instantly on this device.

Per-simulation standing

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Team boards with named rankings across all ten simulations are rolling out. Get your company on the list.

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DCO Fundamentals
Issued02 Jul 2026
Credential IDAIL-0000-0000
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