Anyone else find it weird that at my new gig the PM’s are tasked with designing decks?

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Yes that is weird!

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Sounds like a certain account had a certain PM that agreed to that task. Because there probably is no agency-wide description or defined responsibilities, it became a thing. If PMs arent careful they will get shit on or expected to do tasks that wouldn't usually be in their wheelhouse.

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I’d nope it outta there so fast...

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The whole deck? Or the timeline/next steps slides? The latter is normal.

Designing, or just putting all the pieces together into a cohesive story?

...designing ...asked to find images , break apart slides to develop “builds” , icons, color pallets

Yep, weird. Is it a responsibility listed in your offer letter or something you signed contractually? If not.... more money? 🙃

Yes, weird

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